My own visual language is something I’m looking to improve, as you know I like extra classes and course, at first this to me was about learning, treating as almost lectures from creatives.
However this last few months I been paying attention to the visual language they use, the words they used and how they talk about other artist, I’m hoping to learn to translate my thoughts better into words as well as my illustrations.
So this was a good research task for me to do.
At first I went though the list of Illustrators
* Alice Wellinger
* Lucinda Rogers
* Lisk Feng
* Peter Kuper
* Holly Wales
While I was torn between Holly and Lisk, I felt an more emotional response to Lisk and the collection of words I had from the first quick research.
I wanted to say I found a lot in common with Lisk, such as not only my moods can affect my work, but the weather, smells, music all feed into my own illustrations.
I could relate to a lot of what she says in interviews and what is written about her…
In my sketchbook I created a page and illustrations based on words and her illustration style/vibe.
Then I felt ready to creative my statement
Artist Statement
Lisk Feng illustrations are playful, whimsical, she tells this story and sets strong emotions with her use of colour and textures. Her work is at times can be fun and experimental, with her use simple shapes and bold colours she really makes like to make a statement.
She adds her own emotional response to her work, and I feel this is reflected in her illustrations, as a viewer, I can both feel and be inspired. It is that same emotional connection that follows her though in her work from the early sketchbook onto her final pieces and it is this what I truly relate to as and how she pulls together all these elements to get her illustration to have such deeper meaning and emotions, this is what I want to do within my own work and voice.
Who she is as a person appears in her work, her sketchbooks that I cannot help but be inspired by who Lisk Feng is!
Her work is both ink and digital, making the use of both. In her digital work she work hard to bring that organic texture feel to her illustrations.
Research, reference and credits
http://liskfeng.com/about
https://china-underground.com/2018/04/23/lisk-feng/
http://www.kidlit411.com/2020/06/Kidlit411-illustrator-spotlight-lisk-feng.html?spref=pi
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/lisk-feng-ilustration-130317
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