Sara Bianchetti

DESCRIPTION //

“Lost in Epping Forest” is a slice of life with my boyfriend. A sweet reminder that we always end up in magical places even when we get lost, which is exactly what happened when we went cycling in Epping Forest near London, last June. I wanted to capture the sweet and funny moment of when we got lost, but at the same time the beauty of the nature around us.

DESIGN PROCESS //

I normally always give myself the freedom to explore shapes and composition on a piece of paper with pencils, pens and sometimes colours. When I’m happy with the general feel of it I scan the drawing and start working on Procreate. I normally trace the outline to then add colour later on, and that’s what I’ve done initially for this illustration, but when I realised I wanted something more emotional, I ditched the outlined version and started from scratch. I decided to experiment directly with colours shading and details, and since I was liking where the illustration was heading I just continued in that direction

How would you describe your style?

My style was very much influenced by Mangas and Animes that I read when I was a teenager. When I started at the International School of Comics in Rome, I became fascinated by French Comics and slowly my style started mixing my Manga passion with French Comics and Pixar animation inspirations.

What are your influences?

Loish is probably my strongest reference for colours but I also love Jarom Vogel’s colour patterns and shapes combinations.

Among my go-to artists I need to include Serge Birault, Alessandro Barbucci, Cyril Pedrosa, Enrique Fernandez, Aurélie Neyret, Dice Tsutsumi, Tomer Hanuka ... I could go on forever. When I start a new illustration I always do a lot of research to decide what’s going to be the feel of it, and those are the top artists I look at all the time.

If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why?

If I could be an animal I would probably choose the Polar Bear. Its white fur and the fact that is such a big animal always gives me a sense of warmth and comfort, but at the same time it can be a very strong and dangerous animal. I feel like I could generally relate with the softness yet toughness of a Polar Bear.

If you could only choose one song to play every time you walked into a room for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?

This is probably the toughest question I’ve ever been asked...But I think I would choose “Sunrise” by Norah Jones, because it always puts me in a good, positive and proactive mood. I just love Norah Jones’ voice, she makes me want to sing all the time.

ILLUSTRATOR | LONDON, UK

AGE | 30

INSTAGRAM | @ sarablankart Procreate | procreate.art/sarablankart/portfolio

TOOLS | Procreate, pencil and paper