The Art Of

Mika Cuenco
 “We dont make
mistakes just
happy little
accidents.”
-Bob Ross
As a child, I would con-
stantly find it difficult to in-
teract with other children.
While they would play out-
WHO IS SHE?
side or gossip about which
teacher they disliked the
most, I would preoccupy my-
self with a simple paper and
pencil. To some, this would
Michellie Nicole M. Cuenco seem as quite the peculiar
“Mike” hobby. But to me, it soon be-
Advertising Arts Student came my whole world. Being
able to imagine creatures
Illustration Enthusiast and supernatural beings
19 and bringing that concept
to life; that, I believed, was
my very own magical power.
From then on, I knew that I
always wanted to pursue a
c areer in the creative field.
More specifically, I am still
hoping to become a suc-
cessful illustrator who pro-
fessionalizes in capturing
emotion in people. If ever
my work could inspire peo-
ple and enable them to feel
comfort or make them view
the world in a different per-
spective, then that would be
the greatest honor I could
receive as a creative. I be-
lieve art is a medium with
the potential to influence
an audience. And with it, I
wish to enforce the notion
that there is still good in this
world.
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It would be near impossible and

equally ridiculous to not acknowl-
edge that my work heavily incorpo-
rates flowers and plants into them.
Over the years, I have followed this
aesthetic consistently and have add-
ed other elements of nature that a
certain audience have come to no-
tice. I would like to refer to my art
as “casual meets fantasy” because I
tend to create (mostly) girls in street-
wear with a certain woodland crea-
ture or sea dwelling vibe to them. It
enables me to incorporate both re-
ality and fantasy together which has
become what people associate my

I art with. To this day, I am still in awe

f you were to ask a friend of mine of all of the positive feedback I have
what kind of art style I have, the im- received. This enables me to contin-
mediate answer would be “botanical”. ue on and develop my skill further.

“Casual
Meets
Fantasy”