This week’s featured AAF artist is a young talent by the name of Tobias Kwan. Kwan delivers an artist’s blow to the digital screen with energized mixes of contrasting textures and colors. This stunning effect results in full-bodied work that reeks of distinct excellence and originality.
Kwan captivates game characters in bold action-oriented poses through dramatic perspective that is hard to match, even by the in-game action itself. Atmospheric palettes in pieces such asRikuseem to keep the rendered fabric floating mid-air amidst watered down charcoal shadows. At the other end of the spectrum, it’s hard to compare the spectacular mid-air post-jab toChun-Li’s faceto anything else of its kind. Kwan keeps a relatively updatedblog of his work, but also has agallerychock-full of beautiful illustrated odes to gaming, manga (such asNa Na, one of my favorites), and other sources of nerd culture inspiration.
