Sky Hopinka is a very talented filmmaker whose work heavily focuses on Native American and indigenous life and culture. He's very proficient in his medium, choosing film to help not only teach stories and myths from indigenous culture and legends, but also preserving their purity and showcasing them in full sincerity without thinking about the pressures of audience expectations. At the core of his work, he is influenced to use film in order to focus on language, grammar, identity, and landscapes- specifically, the divergences in structure and rules in each- while also pushing himself to his creative limits and giving his work otherworldly and hallucinatory vibes, effectively sucking in his audience into it.
My artistic process and materials are somewhat similar yet completely different. I mainly stick to purely traditional art- you can usually find me with my head in a sketchbook using lead pencils, inking pens, and fiber tip markers. I mainly use these because I genuinely enjoy using pure raw drawing materials and seeing all of the faded, erased pencil lines and all of the little strokes of the markers. For me, it feels entirely human and shows the effort I put into my work. When it comes to my process, I go into it with the mentality of making art that is both creative and meaningful. I want my work to be something people can have fun with but also take something important from it as well.
