Painting and illustration

Painting and illustration

  ​It will rain from tomorrow. Today the weather was warm like spring. I didn't want to miss the warm winter, so I went outside. I happened to catch the beautiful colors of the sky at sunset. It is as if a corner of the sky is burning pink. In this case, the photos make you feel sad. Because I am not a professional photographer, it is tough to express the emotions I felt in the photos.

  ​Once, I took a picture of a local Christmas tree. But no matter how many angles I take, I can't capture the feeling of the tree standing in the middle of an empty field with various lights.

​There was a unique feeling of being lonely and brilliant, but there is a limit to capturing that feeling as it is in a photograph. So I switched to digital and tried to express that emotion.

Christmas tree, 2021, Myungja Anna Koh

 ​I didn't stop here, I also made a small image with Illustrator.

Illustration by Myungja Anna Koh

  ​It seems to let you feel the difference between Photoshop and Illustrator. This time, I uploaded a picture of a ballerina in the past.

Little ballerina, 2019, Myungja Anna Koh

Celina, 2018, Myungja Anna Koh

Ballerina, 2015, Myungja Anna Koh

 ​And below is the ballerina I worked with this time as an illustrator.

Ballerina, 2021, Myungja Anna Koh

 What are the advantages of illustration? You can visually explain from the artist's point of view what cannot be expressed in a photograph. Presenting a problem from a new angle, educating it, or expanding the scope of imagination to arouse interest. In other words, it acts as a bridge between the camera's lens and the artist's mind. 

​I like the fact that it acts as a bridge between the image and the artist's heart to feel it. I often have to create images that express my psychological inner power as an illustrator.