Meet Creative People | 遇见创意人士 Illustrator LuNa 插画师卢那

Craft and creativity continues to grow in China, none of which would be possible without the inspired and daring minds behind the ideas and production. We are asking the creative community in China five fun questions to learn a little bit more about the people behind this burgeoning industry. Hope you enjoy! If you think you should be profiled or you know someone creative who should be profiled send an email to info@shpplus.com.

中国的优秀作品和无限创意层出不穷，这离不开那些有思想、有灵感、有胆识的人才。为了更好地了解中国新兴创意产业，我们设计了有趣的小问题，请中国创意人才提供五道问题的答案。精彩不容错过！欢迎自荐和推荐，请发送邮件至 info@shpplus.com.

LuNa 卢那
Illustrator, graphic designer
插画师兼平面设计师

LuNa is an illustrator, co-creator and art director of PlusMinus, a multidisciplinary advertising and design creative studio based in Shanghai. In 2020 together with Latzke she launched UNIONPRESS label focused on publishing more non-commercial visual works.

卢那是一名插画师及PlusMinus的主创之一和艺术总监 – 一家位于上海的多学科广告与设计创意工作室。2020和主创Maurice Latzke 一起推出了label: UNIONPRESS 发表更多非商业的视觉作品。

1.The best way to destress?对你来说，最好的减压方式是什么？

Drawing favourite animals in my own style, freely without sketching first. When it’s just about drawing— no specific aim, message to anyone.

用自己风格，不用提前构图的画自己喜欢的动植物。没有什么目的性，不用想向任何人表达传递什么信息，就只是自己画画而已。

2.Favorite Chinese saying? 最喜欢的一句中国谚语是？

巧者劳而智者忧，无能者无所求。

The skillful man works and the wise man worries.

The incapable person does not seek.

3.One thing that always makes you happy and one thing that always makes you sad? 一件总让你感到快乐和另一件总让你很难过的事是什么？

I’m happy when I can transfer to paper what’s in my mind, and vice versa.

It’s not sadness, I feel it’s more about having a reality check when you realize your limits.

There’s some temporary helplessness and frustration that happens all the time, and you either take a detour, you try again, or you just give up.

当我可以把脑子里的图像转画到纸面的时候就会非常快乐，反之则不快乐。

也不至于是sad, 是认知到自己能力界限的现实感，有一些暂时的无助和沮丧，经常发生，要么绕道而行，要么再次尝试，要么只能暂时放弃了。

LuNa and Maurice Latzke

LuNa and Maurice Latzke printing

Rat-man

4.Your main strength as a creative person? 作为一个创意人，你的主要优点是什么?

I like that my thoughts can wonder, and I can’t stop my imagination running wild to the point, when I can’t sleep sometimes.

非常喜欢胡思乱想，无法停止的发散想象。很多想法让自己兴奋的睡不着觉。

5.Creative person who inspires you? 一位给你灵感的创意人是谁？

My grandfather. He used the flowers he collected to teach me about color. When I was young and didn’t understand the subtlety of traditional Chinese culture and stories, he told me stories with rich voice and intonation, facial expressions and body movements. Now in my work and life, I can still find a way through chatting with him if I encounter a very difficult place. Many of my paintings also have my grandfather’s calligraphy.

我的爷爷，他用采集的野花启蒙我认知色彩，小时候不懂中国传统文化和故事的精妙，他用丰富的声音语调，表情肢体讲故事给我听。现在在我的工作生活中如果遇到非常卡壳的地方依然可以通过和他聊聊，找到一条通路。我的很多画里也有爷爷帮我题的书法。