Illustrator Palesa Monareng turns 100+ self-portraits into a book project
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Ayla Angelos
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Palesa Monareng, a London-born illustrator with a decade-long career, has created over 100 self-portraits using graphite and pencil-based techniques. She draws creative inspiration from walks with her dog Herzog rather than from scrolling social media or client briefs. Her practice spans graphite portraiture, animated motion drawings, and an ongoing self-portrait series, and she is now working on turning these works into a book.
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Not from scrolling – she is already fretting about how much the 'near catatonic scrolling' she does shapes her creative output
Palesa is a London-born illustrator, a decade into a practice built on graphite portraiture, animated motion drawings and an ongoing body of self-portraits now more than 100 works deep.
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