CAROLYN GAN

Carolyn is a freelance digital artist from Perth, Western Australia. One of the challenges she enjoys with digital art is to be flexible with a range of illustrative styles.

Concept paintings, character design and comics are my favourite areas. My influences are wide; Baroque art, classical paintings, European Bande Dessinees art, manga, video games, children's illustrators, and real life.

Carolyn has also been featured in the FXPose section of ImagineFX magazine, issue 25. Currently she is continuing to improve her drawing skills, and to seek further employment in the creative arts industry.

Influences

Caravaggio, Bouguereau, Joseph Clement Coll, John Howe, Brom, Norman Rockwell, Claire Wendling, Herge, Mike Mignola, James Gurney, Shaun Tan, The Black Frog, Chris Ware, Jo Chen, Jason Chan, Anry, Arnold Tsang, James Jean, Jon Foster, Hayao Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka, Range Murata, Katsuya Terada, Katsuhiro Otomo, Kazuma Kaneko, Kuroboshi Kouhaku, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Oga Kazuo, Yamada Akihiro.

Vital Statistics

Full name: Carolyn Gan

Date of birth: 12th November, 1984

Current Location: Perth, Western Australia

Complete this sentence: Three cavemen are sitting round a fire, one says to the other… "Uh, so guys... if a tree falls down in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?"

What is the first visual image you can remember? There was this big old painting of a barebacked Hawaiian woman painted in orange and brown oils in the house I grew up in. Rather creepy, but also really cool.

Who is your most influential artist? Claire Wendling

Last book you read? 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Favourite music? Rock & Classical

Favourite film? Ratatouille

Favourite TV series? Futurama

Favourite animated series? Kino's Journey

Pet hate? Whiners

Share a quote: 'The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt' Bertrand Russell

You are suddenly the most powerful person on the planet, what’s the first thing you would do? Fix the environment

What attracted you in contributing to Erth Chronicles? The immensely detailed world and its races and characters.

What’s the most important professional advice you would give a prospective artist? Draw every day!

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