About
Skylar works in various two-dimensional mediums, such as drawing, painting, illustration, digital media, sequential art/graphic novels, photography, collage, distributable media, and 2D mixed-media projects. Narrative is central to their work, and they often use storytelling to explore trauma of various stripes, informed by their own lived experiences as well as historical traumas, cultural identity, literature, folklore, and epistemology. Skylar immigrated to the US in their teens, and is currently living and working in California as a freelance artist, designer, and illustrator.
They will be graduating from UC Berkeley as a University Medal Finalist, or among the top 5 graduates of the Berkeley's class of 2024.
They will be receiving their BA in Art Practice at Berkeley, where they will also be awarded an Art Practice Certificate of Excellence in Painting/Drawing.
Instagram: @skyesongss
Indigo
Digital Media, Prints, Bookbinding Materials 8'' x 11.5'' per page.
Indigo is an 8-page, fully-colored, self-published and hand-bound comic.
"The desert was desolate. Relentless. Insurmountably bleak. Colorful blobs could do nothing but march on endlessly— avoiding the deadly asteroid showers— knowing each of them could be erased at any moment. This was what BLUE had to do, day after day, until they faced a choice that changed the trajectory of everything.
INDIGO is a whimsical, wistful ode to solace and loss; to the resilience of human connection when entangled in the raw depths of trauma and enveloped in the looming shadow of continuous, immense uncertainty. "
That Which Mangles, Sustains
2(36x42’’), Graphite on large paper, 2023
As the title refers to, I wanted to explore a pain which mangles yet also sustains. Sustain, in both senses of the word, applies. The pain is sustained (continuous, non-stop), yet it also sustains (strengthen or support). You’ve got to take that pain, repair your broken pieces even if all you have is barbed wire, and staple oneself together no matter how much it hurts, no matter how many more cracks that might create. No matter how difficult and tenuous. One has got to keep on living because there isn’t any alternative.
What Forges Us
See below for other/commercial/misc work samples
Games (Roles include: cover design, game art, game design, animation, narrative writing)
Matcha & Bubble
Billy's Notebook
The Archetype Syndicate
Sleep Paralysis Gremlins
Character Illustration/Concepts/Portraits
Graphic Design (Illustrated Design, Logo Design, Flyer Design, Social Media, Merch Design, etc.) The various pages of this self-designed site also serve as graphic design examples! Feel free to look around.
Character Design Sheets, Commissions, etc.
Background/Landscape Concepts (including game assets).
Comics and Manga Examples
Cartoon/Stylized Art, Simple Animations, Sprites
Storyboarding
