SOLEIL ISSUE 2

dnn. An illustration project
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I started in 2012, while
attending University. I was that
kid at elementary school that
teachers sent to draw on the
board. And then I was introduced
to technical drawing,
and learned to draw volumes,
gears, mechanisms, and things
of that sort.
Later on I did some graphic
design in middle school, and I
got involved in some printing
projects just for fun. You know,
the place I live in is flooded with
art, so I was kind of inspired by
that, specially graphic propaganda,
which was and still is
very common. Although, during
most of that process, illustration
was still an unknown world
to me. I didn’t even know such
a career existed. In time I got to
explore that realm, and discovered
some fine illustrators from
back then.
was delighted by the
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creativity and technical skills
they showed. I became more and
more interested and fascinated
by the idea of drawing personal
concepts. I started with vectorial
illustration, mostly influenced by
pop art and such; bright colors,
funny concepts, blah blah. I think
those first frames are deeply
buried in Myspace, and only like
8 people ever saw them.
hose illustrations sucked, big
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time, but it was a start. I kept
doing graphic design, and exploring
illustration at the same
time, but I had to pause as I entered
engineering school.
The place I live in is kind of conservative,
so you wouldn’t f find
any illustration majors. Also, art,
at least in my family, was not
even on the top 5 “good” career
choices. But I still was on a design
related path. At University
I learned to design spaces and
objects, always focused on functionality.I
got more involved in
technical drawing, design
concepts, color theory, some
design history, 3D modeling, 3D
printing and machining, among
a long list of math (which I actually
loved, but also suffered...
but loved…), and engineering
assignments. It was in 2012,
my second year at college, that
I felt the urge to keep doing
illustration, for fun, but also
with discipline and dedication.
So I started this project where
I would post illustration work
anonymously, and so I came up
with the name Hidenn (Hidden).
Oh, was I bad at english back
then. I also sucked very much
at illustration. But I wanted to
improve, and delight someone
the way I was delighted when I
was younger. So I drew once,
and I fucked up. I drew twice
and I fucked up. And basically
thats the way I am still walking,
I keep drawing and learning
and fucking things up.