Tawa Abiwa

in order to understand how they shape—and reshape—our shared reality. In her process, she initially develops the worlds her characters inhabit, allowing these environments to influence her stylistic choices so that each character carries the essence of their world with them. She believes every piece exists within its own unique space—sometimes to be revisited and expanded upon, other times left as an undisturbed realm. Her fascination with shape language began in a print production course, where she learned how fundamental shapes could create visual languages with emotional and symbolic meaning. That early interest evolved into a love for character design, where she focuses on using form, proportion, shape, and texture to mold visual elements into distinct identities.