Three by Three: Guest Artists in Focus

QUESTION 2.    Do you think seeing the world differently—literally—has given you a perspective that others might miss?

• ANSWER 2.    Yes, absolutely. I definitely took certain aspects of my life for granted before losing an eye. It literally changed everything about how I illustrate, and I can easily tell when the change happened by looking at my work- but forcing myself to adapt to a working style that accommodates my disability also makes it so that my work is more vibrant and easier to see, which has made it stand out and be a lot catchier. I learnt about the value of flexibility and an artist, and why I make things still despite the pain.

Abigail Roscoe
Illustrator, Animator

MEDIUM:    goauche and watercolour paints, digital illustration and animation

BIO:    Abigail Roscoe is a Mexican Canadian illustrator, writer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, BC. Queer, autistic, disabled, and visually impaired, her work centers accessibility, ecological storytelling, and myth as a living framework for understanding the present. Through illustration, narrative writing, concept art, and visual worldbuilding, Roscoe explores disability justice, climate grief, Indigenous futurism, and intergenerational memory. She is the founder of Coyote Studio, a collaborative creative hub focused on inclusive, cross-disciplinary storytelling. Her major ongoing project, The Sixth Sun, blends Aztec mythology with contemporary Mexico City, examining identity, resilience, and humanity’s relationship to a world in crisis. The project’s audio elements are created in collaboration with her partner, Liv Kurt. Drawing from folklore, lived experience, and speculative futures, Roscoe’s practice challenges defeatism and treats hope not as optimism, but as an act of resistance.

WEBSITE:    Coyote-Studio

QUESTION 3.    What do you wish people understood about why AI-generated images aren’t the same as human-made art?

• ANSWER 3.     AI isn't human, and therefore can't connect you to human experiences we seek through art. AI doesn't have a backstory it struggles to overcome. It's just lines of code. Whereas a human artist has a lifetime of stories and experiences to draw from. With real feelings, not just approximations of what an algorithm thinks we feel.

QUESTION 1.    Your work moves between ink, watercolor, and digital—what do you love most about shifting between tangible texture and luminous screen?

• ANSWER 1.    I personally love being able to switch up my work style while still being productive. Some days are more focused on painting, and I find it hard to shift my focus onto other things - so those days I mostly spend painting and sketching with my traditional mediums. It's a lot more immersive, and nothing beats the feeling of paper and ink. However, when I feel like working in a much more soportable way, working digitally allows me to not limit my work by the settings around me.  I can bring my creativity anywhere.
  

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