Representation
#virtual
#optical phantasm
#Yau Hoong Tang
All photographs © Yau Hoong Tang, shared with permission
In Damaging Area, Yau Hoong Tang derives imaginative and expansive storylines from minimum visuals. As its title suggests, the continued collection performs with the connection between presence and shortage, layering optical illusions, embedded imagery, and different narrative cues inside of a unmarried paintings.
The Kuala Lumpur-based illustrator is keen on weaving in combination a number of plots. In a single paintings, an ink splatter additionally turns into flora and fauna inhabiting the sector, with in any other, a creature seems as a flying goose or a fox relying on the place the viewer focuses. “I like the usage of unfavorable house in my illustrations because it creates extra dynamics to an paintings and opens up a visible dialog,” he tells Colossal. “Its concept frightening nature invitations audience to find the hidden meanings and spark creativeness.”
Whilst Damaging Area is created digitally, Tang is these days operating on a brand new assortment that returns to extra conventional, analog mediums. Store limited-edition prints, and to find extra of his playful illustrations on Behance and Instagram.
#virtual
#optical phantasm
#Yau Hoong Tang
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