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Hi! My name is Freyja Finnis and I’m an illustrator, animator, and aspiring character/concept artist. With my work, I like to focus on relatable characters and their emotions, illustrating their stories in all ways, no matter how great or small.
I take a lot of inspiration from nature and how our different connections to it change us and our perspectives, especially when used in the context of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror genres. In my own work I have branched out mostly into fantasy and horror so far.
I like to work with themes of freedom, femininity, and the desire for escapism in my projects, which lead me to create my final project.
What’s Buried Beneath, my graphic novel, is a personal horror piece semi-disguised as slice of life. The novel follows Maddie; a young woman returning to her small rural hometown, as she goes on a journey of self-belief and acceptance. As Maddie is forced to learn more about herself due to otherworldly intervention in a town of growing tension and suspicion, she ultimately makes the choice to stop giving up herself to please others, ignore social pressures and build up the courage to stand for herself.
Telling Maddie's story meant a lot to me throughout the process of creating it as a lot of her experiences came to mirror mine. It was important to me that I did the story I wanted to create justice with my improved skills and knowledge of narrative I have gained over the past three years.
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