Design and illustration contextual research- ROUGH DRAFT progress spelling needs edited
Task: one talk and two illustrators or designers
Fran meneses
Fran menses also known as frannard across the media, her real name being Francisca. Fran meneses is a cartoon styled illustrator known for her freelance business and popularity across YouTube. she was born in Chile and during her development with her career she has travelled across Europe. she has lived in Europe as a freelance illustrator however She now takes residence in new York city alongside her boyfriend who is a writer.
together they are both working on an illustrated book. Along her artistic journey Fran menses studied graphic design and later became a full time illustrator launching her own business and social media presence across Instagram and youtube. She has worked with clients for publishing magazines and blogs however she mainly focuses towards her own business on her website, Instagram, patreon and youtube channel. here are some examples
Fran menses is a full time illustrator who creates artworks and illustrations based on everyday scenarios and experiences. Her illustrations are colourful simple and relatable works of expression. Fran menses loves to share her support, ideas and concepts towards her audience and always conveys some soft of message weather that is to cheer people up with a laugh or relate to people going through tough times. she is commonly known for her art work being relatable towards women and expressing through her illustrations that the human body is weird and beautiful. she likes to show that people do not need to follow all these difficult beauty trends. Fran meneses does this by telling little day to day illustrative stories about her life. this has helped her artwork connect to her audience well.
Her style is very illustrative using a lot of lines and unique fonts, her colour palletes play a huge part in her work and specifically make her recognisable. These colours being pastels mainly the colour pink.
During this talk/interview Fran menseses talks about her past and her childhood. She elaborates lightly on her artistic journey and what lead her to art.
Through her journey in this talk Fran menses elaborates on how illustration was not a clear path for her from the start and that she studied graphic design for many years. although she never changed to illustration because she was scared of taking that step forward however later in her career and her learning with graphic design she went through her own path and decided to study illustration herself. In the talk Fran meneses explains that constructive criticism and trying new things is good as it helped her develop her style and colour choice. This lead to her confidence in going forward with launching her own business and focusing on what she wants to say as an artist.
