Using a combination of pencil, crayon, and gouache, Bristol-based illustrator Rosanna Tasker creates evocative illustrations that convey lively energy and fantastical nostalgia. In Tasker’s illustrations, female figures are often the protagonists, with animals and plants playing supporting roles. Strong geometric shapes, concentrated mark-making, and carefully considered negative space in tightly controlled color palettes form dynamic imagery. Tasker, who is 25, studied illustration at University of the West of England, Bristol. In an interview with Wide Vicinity, the artist explained that she found her artistic voice by “unlearning everything I was told at school and college about how I should draw. More