Digital Art & Illustration 03: Focus on Diane Özdamar

By: Chris Murphy

With innovative technologies like the Wacom Tablet, artists – illustrators as a community – are able to create evocative images that rival some of the finest classical paintings. The latest tools available on the market have allowed a crop of emerging artists like Diane Özdamar to explore their vivid imaginations in rich detail. They are able to deliver imagery which allows us a glimpse into the fantastical, the wondrous, and often times unsettling landscapes of their minds.

Though I am far from being considered an art critic, and knowing there is obviously much to be appreciated when it comes to classical painting, I speak merely from the perspective of one who simply appreciates.

Diane Özdama is a 21 year old art student from “Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris”, and one might imagine that living in a country arguably considered one of the most romantic places in the world, is a wonderful feeding ground for an already rich imagination. It certainly helps that the talents and skills she has developed, makes the process of bringing her imaginings to life all that much easier.

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Take some time to look through her portfolio; I have always enjoyed seeing the progression of an artist body of work from its earliest stages (at least what they allow us to see), to their most recent work. The growth tells a unique story of the development process involved in becoming an illustrator – there is much to be learned for those just starting out.

Other Links:

1. View her CG Talk Portfolio here.
2. View her GFX Artist portfolio here.

• Posted: January 5, 2007
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