Canto Cutie - Volume 2
Curated by Katherine Leung Edited by G and Tsz Kam Artist Features Annika Cheng | New York, USA Kaitlin Chan | Hong Kong Crystal Lee | Hong Kong Photography Jasmine Li | Boston, USA Nat Loos | Perth, Australia Cehryl | Hong Kong Artwork Winnie Chan | Hong Kong Marissa De Sandoli | Vancouver, Canada Jasmine Hui | Seattle, USA Irene Kwan| Houston, USA Karen Kar Yen Law | Toronto, Canada Ying Li | Melbourne, Australia Charlotte | Hong Kong saamsyu | Hong Kong Writing Arron Luo | Atlanta, USA Bianca Ng | New Jersey, USA Kristie Song | Irvine, USA Ruo Wei | Hong Kong Clovis Wong | Redmond, USA Poetry Raymond Chong | Sugarland, USA Karen Leong | Sydney, Australia KR
Curated by Katherine Leung
Edited by G and Tsz Kam
Artist Features
Annika Cheng | New York, USA
Kaitlin Chan | Hong Kong
Crystal Lee | Hong Kong
Photography
Jasmine Li | Boston, USA
Nat Loos | Perth, Australia
Cehryl | Hong Kong
Artwork
Winnie Chan | Hong Kong
Marissa De Sandoli | Vancouver, Canada
Jasmine Hui | Seattle, USA
Irene Kwan| Houston, USA
Karen Kar Yen Law | Toronto, Canada
Ying Li | Melbourne, Australia
Charlotte | Hong Kong
saamsyu | Hong Kong
Writing
Arron Luo | Atlanta, USA
Bianca Ng | New Jersey, USA
Kristie Song | Irvine, USA
Ruo Wei | Hong Kong
Clovis Wong | Redmond, USA
Poetry
Raymond Chong | Sugarland, USA
Karen Leong | Sydney, Australia
KR
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In your newer works, you have been
changing up your style with digital
drawing methods, bolder, minimal
lines and sometimes color. What’s
your inspiration behind these
changes and what are some
challenges you face with them?
I have mainly drawn with pen and
paper until 2020, when my partner
gi!ed me with a secondhand digital
tablet. Up until then, I never thought
of switching to digital, mainly
because I was not happy with how
experiments I had made until that
point looked. But I suppose as I make
more comics, I want to keep
challenging myself. If I get too
comfortable, I may only utilize one
style for a long time, and then I won't
be able to discover the exciting feeling
of trying something new. This year, I
tried drawing with colored markers,
watercolor paints, digital on
PhotoShop and it's been fun to see my
ideas take shape in new ways, and
hearing my readers tell me how
unexpected it is to see this kind of
different direction from me.
My main challenges have to do with
getting over the idea that I have to "be
good" at something before I start it.
One of my favourite comic artists,
Walter Scott who creates "Wendy",
once said about his own drawings that
they don't "look like someone who is
good at drawing, drew them." Even
though Walter is a skilled
dra!sperson who has exhibited his art
in galleries and has an MFA, I love how
he leans towards an accessible
drawing style, that makes his
character of Wendy, a struggling
artist, feel ever more sincere and
profound.
2020
PhotoShop
Walter Scott
Wendy
Wendy
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