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Article: Chihoi & Hong Kong Alternative Comics
Posted: November 5, 2013
Whenever a pencil touches paper and we pay attention to the varying weight and texture of the marks it makes, our awareness is heightened of the human being behind them. Pencil has become the preferred medium of Hong Kong comics artist Chihoi, in intense, exquisite comics and in larger gallery pieces. “Its tip reflects the force of the hand, and the force from the heart. Everybody is familiar with this simple tool because pencil and paper are among the first tools that a kid uses, it’s a more direct tool than a brush. It can be a fast tool when you do sketches. But it can be a very slow tool if you want to fill out the space on the paper. It’s challenging to make a big drawing with pencil. And pencil is among the cheapest tool in an art materials shop. One doesn’t have to learn or become professional to use it.” Read the rest of my new article and Chihoi’s new strip here…
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