What stood out to me the most in the Society of Illustators was a work from Tron Nguyen for a book called “Miranda & Caliban” and her client was Tor Books. Tron is an award-winning illustrator and gallery artist. She was born in Vietnam and raised in the States. She creates visuals that can be used as a psycho-therapeutic support vehicle. Her paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and acrylic on paper. This illustration in particular grabbed my attention because most illustrations that were surrounding Tron’s work were colorful with thick lines but compared to those, her work is very color muted, and has no outlines which creates a softer feel. Her work also intrigued me because of how detailed it was. One can see the details of each feather, the strands of hairs, highlights on the figure’s faces and values that create depth and form. One can see she really thought out her composition for this piece because the figures are placed diagonal keeping it consistent and aethetically pleasing to look at by making it easy for one’s eyes to follow throughout her work. It doesn’t seem like it was randomly placed.

I personally like this illustrator because I believe we have similar art styles in terms of using surrealism and using women as our main figure. I am also an acrylic paint user.