I had the idea to create a reel to that audio that’s going around – “I wanna be handsome, I wanna be pretty”. The convention is that people show themselves – or their characters, or whoever – looking good in clothes for both genders. I’ve had this audio saved for probably a year, and now was the right time, I suppose!
Antonia is the perfect victim for this. She’s a trans woman, but she also plays fast and loose with her fashion – and because she’s studying theatre and is a performer, she can convincingly play characters of any gender. She likes this flexibility and ambiguity.
I think the ink drawings I created for it are really wonderful. I’m loving creating playful traditional work.
Haven’t actually made the reel yet, because the work became more about the illustrations than the end goal. I just love these.
I also made a video because I needed people to see how much process goes into creating these little guys.
SEASIDE ILLUSTRATION 