Discover the contemporary work of Ryan Mendil

I am a french drawing and art lover, who tries to improve his technique skills, expressing and enlarging its creativity. When I was a kid, i used to draw a lot, but was afraid of using colours by lack of knowledge in colour mixing to get realistic results. So I only used to draw in a black and white style. 

I had a goal a few years after, when i started to draw again after some time: to give a visual representation to emotions. Due to some personal events that occured in my life, i have been inspired to go on with a first try to represent sadness (Tristesse in french). But I realized I needed for a first time, to use colours for that. The result was completely natural, with no prior thought.

Since then I strongly needed to express more...  

In each of my creations, i aim to materialize the concepts and ideas of expression of themes that came across my life, that's the source of my inspiration. Some of them have their source of inspiration from video games, series, any type of lore,  or even the simplest things existing.

Fantastic landscapes, dark creatures from any type of lore, portraits of characters or people, abstract drawings to make emotions come to life; and more...