Milca Sosa
Artist Statement
My journey as an artist started when I became interested in cartoon shows and coloring books. I would draw random things on normal paper, I would draw dinosaurs, houses, and characters from my favorite shows. My dad noticed how I got interested in art, so he started buying me coloring books, and I was fascinated by the illustrations, especially the design of the characters. We were very poor at the time, so having those coloring books meant so much to me as I would consider them as a replacement for toys. He even bought me a coloring book of one of my favorite shows that had a heavy influence on me as a little girl which was the Powerpuff Girls. During its time it was one of the few shows who had strong female leads. I loved the art style, the story line, how colorful it was, and how you can be tough and love girly things at the same time. Every single coloring book meant so much to me that it impacted on my love for creativity.
I started with traditional art, drawing, acrylic, and oil painting. Learning the basic foundations, and color theory helped so much no matter what medium I would try. I loved them all, then I transferred to digital drawing and design. Digital drawing because I want to become an amazing illustrator like the Japanese mangakas (Japanese comic artists), it wasn't an easy transfer as learning digital programs is a long process. It’s like starting over on how to draw again, but I learned and improved so much. I grew more as an artist as I learned more and more digital mediums from digital drawing to 3D animation. A big reason I went for design was because I wanted an office job in a design department, making posters, and designing products. It was a safer route for me so I can have a stable job once I graduate, but on the side, I plan to make comics without worrying about how I will pay my bills. My process consists of having a clear vision of what I want to do, and stick with it, but if I get inspired along the way I would make changes until I am satisfied with it. As long as I can clearly communicate my vision that I put a lot of effort, meaning and even emotion into it then I will be satisfied with the result.
