Some of you may already be aware of this amazing talent from Singapore. It says on her profile that Stickgirl is only 23.
Stickgirl's blog posts consist entirely of cartoons drawn by her. Almost every piece is a very welcome reminder of how much power an image can wield in the hands of a keen observer.
I suggest that you go straight to the first post in August 2005 and work your way from there.
Stickgirl captures the essence of her heartbreak and loneliness with simple stick drawings. The stark lines of her pen strip away the protective armor of brave faces and thick skins and mutes the cacophanic drama of emotions.
In the resulting silence of this deconstruction, Stickgirl cuts open her heart and shows it to us, frame by black & white frame. Like a silent movie.
Her art is painfully poignant, its impact perhaps made all the more forceful with the clarity that hindsight brings.
She conveys raw honesty and just enough hope in her child-like depiction of the stickgirl to keep us rooting for her as she gamely continues on after each misfire by the Lousy Cupid. Waiting for the day that her heart will be healed.
If this review hasn't made you go take a look yet, here's a sample of Stickgirl's art, entitled "Falling in Love".
7 comments:
Yup, have been reading her very regularly. It's poignant and it's absolutely heart-wrenching at times.
She's cool. Amazing talent! Here's to Stickgal. and more stick people!
Oh, u r right!
Love her concept of expressing herself.
Yeah! She's really cute!
You can soooo feel for her.
Omigod. I can so empathise with that picture. Sigh.
Paul
I love the one you posted.
absolutely brilliant. makes you wish talent can bought at 7-11 too.
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