As an illustrator I like to focus on these smaller moments in life and use my work to reflect this; I utilise my work as an avenue to explore the dilemmas I face personally, this work has not just been about working towards fulfilling and solving how I feel but to also help explore problems for the audience.
This year my work has focused on struggles with depression. I wanted to show what I was going and my own personal journey, delving into its effect not just on the sufferer but also the people around them.
Working through the project I realised it presented an opportunity to use my story to help inform others struggling through a similar experience.
Despite the sombre subject, my work utilises a bright and colourful palette; I like to see the brighter side and these colours reveal a positivity and hope which isn’t always apparent to someone suffering from depression. My palette became quite simple despite the brightness when working, a simple but carefully chosen range of pigment inked colours complemented the freehand sketch style of the work.
Hopefully with this work I can show people how to make progress in the face of a difficulty that’s all too often hid from others around them.
Mae’r cyfan yn dechrau gyda rhywbeth syml. Gall rhywbeth cyffredin, a gymerwn yn gwbl ganiataol, fod yn ystyrlon tu hwnt i’r person cywir.
Fel darlunydd, rwy’n hoffi canolbwyntio ar yr ysbeidiau byr hyn mewn bywyd a defnyddio fy ngwaith i’w hadlewyrchu; defnyddiaf fy ngwaith yn gyfrwng i archwilio’r dilemâu rwy’n eu hwynebu’n bersonol; nid dim ond diwallu a datrys sut rydw i’n teimlo oedd nod y gwaith, ond hefyd helpu i’r gynulleidfa archwilio problemau.
Eleni, mae fy ngwaith wedi canolbwyntio ar ymrafael ag iselder. Roeddwn i eisiau dangos fy mhrofiad i a’m taith bersonol, gan durio i effaith iselder nid yn unig ar y dioddefwr, ond ar y bobl o’i gwmpas hefyd.
Wrth weithio ar y prosiect, sylweddolais ei fod yn cynnig cyfle i ddefnyddio fy stori i i helpu eraill sy’n ymrafael â phrofiad tebyg.
Er y pwnc prudd, mae fy ngwaith yn defnyddio palet lliwgar a llachar; rwy’n hoffi gweld yr ochr oleuach ac mae’r lliwiau hyn yn datgelu agwedd gadarnhaol a gobaith, nad ydynt bob amser yn amlwg i rywun sy’n dioddef iselder. Aeth fy mhalet yn eithaf syml, er llachar, wrth weithio; fe wnaeth dewis syml, ond dewis gofalus, o liwiau inc pigment ategu arddull brasluniau llawrydd y gwaith.
Yn y gwaith hwn, fy ngobaith yw y gallaf ddangos i bobl sut i gamu ymlaen yn wyneb anhawster sydd ynghudd yn rhy aml rhag eraill o’u cwmpas.
