PAINTING NEW WORLDS

One of my earliest memories is sitting on a cool concrete floor, drawing and coloring the action figures I saw in a toy catalog and cutting them out to create and play with my own makeshift toys on the hard surface.

Over the years, through school and self exploration, I played in a variety of traditional media—graphite, colored pencils, ink, and the occasional oil or acrylic paint. I came of age during the final years of the hand-painted illustration era, when design and art were still rooted in physical materials.

As digital tools became more accessible, I began teaching myself the software that would eventually redefine how I worked. I started by enhancing pencil drawings digitally, blending traditional and digital techniques.

Today, I create entire worlds using digital painting software, appreciating the freedom it allows—though I miss the tactile messiness of paint and the scent of turpentine.