There is something that the raw energy and unpredicted brush stroke can add to a character. Soe-In, one of the main characters in Tiny Feet Between the Mountains, is an example of where I repeatedly drew her until I got it right: I often find myself skipping the sketching and just going for the final for a character, repeatedly inking and drawing variations of them until I just get it where I like. I also found this method caters to my spontaneity and allows me to work as slow or as fast as I want on the small details.įor characters, I often will repeatedly draw them in a quick fashion until I get them just right. This allows me to be more bold and experimental with my colors. When it comes to my work, I emphasize imperfections, textures, and colors.Īs much as I enjoy watercolors and traditionally building color, I’ve recently been enjoying the process of collaging multiple ink drawings and textures and digitally re-coloring on top of them. From Korean Stories Told in Alphabets, 2018 There is something about their mark-making and how they hold ink and water that just feels right for me. I fell in love with ink drawing after I learned Minhwa (traditional Korean art and calligraphy.) I have been doing the majority of my pieces with calligraphy brushes ever since. He bestowed a blessing on her and the village before returning to the mountains and forest.” Celebration and cheering erupted as the spirit tiger kissed Soe-In on the head. “When she was finished, Soe-In introduced the villagers to the spirit tiger. “Losing her footing, Soe-In began to fall, fall, fall ….” (Click spread, which is sans text, to enlarge) ‘You can’t even carry my pot! How can you bring back the sun?’ ‘You will be lost in those woods!’ Soe-In was startled by the outbursts,īut then she calmly folded up her sleeves and tightened her braid.” (Click image, which is sans text, to enlarge) “‘How can someone so tiny keep up?’ the villagers would whisper to each other. It was also created in the hope of inspiring kids with a similar upbringing as mine and to show the American audience what traditional Korea looked like. There, I created Tiny Feet Between the Mountains, a story that gave tribute to my love of Korean mythology and my roots. And what the pictures cannot convey, the words will say. What the words cannot convey, the picture will show. They are one of the few first steps that expand a child’s world. But then during my junior year, after several classes in relation to picture books and children’s media with Kelly Murphy and Judy Goodwin Sturges, it just clicked. When I went to college, I was a nomad trying out every nook and corner of illustrations. From Being A Number, a 2018 short comic about my time rowing during high school,Ī time of self-doubt and teenager uncertainty All I hope is that at the end of my process I can give others solace, comfort, and warmth through my work. It allows me to filter, empathize, and understand. Through it, I explore my identity, my crisis, and my emotions. For me, art and writing is my way of slowly digesting the bright flurry of concepts and flashes of experience that the world throws at me. My debut children’s book, Tiny Feet Between the Mountains, was published by Simon & Schuster in November of 2019, and since then I have been thrown into the beautiful flurry called the publishing world.īeing shy and introverted, I felt out the world through reading, writing, drawing, and absorbing. Since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, I have been living snugly in Boston. I’m turning the site over to Hanna now, who will talk more about the book, her background, and why she chose children’s book illustration. The Kirkus review calls it a “bold and mythic female underdog tale with the look and feel of an ancient Korean fable.” This is the story of a small but bold Korean girl, who faces down the spirit tiger, the “great protector of the mountains and forest.” The massive, mythical creature has chased the sun and accidentally swallowed it, and only Soe-In has the courage and the smarts to help him and her community. (Pictured above is the book’s title page illustration.) Today, I welcome Hanna Cha, whose debut picture book - Tiny Feet Between the Mountains (Simon & Schuster) - was released last Fall. It’s the first Sunday of the month (happy March!), which means it’s time to feature a student or debut illustrator here at 7-Imp.
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