Artist Transforms Personal Experiences Into Colorful Illustrations (26 Pics)

This piece is called "Lilies Lure" and was created for an art gallery's show. The artist has said that it is an "Ophelia knockoff" - referring to the character in Shakespeare's play Hamlet!

This piece is titled "Awaiting" and was made as an entry for an art gallery's group show titled "Antipodes". The artist was pregnant herself when she created this work! This artwork is an anaglyph/"3D" and looks different when viewed through a blue or a red filter. See https://www.instagram.com/p/CmpYvKqy3ZB/?img_index=1

The artist said: "I wanted to show what it’s like to have an (or many, if you’re me) autoimmune disorder or invisible illness, but unlike my previous works in this area, I wanted to make it as general as possible, in the hopes that as many people as possible would feel like they’ve been heard/represented. I thought this concept was perfect for anaglyph style art. When you view her through the blue film she seems normal, but when you look through the red you can see the constant debilitating pain and overall body devastation on the inside. When you look through both at the same time there is a disorientating visual war. This piece holds a very special place in my heart, aside from overcoming a lot of technical hurdles working out the anaglyph side of things, and the meaning behind it, it came second overall in the 2022 Copic Awards which still blows my mind!"

The artist made this piece as a "tutorial" piece for how one can create digital art on a Lenovo Yoga 7i. It is an "anaglyph"/3D artwork, meaning it looks different if you view it with a blue filter or a red filter. You can see the tutorial and the different "views" here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CtwQkMGONh3/

This piece is titled ‘Cordyceps’ and depicts the main characters from the TV show "The Last Of Us" (which was based on the computer game of the same name.)

The artist said "Art challenge: TRY NEW THINGS! What’s the worst that can happen? It doesn’t work and you still learned something new 😉" - she said in the video that she had never tried drawing a wave or water spray like this before, but that she wanted to challenge herself, try new things, and improve her skills!

From the artist's description: "With the last day of the month, ends my month being @copicau’s Featured Ambassador - thankyou so much for having me!! (if you checkout the last month on their profile there’s lots of little extras I haven’t shared here 😉) This piece, ‘Kitsune,’ was created specifically for their months theme, Japan!" (Copic is a very popular - and expensive - brand of art markers!)

The artist wrote: "...here’s Drawtober no.6 ‘Harvest Festival’. Went through about a million ideas for this one and eventually settled on the actual festival off in the far distance 🤷‍♀️ haha"

I can't find a post of JUST the finished work itself (or a title) but I found a video of the artist working on the piece, and she wrote: "One day I will return to trying to capture a rainbow refraction across a face. Didn’t work as I would’ve liked here, but I do like how he turned out regardless 😮‍💨🌈 Always still learning what this crazy medium of alcohol markers can do, having so much fun challenging myself along the way!"

This one's "just" Tom Hiddleston as Loki XD

This piece is titled "Veil". The artist wrote: "It’s the quiet subtle emotions that are so hard to get right, but so rewarding when you do! I thought muting colours would bring the world right into this small immediate space that she occupies, placing her in a lonely space and covering an important sense we heavily rely on would hopefully create that vulnerability, and using lace, something so light and fine, should create the delicate aspects… …but as always, art is in the eye of the beholder and what matters is the experience it takes the viewer on, which is why I love to ask….did I get it right?"

From the artist's description: "You're walking in the woods, there's no one around and your phone is dead, out of the corner of your eye you spot them… . Drawtober no.1 ‘Send In The Clowns’ "

The artist wrote: "You run towards the warm glow and explode into a clearing. A hooded figure stands isolated in the centre. ‘You’re late...’ they pause and eye the lantern ‘…they say beware an open flame in the Wildwoods.’ it sounds vaguely threatening given they are seemingly holding a flame in bare hands. The figure steps aside and gestures towards another string of carnival lights ‘She is expecting you, follow the lights - accept your fate.’ ‘Fortune Teller’ - Drawtober no.3 I had so much fun with this one, and actually quite like it finished…so of course now I feel like I can’t get the colours right on a screen ahhhh!! At least the prints are accurate 😛"

This piece is titled "Dappled"! The artist wrote: "Using unconventional (potentially controversial 👀) shadow colours can be scary, but if you start really looking at the colours that make up shadows in your everyday life you might be surprised! Make it your mission to try some unique shadow colours this week and see what you think!"

