Spotlight on teen artist, Nathan Chi
Spotlight on teen artist, Nathan Chi
2022-11-06
Today in our spotlight series, we meet a Taiwanese teen artist named Nathan Chi. Chi is a self-taught artist. His artworks have been printed on many products over the years. Our very own Stephany Yang spoke to the artist to find out more about his works.
Today in our spotlight series, we meet a Taiwanese teen artist named Nathan Chi. Chi is a self-taught artist. His artworks have been printed on many products over the years. FTV reporter Stephany Yang spoke to the artist to find out more about his works.
The exhibition walls are covered in pictures of city landscapes and railroad tracks. These are the works of Nathan Chi. He began drawing almost every day after attending a dinosaur exhibition when he was in third grade.
His drawings are greatly inspired by his life, such as films, cars, road trips with his family, and pictures he finds on the internet.
Nathan Chi
Artist
I’m at an art school called Xue Xue Institute. So far my arts, I have learned by myself. Some of my ideas and inspirations are from things or people around me such as my family, my friends, school, and some of the things that I watch on the internet.
Chi is a self-taught artist. He says he never drafts, and instead just picks up a pen and draws whatever comes to mind. Now, a junior at the Xue Xue Institute, Chi is holding his third exhibition. The exhibition showcases his works to date. Chi said that over the years his ideas and style have evolved and matured. He has now begun experimenting with watercolors.
Nathan Chi
Artist
I have to control the amount of water I put on the brush and the colors, and try to not paint with darker colors first. Instead, paint with lighter colors first. Later on, it will turn out to be what I expected.
One of his current projects is 50 illustrations of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Nathan Chi
Artist
My current project is the 50 illustrations. I’m continuing to work on as one of my most important school projects. It’s a Jurassic park logo-inspired T-rex skeleton. It’s not just about 50 skeletons that are the same. Every one of them are painted in different ways. Some of them are half-dimensional, and some of them are oil paint styles.
Chi’s father is a well-known Taiwanese artist, Chi Yuan-tzu. Seeing his son’s talent, Chi Yuan-tzu has designed many products with his son’s drawings, such as cups, bags, and posters.
Chi Yuan-tzu
Artist
Because his great works, I really love it. His natural talents, not like his father who works so hard. So, for example, in my career environment, if I find some chance, I always try to give Nathan an opportunity to join some of my clients or design co-branding products. There are some items from Nathan’s drawings of dinosaurs and illustrations.
Nathan Chi
Artist
My goal is to make my own portfolio for school admissions. I hope to get into an art school like Cal Arts.
Chi hopes to continue to improve his craft and become a professional cartoonist one day.
台灣青少年藝術家紀晴和 自學繪畫 天賦洋溢
2022-11-06
今天在我們的人物專訪系列中，我們來認識一位名叫紀晴和的台灣青少年藝術家。 紀晴和是一位自學成才的藝術家。多年來，他的作品被印在許多產品上。一起來看看他的作品!
展牆上，掛滿了城市景觀和鐵軌的圖片。這些是紀晴和的作品。自從小學三年級，他去參觀了一場恐龍展覽，就開始每天畫畫。
他的繪畫靈感來自他的生活，例如電影、車子、與家人的旅行以及他在網路上找到的圖片。
[[藝術家 紀晴和]]
"我在一個叫學學實驗教育機構的藝術學校讀書。目前為止，我的藝術知識都是自學的。我的一些創作想法和靈感來自我周圍的人事物，像是我的家人、朋友、學校，還有在網路上看到的一些東西。"
紀晴和是一位自學的藝術家。他說他從不畫草稿，但只要拿起筆，他就能畫出想到的任何東西。現在，他已經是學學實驗教育機構的高二學生，紀晴和也正舉辦他的第三個展覽。這次的展覽，展示了他從小到現在的畫作。紀晴和說，多年來，他的思想和風格逐漸發展和成熟，最近也開始嘗試水彩。
[[藝術家 紀晴和]]
"我必須控畫筆上的水量和顏色，然後先不要用比較深的顏色繪畫，而是要先用淺的顏色繪畫，之後，作品才會變成我想要的樣子。"
他目前在畫得作品是50幅暴龍的插畫。
[[藝術家 紀晴和]]
"我現在正在畫50幅插圖。這是我目前在學校最重要的作業項目之一。就是用侏羅紀公園標誌為靈感的暴龍骨架。這50個暴龍骨架，每個都是用不同的方式畫出來的。其中一些是2.5D的畫法，還有一些是油畫風格。"
紀晴和的父親，紀淵字也是一位藝術家。看著兒子才華滿溢，紀淵字也試著拿兒子的插畫，設計了許多產品，比如杯子、包包、海報等等。
[[爸爸 紀淵字]]
"因為他的作品，我真的很喜歡。他有繪畫的天賦，就不用像他爸爸需要那麼努力地工作。所以，在我的職場上，如果我看到有機會，我就會試圖讓紀晴和跟我的一些客戶合作，或者是設計聯合品牌的商品，使用他的恐龍插圖或是繪畫，去設計產品。"
[[藝術家 紀晴和]]
"我現在的目標是，完成專屬於我自己的作品集，希望未來能進入加州藝術學院這樣的藝術學校。"
紀晴和希望在繪畫的路途上繼續精進、進修，期許自己未來能成為一名職業的漫畫家。
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