Artist- Nester Formentera

Formentera is a bic pen artist, illustrator, pencil and colour pencil realism artist. He is inspired by his personal emotions and surroundings. I especially like his line works as he focuses on the body which has always interested me on how simple body language conveys a lot of meaning and internal emotions.

His line works make the body lack features however is still incredibly detailed with the lines outlining the body's shape like a silhouette. I enjoy the idea of including a little bit of this style of drawing in a piece to add an abstract element and distance the viewer from the person drawn. Similar to the artist Chrysoula Skepetzi who also makes her subjects lack features to prevent the viewer from connecting to the subjects.
It would be interesting to experiment with shapes and different forms of lines, maybe overlap lines and try different colours etc. Also i would like to attempt this using different materials for the background like tissue paper or metal where i could cut the lines into and shine a light on to the wall to create a shadow through the line gaps. Additionally, use felting to create the lines using soft materials and build up on it with other materials.
I didnt develop this artist influence further as i found other artists who captured me more and felt stronger to work with to explore my idea.

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