Artist Statement
Zodiac Personification Series
Zodiac Personification consists of four works of digital art, “Scorpi-bro”, “The Overthinker”, “DaLover” and “Bubbly”. The concept for this series is about astrology and the different zodiac signs in my personal natal chart. The subject of each piece is one of my personas created from certain qualities that each planet or zodiac sign represents. First, the sun represents your ego, life goal and overall persona. For “Scorpi-bro”, my sun is in scorpio so I decided to create a persona that represented scorpio’s intensity and passion. Second, the moon represents your emotions and inner mood. For “The Over-thinker” my moon is in virgo so I decided to make this persona more meek and gentle. Third, venus represents the way you love. For “DaLover”, my venus is in sagittarius so I decided to make a playful and loving persona. Finally, your ascendent represents how you present yourself to the world and first impressions. For “Bubbly”, my ascendant is in cancer so I decided to make a more gentle, sociable type of persona.
My illustration work tends to be soft, yet bold so in this piece I decided to go with my painterly style while using a red, blue and green colour scheme in order to allude to the different personalities of the characters. As a visual development artist with an interest in fashion illustration, I chose to dress up the figures according to the style of each sign. My goal as an illustrator includes being able to create fun, modern, and conceptually unique characters. I enjoyed this piece because it connected my passion of astrology with my love of character design, making it very personal to me.