I loved reading about Rocío Egío and how she found her style. As I mentioned in our previous class discussions, my interests are in realism when it comes to art and sometimes I love doing work that is probably not realistic. When I first learned about Renaissance and artists such as Leonardo and Raphael, I was instantly hooked on realism and tried my best to use it in my own work, sometimes it worked and other times it didn’t.

I was born in Bangladesh and it influenced my work for sure. Before the country was more about nature and small villages, everywhere I looked was full of greens and blues. Many painters of the country painted amazing daily lives of the people and landscapes. Thus, I also started drawing landscapes and seascapes mostly. But over the course, the country started to change and many places were more city-oriented. When I moved to USA and was in school I still did some similar paintings. After getting into college and Communication Design major many, I started to realize that realism does not always work especially when it comes to design. A good design can be something that’s abstract or something that is extremely simple. So, I started to learn about design and observed many of the previous designers and their works, things have definitely changed.

There aren’t any personal experience that influences my art other than what I have mentioned. But I have recently started taking a bunch of illustration classes and trying to get into the field of illustration. I am researching and watching many forms of illustrations recently from my classes and professors, this may become an experience that might help me find an art style that I’m comfortable with and enjoy.