Excerpt from Tropical Breeze, 2004
ARTIST LIVING AND WORKING IN LONDON I CREATE WORK THAT SEEKS TO ARCHIVE BLACK TRANS EXPERIENCE. I USE TECHNOLOGY TO IMAGINE OUR LIVES IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT CENTRE OUR BODIES... THOSE LIVING, THOSE THAT HAVE PASSED AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN
Digital character design in SHE KEEOS ME DAMN ALIVE
Physical character design in SHE KEEOS ME DAMN ALIVE
Digital character design in I CANT REMEMBER A TIME I DIDNT NEED YOU
Digital character design in I CANT REMEMBER A TIME I DIDNT NEED YOU
Digital character design in I CANT REMEMBER A TIME I DIDNT NEED YOU
Character design in You Are Being Let Into A Space
Digital character design in RESURRECTION LANDS
As a transgender artist of color, Danielle incorporates a lot of thinking about gender identity into the character design, which is very close to the goal of my character design. I try to illustrate the gender identity of women by creating female characters and performances from a female perspective, and Danielle's identity has injected more different perspectives of identity into the female characters in her works.
The digital character design in Danielle's work has a sense of fragmentation and absurdity, which is also something I want to learn. But in my character design, I hope to be closer to reality and have more connections with the audience to create an uncanny valley effect .