Kids Playing Dodgeball, Personal Piece By Tanya Lam
I haven't pimped out any of my fellow artist's in a while, so it's about time I feature a talent that needs to be shared. I've known Tanya for a few years now, she's a freelance artist with a Bachelors of Design from the Visual Communications program at ACAD. Her personality and sense of humor translated in her illustrations set her above the pack. She's got a fresh, fun, modern sense of style and I hope you see it as well!
R: Where did you get your illustration style from? Influences?
TL: My "style" was found, after I did a lot of things I thought I /should've/ done, got frustrated and started drawing the way I /wanted/ to. Through trial and error, I found a way that seems to work fairly well.
I get my inspiration from a myriad of sources–retro artwork, of course, and also from a lot of contemporary illustrators. Some influences include: Mary Blair, Francis Vallejo, Dice Tsutsumi, Lou Romano, Jon Klassen, Joao Ruas, Albert Dorne, Noel Sickles, and many more.
Love Wine, for Stem Limited By Tanya Lam R: What kind of process do go through to create your work?
TL: Normally I brainstorm, so wordmaps, looking at things that have the "feel" I want to convey, and a lot of completely illegible scribbles, exploring shapes and compositions. Then I scan, print out a copy, and refine. Once it's at a stage where I'm happy with the shapes, I take it into Illustrator and Photoshop and press the "create art" button. Haha, I draft my shapes up in Illustrator, and do the rest in Photoshop.
Tea-Time, Personal Piece By Tanya LamR: Five things that motivate you and keeps you happy?
TL: Five things that motivate me are:
- Good food–unlike the popular notion, I don't draw well, when starved!
- Good people: The majority of my character designs come from people I know, or observe.
- Seeing so many amazing artists create brilliant work. I constantly strive to be as great as they are. One day!
- Experiencing life to its fullest.
- To hopefully be an inspiration to someone, one day
Lilith Fair, for Swerve Weekly By Tanya LamThanks for letting me talk about you for a day! More Tanya Lam online:
It's an absolute honor to be featured by you, Rozzie. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteThe work that she’s done is already giving inspiration to anyone who appreciates art. I think her patience paid off, as she said she started doing things through trial and error and made a lot of improvements. This is the classic case that if you like what you do it will show in your work.
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