HI, I'M POI!
ALSO KNOWN AS pOICHEON; A SELF-TAUGHT FREELANCE DIGITAL ILLUSTRATOR SINCE 2022. (& wishPOIYU sincE 2025, chECK US OUT!)
BUT BEFORE I'VE PURSUED COMMISSION WORK, I'VE BEEN DOING DIGITAL ART SINCE THE YEAR 2014; MAKING MY JOURNEY AS AN ARTIST QUITE A LONG ONE.
AS AN ARTIST, I FOCUS MAINLY ON CHARACTER CREATION AND CONCEPT ILLUSTRATIONS. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED STORYTELLING AND ART AT A YOUNG AGE. TO ME, DRAWING A CHARACTER AND IMAGINING THEIR PERSONALITY, EXPRESSIONS, AND HOW THEY'D INTERACT WITH OTHERS, MAKES ME WANT TO PICK UP A PEN AND JUST DRAW. SINCE I ENJOY DRAWING FIGURES A LOT, IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY TIME WORKING ON ANATOMY AND FACES, MAKING IT MY STRONGEST SUITE AS AN ARTIST!
MY RENDERING STYLE HOWEVER HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED SINCE I'VE FIRST DRAWIn DIGITALLY. BEING SELF-TAUGHT I'VE MADE MY OTHER ARTISTS I ENJOY, SUCH AS AIDA IRO AND DRAWINGWIFFWAFFLES, THE MAIN TEACHING TOOL FOR HOW MY STYLE CAME TO BE. PUTTING EMPHASIS ON CAPTURING THE FREEDOM OF MY BASE SKETCHES, KEEPING IN MIND TO ERASE RATHER THAN REDRAW, AND TRANSLATING IT INTO MY PAINT-LIKE RENDERING, HAS SHAPED MY WORKS INTO A MORE DYNAMIC APPROACH.
"MaKE IT EXIST FIRST,
YOU CAN MAKE IT GOOD LATER."
COLORS ARE ANOTHER THING THAT I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE, LEARNING TO FLOW WITH IT RATHER THAN AVOID IT ALL TOGETHER. MY WORKS HAVE NOW EVOLVED TO BE BRIGHTER AND FUN, FORCING IT TO POP AND BE MORE VISUALLY PRESENT. IT HAS ALSO FORMED INTO A SORT OF DRIVE FOR MY WORK, BASING OFF THE CHARACTERS OR SCENERIES I DO BASED ON THE COLORS I FEEL LIKE ADVENTURING WITH THAT DAY AND VICE-VERSA. I LIKE TO THINK OF MY ART AS A BOLDER, BRIGHTER, FUN, VERSION OF WHO I USED TO BE. IT SHOWS THE CONFIDENCE THAT I'VE BUILT UP AS AN ARTIST AND THE FUN FREEDOM I CAN VENTURE ON WITH FOR THE REST OF MY JOURNEY.
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