Sometimes sketches are so much more interesting than the finished piece thats created based upon the sketch. Those simple lines are able to take me onto a journey into a different world. It is a way to note my stories a simple sketch can hold an entire story in itself. And I still sketch, a lot! It is the starting point for everything. Sketching was the one thing I have done since early childhood. "its a sketch, its not meant to be perfect, its meant to catch an idea" I started to draw the characters from those stories, I think that was the first time I started to illustrate anything. This was what I wanted to do, draw! I devoured fairytale books illustrated by Rackham, I craved stories about ghosts, vampires and all kinds of creatures that are hidden. I copied all the drawings from that book as best I could when I was seven years old. I enjoy working on many different projects, at the core of all of these is always the emphasis on storytelling, an example of this is my own world called Faeries of the Faultlines.įor my book Faeries of the Faultlines I will just sketch whatever faerie pops in my mind, these bird fae are fun to create and Im looking for ways to mix the right amount of bird features into the design © Iris Compiet, Faeries of the Īs a kid I knew I wanted to be an artist, the one book I frequently took home from the library was Faeries by Alan Lee and Brian Froud. Im an independent artist, working for international clients. All images are part of my book Faeries of the Faultlines, © Iris Compiet, 2017 Mythical Beasts artist Iris Compiet talks about why she loves sketching, her favorite artists, tools and her Kickstarter project Faeries of the Faultlines.
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