Art Review: Corine Etienne by Aileen Herrera Ojeda

Corine is a digital artist with heavy interest and passion for animation. Although being a primarily digital artist, she has quite a few traditional works. 

The first one she spoke about was the one below, which was a recreation of Govert Flinck's "Bearded Man with a Velvet Cap" another painting in oil. She found this to be a fun experience but still challenging. Explaining that remaking colors and having to use so many materials are a pain. To this I could totally relate to. You could never tell that Corine does not enjoy painting, since from the paintings I've seen they are fantastic.

Corine Etienne, Recreation of Govert Flinck's "Bearded Man with a Velvet Cap", Oil

The next one she talked about was a digital illustration of a city skyline. Corine's main intention with this piece was to figure out how to draw different perspectives and buildings. Her usage of color is really vibrant and reminds me of a cyberpunk city. The colors are also very playful which I think is a common feeling that is conveyed throughout her works. 

Corine Etienne, Digital Illustration

This piece was made in high school, and was made for an online competition that Corine participated in. With this piece Corine loved creating the lighting. I can totally agree with, the high contrast between the glow of the key and the actual character do the piece justice. Giving it a magical and moody atmosphere.

Corine Etienne, Digital Illustration

(The videos for some reasons would not upload correctly so I just included a screenshot :( )

The walking cycle was a basic animation to help Corine practice a character walking. It became challenging and time consuming when it came to how the sword and the hair moved with the character, since it all needed to be cohesive. She also learned about creating amour and stances. This is one of Corine's most proud works, learning a lot throughout the process. 

Corine Etienne, Animation

And lastly, and probably most importantly Corine's work for the BFA show. She will be making a Bible game that will help people learn about the Bible in a more fun way. She is still working on it, but the initial clip shows the character of Jesus having different poses/powers that you would usually see when choosing a character in a video game. 

 

Corine Etienne, Animation

A lot of Corine's work has a fun nature to it; you can tell that the work she is more passionate about (the digital and animated pieces) are the more joyful and colorful ones. I think that's more of her personality showing in her work. With her work she hopes to make people feel that joy and happiness that she grew up feeling as a kid and I think she 100% conveys that. Especially in her BFA piece she was able to capture that nostalgic 16-32 bit video game aesthetic. It reminds me a lot of Stardew Valley. I am very excited to see the finished work of her BFA.