Maria Christina De la Cruz - Crooked
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Digital Painting inspired by Crooked
Christina De La Cruz is an Oakland based Chicana artist. Christina is set to receive her BA Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley in 2021. She is a freelance artist and works in various mediums. From fine art to digital animation, christina believes in being creative, open, and willing to learn new things when it comes to her practice
Illustration for mock-up book cover
Artist Statement:
From a young age, I have always been drawn to character design and animation. This fascination and interest in character design or creating art for animation still burns inside me. I reflect on why I continue to have this hunger after so many years and I realized that It’s my escape, voice and expression. Growing up IN East Oakland as a young Chicana , I struggled with identity , confidence and dealing with sometimes a difficult reality. Fortunately , I found that through art and character design , I could escape my reality and imagine something else.
For my Project, I escape reality to express myself with a story I call ,” CROOKED.” In this series of work I created an animatic video (storyboard slides in video format), digital painting, illustration and acrylic painting.
Acrylic painting inspired by Crooked.
