Shape Line Form
Overview
These three artworks were made in Illustrator during the same period, each under a different set of constraints.
Chill Rider
April 2021
Every polygon in this piece is a quadrilateral, each one fitting seamlessly against the next with no gaps and no overlaps throughout the composition. I used solid colors with carefully calibrated tonal shifts to build volume. Detail density varies by area, with the eyes, nose, claws, and fur tips broken into smaller, tighter polygons, while larger forms hold the broader shapes of the body. The skateboard is there for the contrast, a slow animal on the fastest thing it could ride.
Insect Orchestra
May 2021
This piece is about what we throw away. It is drawn entirely in line, with stroke weight doing the work of light, shadow, and texture. Insects and single-use waste gradually emerged as the two elements I wanted to work with, and I imagined them as a band, each member playing an instrument made from trash: drums from bottle caps, a guitar from a mascara wand, a DJ setup from a discarded phone, a microphone from a plastic straw and water bottle. The insects are performing with the very materials that are destroying their world.
Her
June 2021
A portrait of my daughter. I started with as much detail as possible, exploring different color schemes and compositions across multiple drafts, and gradually simplified down to what felt essential. The layered transparency came out of that process. I traced the intersections formed by crossing lines in the sketch, and those enclosed spaces became the areas I filled with color. The overlapping transparent shapes build the face through accumulation, letting form emerge from color rather than outline.
