Overview

An ongoing, minimal illustration series that develops a simple, repeatable visual system to explore emotional states, personal narratives, and long-term artistic evolution.

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Context

This began almost by accident.

Once I wanted to let out my feelings,
putting my anger, sadness, and affection onto paper,
without expressing them to anybody,
without having to hurt anybody.

Then a bird came naturally, representing me.
I’ve always felt like a wandering bird –
moving from one place to another,
always searching for the next place to land.

I started to use it, along with other birds and specific colours,
to capture everyday emotional shifts:
collisions, tensions, small after-effects of relationships and interactions.

Red and blue felt immediate:
red as intensity, heat, and disruption;
blue as calm, distance, and quiet melancholy.

Gradually, this became something I kept returning to,
and is now the central visual system through which I explore my inner world and artistic practice.

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What I Do

– I develop a minimal, repeatable visual language
– I draw regularly, letting the series evolve over time
– I allow forms, colours, and meanings to shift rather than stay fixed
– I treat the series as both expression and structure

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Current Output

– An ongoing series of drawings (started October 2025, with new works every few days)
– A growing body of small, evolving images
– Early visual systems and recurring motifs
– Extensions into digital forms (Procreate, Blender models, R-based visual experiments)

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Evolution

The series has changed significantly over time:

– From coloured pencils and watercolour → to primarily digital (Procreate)
– From detailed rendering → to increasingly abstract forms
– From relational scenes (red bird & blue bird) → to a more introspective, single-subject focus
– From bright, saturated reds → to deeper, darker tones, reflecting a shift in emotional depth

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Ongoing

What began as expression has slowly turned into a system.

This series continues to evolve.

New colours, forms, and narratives are still emerging –
including the growing presence of yellow,
which I see as a way to hold and balance the tensions between red, blue, and black.

In a way, this work is less about drawing birds,
and more about building a space where I can exist, shift, and return.