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Artist Bio

 
Name: Iris Chen

Birthdate: 08.29

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

♥ Color Combos:
Red + Teal
Black + Pink
Mint + Pink

♥ Artists:
Yun Kouga (Loveless)
Yuichiro Fukaya (Kagrra)
Range Murata (Last Exile)
Miwa Shirow (Dogs)
Thores (Trinity Blood)
Kaori Yuki (Angel Sanctuary)
Takashi Murakami (Superflat)
Takaya Miou (Tengokukyou)
Edward Gorey (The Gashlycrumb Tinies)

♥ Music:
Dir en grey, Girugamesh, Maximum the Hormone, One ok Rock, Doping Panda, the Gazette,
Muse, Android Lust, Sneaker Pimps, Skankfunk, Kozi, Hyde, Kagrra, Abingdon Boys School,
Acid Black Cherry, Miyavi, Psycho le Cemu, Plastic Tree, Sadie, Marbell, The Pillows,
Ali Project, DJ Takuya Angel, Ellegarden, Gullet, Veltpunch, Gorillaz, Orgy, 12012, Back-On,
D'espairs Ray, Deadman

♥ Anime + Manga:
Trinity Blood, Soul Eater, FLCL, Toshoukan Sensou, Boogiepop Phantom, Petshop of Horrors,
Yami no Matsuei, Alichino, Dogs, Loveless, Angel Sanctuary, Vampire Knight, Ouran High
School Host Club, Nabari no Ou, D.Gray-man, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Code Geass

How did you start drawing? I was really bored when I was a kid, so I ended up fiddling with
drawing and just kept with it throughout my life. I started drawing anime style in middle school
and haven't stopped since.

Why in the anime/manga style? I find the style extremely expressive and fun to evolve into
my own. I do actually try to mold the style rather than just take it straight on. I personally also
love doing traditional artwork rather than digital artwork because I like the feel of the media.
I tend to take more enjoyment with hand drawing and hand painting and I like trying to render
the style in a more dark and whimsical way than normally seen in anime/manga.