Waves is one of those pieces that just sort of happened. I didn’t plan to make it, and I definitely didn’t wake up that day with a big idea in mind. I was just messing about on my iPad using Adobe Fresco —

The one painting she would say if there was a fire!

Digital Art Practice

In early 2018, after being made redundant from my role as a youth worker, I found myself with a bit more time to focus on my art. I’d been working as a part-time artist since I was 18, fitting it around other jobs, but this felt like a moment to take things more seriously. At the time, I was using an iPad Air 2—not the biggest screen, and this was before the Apple Pencil existed. I discovered a free app called Adobe Draw (now known as Adobe Fresco) that let me draw in vectors. I started experimenting, and without really planning to, I began what would turn into a major piece: a vector drawing of New York City.