Lenu：I have been drawing illustrations since I was very young. I remember admiring my older brother, who was a good artist, and imitating him.
I was about 12 years old when I first came into contact with digital technology, but I drew pictures with Copics all the way up to high school.
It was only in the last two or three years that I started to draw illustrations for work.

Lenu：I started thick coating and digital drawing at the same time. At the time, I loved watching hand-drawn VOCALOID PVs, and I was particularly attracted to the thick coating style.
So I had a pretty clear idea of the style I wanted to draw, but it took me a long time to get used to the feel of the painting tool I was using, and it wasn't until I was in high school that I started practicing thick coating.

Lenu：I am self-taught. I attended an art college for only a few months, but the environment and content didn't suit me, so I quit immediately.

Lenu：I guess it's about creating stories...! Even when I'm not drawing, I create in my spare time.
I also love to travel, though I can't do it as easily these days because of COVID!

Lenu：I use a Macbook air, a Wacom cintiq pro, and very rarely an iPad.
As for software, I mainly use CLIPSTUDIO and sometimes Photoshop. Before that, I used to use Fire Alpaca.

Lenu：Folk, ambient, and chill-out music and water are always my companions.

Lenu：There are many...! If I had to pick some, I'd say Ichika, Zero, and awanqi from the Daughter of Evil series.
Manga artists include Hiroyuki Asada (Tegami Bachi) and Atsushi Okubo (Soul Eater).
And then there is Leonid Afremov, a Russian contemporary impressionist painter.
I'm often influenced by people who are particularly unique and beautiful in their use of color and worldview.

Lenu：I'm not a big fan of painting either, but I think my interest in it started in high school or college.
As I saw various artworks at art exhibitions, galleries, books and art stores, I began to like them.
I especially like Impressionist paintings that emphasize the changing colors and light, but I am also attracted to graceful works like Rococo art.

Lenu：As I mentioned earlier, there are many art exhibitions and galleries. This is because I have been living abroad since I was in high school, so inevitably I have had many opportunities to learn about foreign artists.
As for Leonid Afremov's work, I first saw it displayed in a store, and I couldn't forget it, so I desperately researched it on the Internet and became a fan.