Kent Miller
Kent Miller, from Richmond Hill, Georgia, is a Graphic Design student graduating in December 2020. He specializes in digital art, focusing mainly on illustration. Growing up, he was fascinated with artists’ ability to create wonderous stories and beautiful worlds of fantasy by using their imagination and artistic skills. He hopes to become an illustrator for children’s books after college.
Artist Statement
My graphic fiction is connected with the theme of fantasy and imagination. Ever since I was a little kid, I have always been fascinated with how artists are able to utilize their imagination to create such grand worlds of fantasy through their medium. Ever since then, I have wanted to share my imagination through illustration.
I want to investigate the relationship between fantasy and reality. I believe that fantasy represents the heightened good of reality, which the imagination is able to bring to new heights. As an artist, this is what I want to be able to do.
The concept I have decided on was to create a children’s storybook about a magical land of toys. I created a printed-out book. The illustrative style has a childlike look to it, utilizing texture and color to create a look of a child making crafts but a bit more polished. I want the children to enjoy the adventure and magic, and the adults to be able to relate the characters’ experience to their own childhood.