Three personal artworks from 2021 with little stories in-between.
With social media growing, there's an inevitable tension between artists and followers to conform to a particular style, with artists measuring their success on engagement, it becomes increasingly difficult to evolve and experiment.
This is my attempt to break and evolve my process.
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Innocence
Oblivious to field banter etiquette he sat scornful,
wondering why his peers called him chubby
— it wasn't like he was particularly fat, he just had a little pooch.
His t-shirts got darker as did his rebelling nature;
His t-shirts got darker as did his rebelling nature;
his innocence, getting further and further away.
![Character Digital Art digital illustration digital painting editorial ILLUSTRATION Illustrator painting publication story](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/5542b2140459479.62422c848099e.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/d3cca3140459479.624b730173918.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/4bb2ec140459479.624b7301729b8.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/f0a041140459479.624b730173275.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/cf9806140459479.624b7301df985.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/f44272140459479.624b7301e0a80.jpg)
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Silence between two chairs
Fumes enveloped in the air, covering the intoxicatingly siren-ridden night.
What little peace was afforded to them existed between two chairs, a table width apart;
slowly creaking to a smouldering cigarette.
![Character Digital Art digital illustration digital painting editorial ILLUSTRATION Illustrator painting publication story](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/9427cd140459479.62422c8481144.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/9af5fa140459479.624b7302c4ced.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/78551a140459479.624b7302c5706.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/9d6aa0140459479.624b7302c5e63.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/5b94ea140459479.624b730364754.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/b1db21140459479.624b730363dcc.jpg)
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Red Revenge
Red, red. Red!
Revenge coursed through his veins,
Revenge coursed through his veins,
that is,
everywhere but his legs.
![Character Digital Art digital illustration digital painting editorial ILLUSTRATION Illustrator painting publication story](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/605c4f140459479.62422c847ffe7.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/aecdb4140459479.624b7303ed3a2.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/c9afc9140459479.624b7303ec296.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/c7d3c6140459479.624b7303eca71.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/bf7d27140459479.624b73047f46c.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/3a4283140459479.624b73047fc6d.jpg)
![](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/20bb83140459479.624b73047eb38.jpg)