Jan Avendano
One of my favorite things in coming across artists and designers is when I find one whose work inspires me, astounds me, what have you, and the artist in question is still in school. Do you even know what that means? It means that they’ve got the rest of their lives to get better. It also means that they generally haven’t been weighed down by the millions of conventions that plague the creative world. And on top of all that they probably haven’t been rejected enough to really give a shit what anyone else thinks yet. That last one is a pro and con. But such is the untainted, potential-filled, already wonderful work of Toronto’s Jan Avendano. Her patterns and doodly, scribbly illustrations make me all kinds of glad. I’m really into her complex pen work most of all. As someone with almost zero patience I am always amazed by anyone who can draw in so many lines and curves. I’m usually thinking about the next project before I’m halfway through the first. But this isn’t about me, it’s about Avendano, who’s work is great. Great, god dammit, and it’s only gonna get better.
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