Sometimes I found an artist and always recognize their works even I can't remember their names and then I remember/saw their work again somewhere so the whole night will be spent in that artist. And it's happening tonight!
As I browse Hi Fructose Site, I saw that Andrew Hem is on their Volume 21. I first saw his work in Yoskay Yamamoto's blog and recognize his works since then.
Andrew Hem was born in Cambodia. At 4 months his parents fled Cambodia from the genocide and ended up in Los Angeles. By age 12 Andrew started getting into graffiti. He studied under writers like dzeas, rek2, lifer, and zoueh. He continued graffiti for about 9 years getting into nothing but trouble. He got introduce to figure drawing in his last semester in Santa Monica College and knew right away what hea was meant to do. At that moment he changed his majot and pursued the life of an illustrator...
faces, outfit details, mood~
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