Irina French

Location: England Web: www.irinafrench.com Em ail: contact@irinafrench.com MEDIA: Photoshop Irina started her artistic journey with black and white pencils, but after discovering digital media, she never looked back. “The possibilities are endless in Photoshop, I have still so much to learn, which is very exciting,” she says. “I’m drawn to emotional fantasy scenes featuring female characters. I aim for realistically depicted artworks with a symbolic meaning behind it.”

The artist is able to find inspiration in everything from a nature walk to a video game, and takes cues from Marta Dahlig, Henning Ludvigsen and Mélanie Delon.

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Press F5 to Load Game “The author’s idea behind this book cover was to depict a time travelling character as she’s about to disappear to different year. I loved the playful undertone, and enjoyed working on the distorting effect with the challenge of keeping the character’s pose defined to a viewer.”

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Girl with Yell ow Ribbon “This is a personal painting that started as a fun experiment. I asked myself what my daughter could look like, so I tried to paint a little girl with similar features to my two-year-old son. Interestingly, he adores his imaginary sister and even gave her a name!”

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Summ on “In this painting, I imagined a druid-like warrior who summons a vicious bear to help her in combat. I was aiming for a dark night scene, with magical lighting effects from her spell as a contrasting element. It seemed suitable as art for a board game or a video game.”