Featured Artist #5: Cosmopoliturtle (He/Him)

ABOUT THE ARTIST
I'm a digital artist with a love for the whimsical and the surreal. I work primarily with vector-based art programs with an emphasis on clean lines and solid colours. Before digital art I worked primarily with water-colours, and I try to implement lessons and stylistic choices I learned from painting into digital works. I find a lot of inspiration from folklore, mythology, nature, as well as old video games. My two biggest pieces of formative media are probably "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" and "Shadow of the Colossus".
A passion of mine has been writing and world building which I try to integrate into my projects when it feels like it can add something to the experience. My goal as an artist is to create worlds and head spaces that invite others in to explore; I like to leave doors open for the viewer to take away their own ideas and find their own meaning if they wish to.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON
I'm currently working (at a turtle-like pace) on my own world building projects, art work for various zines, and some larger artistic projects I'm hoping to turn into books, we'll see where they go!
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FAVORITE LITTLE GUY
I'm partial to so many, Pokemon, Digimon, but I have a particular fondness for Bomberman's little guys, Pommy and Louie. Also shoutouts to Pon De Lion.
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