Youngchae Lee’s illustrations are heartwarming in their naivety. Drawn using soft colored pencils, her creations have a child-like quality to them that draws you in. Each of her illustrations is composed carefully, creating a cinematic setting.
“I make stories, set the scene and bring out characters that are either still-life or animal,” explained Lee in an interview with It’s Nice That. “I think my work reaches out to viewers whole-heartedly because it’s easy to empathize with the stories in the images that viewers may have also experienced,” she said.
Talking about her artistic journey, she added: “I made up my mind to become an illustrator when I designed a book of my own illustrations for my graduate show. After my graduation, I spent more of my time drawing pictures and posting them on the internet and luckily, this led to several commissions a year later and since then, I’ve been working as an illustrator.”
Take a look at some of her illustrations and follow her Instagram for more.
