Manoou on Behance

I cam across this french artist on Behance.net by the name Manoou who makes geometric vector art for print using textures as her colours for the shapes in her imagery such as wood, sky, cosmic space, feathers washi paper, fabric textures and much more. Most of her illustrations are of animals and many of them have a symmetry or mirror concept going on. I'm thinking about making my 2nd branding poster with geometric shapes using textures like this but in the theme and colour scheme of the show's chosen branding.

I really like this smoking deer piece of work because of how the smoke kind of looks like a thought bubble as it is made up with many circles that merge using the galaxy sky texture. I also like how she has used a plaid fabric texture for the deer's shirt and how his coat seems to shatter into triangular shapes at the bottom as if it is being diffused of pieces of him are falling off like shards of glass, almost as a hidden message to smoking being bad for health and slowly rotting away your lungs.

I really like the teal, grey and purple colour scheme of this image as it kind of represents the cosmic space kind of theme without having to actually use the image of it as a texture. The textures used, especially under the grey shapes really remind me of metal with scratches and dents. I also like the symmetry used in this piece with the owl's face and the feathers and it looks very bold and central.

The combination of different textures in this image is very appealing and works well with the imagery. I think the wooden texture paired up with the film camera gives with piece a very vintage feel and almost  gives off an appreciation for the simpler life. I also like the use of the cosmic pattern on the birds as well as on the lens of the camera as to me it's almost like the birds represent the photos taken with the camera.

This particular image is a piece of fan art she has created from the animated movie 'My Neighbour Totoro' by Studio Ghibli. I really like how she has used a grey wood texture for the body of totoro though i think it also could've worked really well with grey fur texture. I also like the way there is a gradual but faint gradient of green rising from the bottom of the image in the background over the textured paper background that she consistently uses in all of her artwork.