Illustration
#Muhammad Fatchurofi
![an illustration of a koi fish jumping from one side of a book page to another. both are in blue and the background is red](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-1.jpg)
“Leap.” All pictures © Muhammad Fatchurofi, shared with permission
Semarang, Indonesia-based artist Muhammad Fatchurofi interprets the dappled, grainy textures of the printing press into his vivid illustrations. Whether or not sketching on paper or digitally, Fatchurofi gravitates towards surreal, mind-bending scenes tinged with nostalgia that he renders in vivid, daring shades of main colours. In a single work, a cairn sandwiches a seated inexperienced determine between the stones, whereas one other encompasses a crimson koi fish leaping from a rippling blue web page. “For me, these fundamental colours give a way of boldness, vibrant, filled with vitality,” he says.
Fatchurofi works with an extended checklist of editorial and industrial shoppers, together with The New York Occasions, Google, and Bandcamp, which he balances with private tasks. He likens his apply to journaling, explaining:
I’m focused on utilizing illustration as a conscious method of documenting ideas, pursuits, and experiences in my every day life. Inside this apply, I attempt to mirror on my ideas and experiences in a extra constructive outlook and to study one thing from it. The result’s usually described by my viewers as peaceable and calming.
Fatchurofi is at present engaged on a collection of acrylic work he plans to exhibit later this yr and including extra limited-edition prints to his shop. Comply with his work on Instagram.
![a green figure is sandwiched between a stack of stones in a body of water with a red backdrop](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-2.jpg)
“Life is Laborious”
![two figurative silhouettes in blue with a white grid, facing each other, flowers growing from the figure on the left to the right with yellow butterflies on the left figure's head](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-3.jpg)
“Tutur”
![a flower grows from a slice of watermelon with flames near its base](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-4.jpg)
“Seed”
![a figure sleeps at the bottom, then crouches over a seedling, then stands among plants, and finally rises at the top to white flowers](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-5.jpg)
“Daya”
![stacks of thin masks of faces in blue, green, and red tower over a tiny red figure walking through them](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-6.jpg)
“Archive”
![a green figure fades to the left as it peers through the doorway to a blue world with similar figures doing the same](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-7.jpg)
“Issues”
![A hummingbird with a beak in a red flower. it's body drips into a yellow puddle at the bottom of the composition that takes the shape of a figurative silhouette](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/fatchurofi-8.jpg)
“Dandhanggula”
#Muhammad Fatchurofi
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