In these digitally rendered illustrations, Toronto-based artist and graphic designer Nan Wang creates weird and fantastic creatures that seem as though they are going to walk (or hop or eerily glide) their way out of the frame.
Her characters have a palpable sense of personality. In one illustration, a yeti lumbers clumsily down a snowy path, his lips curling towards his ears over poorly concealed overbite in an awkward but endearing smile that fits quite well with the straight-ahead but nevertheless vacant stare he wears. The cherry to this cake, so to speak, is an octopus on the yeti's head.
In a word, these digital drawings are whimsical. They have all the levity of Pixar movie while hinting at a depth of personality often lost in digital art.
What's Driving This Trend
- Whimsical Creature Design
- Incorporate whimsy and depth of personality into digital illustrations of fantastic creatures.
- Palpable Character Personality
- Infuse digital art with distinct character personality that is lost in traditional digital designs.
- Cross-species Creations
- Combine different animal species in creative and unexpected ways for digital design projects.
Who This Affects Most
- Graphic Design
- Innovate and disrupt the graphic design industry by utilizing Nan Wang's techniques of whimsical creature design and imbuing characters with palpable personality.
- Animation
- Animate Nan Wang's digital illustrations to create captivating, unique content that sets itself apart from traditional cartoon styles.
- Children's Books
- Create endearing illustrations for children's books that incorporate whimsical design and distinct character personality.
