How have you developed your artistic process?
I developed a collaging style from my FMP in High School and started developing these skills during university projects while using Mono printing to create texture and hand cutting or digitally collaging on Photoshop. I learned tools in Photoshop that allow for my textures to be used in different ways which help give my work a handcrafted and ‘scrap book’ aesthetic.
How does your process change?
I feel that my style of work is quite versatile. There are moments when I just use more traditional art techniques such as water color, acrylic and color pencil. Since I started playing around with adding mono-print textures in my work, I started trying to think about how I could apply both my traditional art skills with digital editing.
What fuels your moments of inspirations?
I use my Instagram to look at how other artists work and follow accounts that are not alwaysillustration / drawing based. Having a variety of images always helps inspire fun illustrationideas. Another thing is just walking around and looking in museums, galleries, parks, basically anything that can just give ideas to work with.
How do you deal with being uninspired? How does it impact your process?
For me, I get this feeling a lot with my process since it is a process which I sometimes feel ishard to fit into context. To get out of a slump, I try to give myself small projects to do such asdoing an illustration with just acrylic or using old textures to create a poster on Photoshop.
What do you want people to know about you and the art you create when viewing yourprocess?
The process video is of one of my book pages which I am making for a Filipino folktale called Araw and Buwan. This is a style which I have started recently, and I was inspired by scrapbooks and having a more handcrafted look (Although done digitally). This video shows my digital skills, but I still love using water colors and traditionally drawing. My work usually has lots of texture and vibrant color, and I feel that this is what keeps my art style consistent.
