Color: Palette usage varies significantly. It can be vibrant and multi-colored (flowers), strictly monochromatic (face), realistically colored with graphic overlays (table setting), or feature targeted use of bright color within linework (eye). Color often appears as flat fills or incorporates subtle textures, secondary to the dominant linework.
Lighting: Primarily flat and graphic, inherent to the illustrative style. Emphasis is placed on line, shape, pattern, and color relationships rather than simulating realistic light and shadow to create volume. This results in a bold, direct visual statement.
Design Technique: Strong reliance on hand-drawn or digitally created black linework that is often thick, textured, or patterned (lines within lines, dots). Subjects range from still life (flowers, food) to portraits/abstractions (face, eye), often simplified or stylized. There's a playful juxtaposition of techniques – detailed linework against flat color, illustrative elements over photographs, intricate patterns on simple forms. The overall feel is handmade, graphic, and intentionally stylized.