How did your creative path come about? Were you interested in drawing as a child? My father had given me a pack of colour pencils on
the earliest birthday I could look back to. This small but
meaningful gesture sparked the creative path for me.
You mostly focus
on female figures, is this a creative decision that you
a great impact on me since I was young; my mother and
Looking at the
to draw rebellious girls or women who had power. I draw
your work is quite
sister were strong, sometimes harsh, characters and gave
patterns in the
women who possess characters and traits that I don’t have
a luxury, as well
me a different perspective of females. Perhaps, I wanted
wearable details of
in me personally.
as the design of
I fell in love with his artistic vision. It was something I
that interests you?
but I think there is more to it than just illustrating a
fashionable woman. To an artist, it’s psychological.
The women in my life had
hair. Is texture in
passion for fashion?
general something
wanted to capture in my work and he did it flawlessly.
It happens quite naturally
done his work justice.
I get to prints, patterns and
McQueen definitely gave me a push towards my career as
a fashion illustrator but it would be years until I think I’ve We get easily lost in the meticulous details of your lines, but not just that. Almost all your figures are punctuated with transcendent
are aware of? I am definitely conscious
How has Alexander McQueen inspired your
gazes, how much do the eyes speak for your work? The eyes are the windows to one’s soul. You can see
through someone by his or her eyes. It’s an important subject matter for me to get emotions across.
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when I’m drawing. I get
into a state of trance when