Maribel Castells

🖌️📚🎨💟 Award-winning illustrator. Picture Books & Board Books | IG: retrozoom | [email protected]

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[Àngel Aguiló Palou @AngelAguiloP]

Es Caló des Moro.

Mallorca no se mereix això.

[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

@Joseph_Fasano_ I'm real. ✨ @welovepetit

[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

🚨 Art Directors & Editors:

I'm a member of APIC - Association of Catalan Illustrators)

👉 Bookmark profile https://t.co/EoYeQUq903

👉 Book an appointment with the Association for London & Bologna fairs to review my Portfolios:
- Dummies
- Foreign Rights
- Personal

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[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

🎄 Happy Winter Holidays 🎄

#kidlit #illustrationart

[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

Happy #Halloween! 🎃🍭🍬🎃🍭🍬

#halloween2024 #kidlit
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[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

Sept 13 - Happy #RoaldDahlDay ! ✨

From my archive: Illustration piece of the Grand High Witch.

#illustrationart #roalddahl #kidlit
@RoaldDahl @roalddahlmuseum @RoaldDahlFund @RoaldDahlDay

[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

🍂✨ Nova col·laboració amb @ocbcat : Il·lustració i disseny de Serra Mamerra, la trobada familiar de l'OCB.

#ilustracio #dissenygrafic
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[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

New commissioned project 🔥 Illustration & Graphic Design for 'Serra Mamerra', a family festival in Mallorca.

#illustration #illustrationart #kidsillustration

[carme castells @carmecastells]

De quan els mallorquins podíem anar a Es Caló des Moro sense pancartes. De quan podíem circular per l’illa i improvisar un capfico. De quan érem pocs que baixavem pel camí de cabres per nedar-hi -i no x postureig.

De quan el iaio retratava des d’adalt aquest paradís perdut 🩵

[Sumana Seeboruth @SumanaSeeboruth]

Delighted to see ‘By Myself’ featured on the Longlist with so many wonderful titles! Thank you to the panel of librarians, families and public vote. Xx #barefootbooks #boardbooks #Booktrust

[BookTrust @Booktrust]

We are delighted to share the books which have been longlisted for the #BookTrustStorytime Prize 2025!

It's about finding the best book for sharing with 0-5s... and now we're giving you the chance to win the complete longlist for your setting! 👇

https://t.co/IOpe2NR6Kp

[Baules de Llengua @baulesdellengua]

🙋Aquest dissabte, als jardins de La Misericòrdia (Palma), veniu a la diada de jocs que organitza l'@iebalearics.

- Rondaulles
- @irasinotornaras
- Orígens
- Aïllats
- @Escape_the_town

De les 10 a les 13 h. A partir de 10 anys.
Il·lustració i disseny del cartell: @retrozoom

[Baules de Llengua @baulesdellengua]

🎲Veniu a celebrar el #DiaInternacionalDelJoc amb l'@iebalearics!

✅Dissabte 25 de maig: activitats a Mallorca, Menorca i
Eivissa.

✅Dissabte 1 de juny: jornada de jocs a Formentera.

Tota la informació a: https://t.co/q87De313LJ

[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

Thanks so much @IBCplatform for this wonderful interview!
🥰💚🥰💚🥰💚

[Inclusive Books for Children @ibc_reads]

🎨 Step into the world of @retrozoom, the brilliant illustrator behind the award-winning board book #TooGreen, published by @barefootbooks! 🌟 Join us in celebrating her journey, from inspiration to creation, and the magic she brings to every page. 🏆

https://t.co/FPrXUAlxNY

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

🚨BREAKING: The European Parliament has just APPROVED the AI Act. What everyone should know:

➵ The AI Act follows a risk-based approach. Some AI systems are banned, such as those involving:

- Cognitive behavioral manipulation of people or specific vulnerable groups;
- Social scoring: classifying people based on behavior, socioeconomic status, or personal characteristics;
- Biometric identification and categorization of people;
- Real-time and remote biometric identification systems, such as facial recognition.

➵ Some AI systems fall in the "high-risk" category, such as those involving:

- Critical infrastructures (e.g. transport) that could put the life and health of citizens at risk;
- Educational or vocational training that may determine the access to education and professional course of someone’s life (e.g. scoring of exams);
- Safety components of products (e.g. AI application in robot-assisted surgery);
- Employment, management of workers, and access to self-employment (e.g. CV-sorting software for recruitment procedures);
- Essential private and public services (e.g. credit scoring denying citizens opportunity to obtain a loan);
law enforcement that may interfere with people’s fundamental rights (e.g. evaluation of the reliability of evidence);
- Migration, asylum, and border control management (e.g. automated examination of visa applications);
- Administration of justice and democratic processes (e.g. AI solutions to search for court rulings).

➵ High-risk AI systems will be assessed before being put on the market and also throughout their lifecycle. People will have the right to file complaints about AI systems to designated national authorities.

➵ Generative AI, like ChatGPT, will not be classified as high-risk but will have to comply with transparency requirements and EU copyright law. Some of the obligations are:

- Disclosing that the content was generated by AI;
- Designing the model to prevent it from generating illegal content;
- Publishing summaries of copyrighted data used for training.

➵ The AI Act is expected to officially become law by May or June, and its provisions will start taking effect in stages:
- 6 months later: countries will be required to ban prohibited AI systems;
- 1 year later: rules for general-purpose AI systems will start applying;
- 2 years later: the whole AI Act will be enforceable.

➵ Fines for non-compliance can be up to 35 million Euros or 7% of worldwide annual turnover.

➵ If you want to learn more about the AI Act, including challenges, opportunities, and practical insights, join my live session with @BertuzLuca, @JcMalgieri & @RistoUuk on April 4th (register using the link below).

[Nicolas Cole 🚢👻 @Nicolascole77]

I've journaled for 30 minutes every morning for 14 years straight.

No fancy journal. No complex rules.

Just a pen, paper, and 4 simple prompts to help focus my mind and find clarity.

Here's the dead-simple system I use every day:

[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

@SumanaSeeboruth OMG!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[Sumana Seeboruth @SumanaSeeboruth]

My words roll better in writing! Lost for words last night! Thx @retrozoom for bringing this beauty to life + Lisa Rosinsky @BarefootBooks for pairing us! My amazing BLM Agent @HemingwayLorna, family that came decked in green. And of course @IBCplatform for the recognition x

[Maribel Castells @retrozoom]

Incredibly honored for this recognition! Thanks so much @IBCplatform !! ✨✨🌈✨🌈

[Inclusive Books for Children @ibc_reads]

The #IBCawards2024 WINNER in the Picture Books category is…

You're So Amazing! by @thecatchpoles and @karengeorge_books | Published by @faberchildrens

Congratulations! 📚🏆

[Inclusive Books for Children @ibc_reads]

We’re delighted to introduce the winners of the inaugural #IBCawards2024! 📚🎉 Congratulations to the authors, illustrators and publishers behind these incredible books! A standing ovation for our winners!