Reichelle Ferrer
Amongst Reichelle Ferrer’s belongings, none of them could give her the vibrancy she wanted when putting color
onto paper. She ended up working with what she had, ballpoint pen, which became a staple to her craft. The
pen gives a sense of patience and disciple, things she had lacked in the past but strengthened overtime. For
that, she used self portraiture to depict emotional phases of her life. As she figured out how to use the
pen even more.The colors from her pen images became overly saturated versions of the original. Driving
inspiration from looking at someone as the light, may it be the sun, a lamp, or T.V screen, illuminate
different tones on their face. She became fascinated with these hues especially when they were in motion.
Ferrer’s art later progressed to how color represents and explores movement and moods. Another thing she was
curious about how far away from our idea of the human form can she could get for it to still be
recognizable. This led to her expression expanding the extremes of both; how much is less and how much is
too much? Ferrer expressed these through variant patterns to show shift and bold colors, pairing them with
those neighboring and opposite of the color wheel. Photomontage being her main source for this.
Eventually, Ferrer wanted to explore more conceptual and social issues. She felt that the discipline of hand
drawn digital animation perfectly captured the strain that both animation and social issues demand. Overall,
Ferrer is an artist that mainly focuses on illustration and animation to display personal concerns and
worries