Interview with Norris Yim: Momuklo and his world  Hong Kong based artist, Norris Yim, is an ill

Interview with Norris Yim: Momuklo and his world  Hong Kong based artist, Norris Yim, is an illustrator and architect who began drawing two years ago and went on to create very lovely, emotional but at the same time minimalist, character Momuklo. You can find him in many of his works even though Norris, of course, has many different types of illustration. However, you might notice that most of them are quite simple: he uses only a few colors, minimal details and etc. I think Norris’ talent revolves around the capturing and translation of emotion through simplicity. We had a short discussion about his Momuklo character and several other things about the artist himself. Enjoy! Your illustration is achieved and presented in minimalist way. Is it because you want to focus on the main object, or for another reason? MOMUKLO expresses philosophy in simple ways, inspired by ‘Less is More’ in my Spatial Design series. I think using simplicity is good way to tell a story and for the audience to understand. I will use MOMUKLO’s elements to discover other styles & moods in future. I keep continuously changing style to become more crazy and interesting with MOMUKLO in my series because i keep drawing to find out a new way to represent myself more.  Most of your illustrations have the same portrait/face. Why is that so? I draw MOMUKLO to look calm & peaceful, almost like Zen (in mentality) as he faces the world. It represents how we should stay calm all the time when we have to deal with many different situations, even, for me, through the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong city. MOMUKLO could be a physical representations of my feelings as I’m a non-tempered person in any situation. I use MOMUKLO to show my views - Peaceful – and to tell a story. Even though your art seems to be simple and straight-forward, I always find a lot of emotions in every illustration that you have made. Is it hard for you as the artist to express the difficulty of emotion in simplicity?I don’t know if it is hard or not as I naturally to come up with the ideas for my graphics. Simplicity is one of my favorite styles; simple lines with simple shading coming together to tell a story. I want MOMUKLO to be kept in that style. Actually, you can find in more of my recent works that I have drawn his portrait with alternative sketches and different styles because I like experimenting to discover more styles and to enhance my skills and horizons. What elements in your life helped to shape you as an artist? At first I wanted to show what I was thinking in my mind. When I studied spatial design I discovered more about the world, however, it’s hard to represent my mind in my city so I try to use my illustrations to speak out and recognize myself more. When drawing/illustrating became my main activity, I started indulging in art and my imagination grew bigger and I transferred this to paper. Maybe I’ve also been shaped by personal and social events.  What are your biggest dreams related to your art at the moment? My biggest dream would be that I want my art to interflow with more artists so I can keep learning from them. I would love more people to appreciate my work… and I want to use drawings to show personal feelings in different stages. Finally, I hope art could balance my life. I want my art to prove that I have lived. Text edited by Melissa Searle  -- source link

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