The artist drew this in July, but calls it her "Christmas Angel"! XD She wrote: "Honey I’m hooooome! Ah Copics! I’ve missed you so much! I thought it would be a good idea to ease myself back in with doing the @copicmarkerau #copicholidays challenge using red and green which I hate never ever use together and it totally wasn’t stressful at all 😛.....such a nice way to ease back into it 😂😂😂 . I did have a lot of fun though! I’m so glad I’ve made the time to play with Copics again and I can’t wait to keep practicing 🥰 Definitely give the colour challenges a go over at @copicmarkerau, its a great way to get over artist block, and I love the colours they chose to put together (they even give prizes!)"

This piece is titled "Jelly". The artist wrote: "I think I really need to just go back to simple sometimes. This is one of my favourite marker drawings because she feels so tranquil. I feel like I put too much pressure on myself to make things complicated and spectacular now days. Sometimes less is more!"

The artist wrote: "Drawtober no.6 - The Grand Finale- ‘No!’ you shout spinning around, you fling the lantern backwards trying to get it away from sticky fingers, but you accidentally lose your grip sending the lantern to its demise against the carousel. In seconds it’s up in flames, and all you can think it to get as far away as possible. You pelt into the forest, into the pitch black again, you trip and fall and scrap knees and elbows before you think you hear cars…then see headlights, a road! You feel a weight listed and you collapse right on the spot trying to comprehend what you have just experienced. Your previously dead phone buzzes in your pocket, and when you check the message it’s from an unknown number; ‘They say, beware an open flame in the Wildwoods…’ And they all drink lemonaaaaaaade, THE END!"

The artist wrote: "@Drawtober #.....5??? (I’ve lost count) ‘Ancient Rituals’ "

This piece is titled "Mind's Atlas". The artist wrote: " 'Mind’s Atlas' - created for the 2024 Copic Award competition, but alas didn’t make the finals. I did have lots of fun experimenting and challenging myself with totally different ways of using Copic markers and ink with this one though, and that’s the important thing!"

This is a self-portrait of the artist herself!

From the artist's description: "This piece was made in the depths of lockdown times, I did an awful lot of dog-walks in those times and it felt like the only connections outside of my household was nature."

The artist wrote: "@Drawtober #4 ‘Folklore’ . I was thinking about if someone from modern day accidentally stumbled into Mythago Woods (if you haven’t read the book - do it!!!) but apparently it looks like it’s also for a tv show called Dark which I didn’t know about until this week (it’s now on my to-watch list!!) so takenit as you will 😛"

The artist wrote: "This one is the result of Artist Block! I have a list of random words that I add to often, and when I’m having trouble with inspiration I pick 3 at random and put them together. Doesn’t matter what the outcome is - the important thing is that creation process. I was just lucky that I really loved the outcome of this one 🦌"

This piece is titled "It's All In Your Head". The artist wrote: "Entry for Wacom’s The Next Level competition (don’t forget to enter yourself!). ‘It’s All In Your Head’ If you don’t know, this is a part of a larger body of work trying to raise awareness and visually show the symptoms of Invisible Illnesses that suffers live with on a daily basis. To read more about this project in detail checkout the #butyoudontlooksickproject hashtag 💜"

Couldn't find a title for this one, but the artist wrote: "Here’s my last artwork for the year - back at it again with the copics! I wanted to play with trying to replicate a depth of field, making the foreground and background look blurry. I think I made it work for the most part? . Also a little square-cropped process video at the end which you can see it in full over on my TikTok (you can find me under the same name over there 😉)"

Scrolled pretty far down on her IG account and couldn't find this one - but I found prints of it on her website, so I know it's titled "Cobblestones"!