Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Xencelabs welcomes Messy Desk to our January Artist Spotlight!
Jane Lee, aka MessyDesk, winner of international awards including – 1st-Runner up JIA Illustration Award Japan Illustrator’s Association 2016, The Best Illustration (Advertising) 4th Greater China Illustration Award 2016, Concours Jeunes Talents at Angouleme International Comic Festival France 2012…etc. Jane’s drawing is full of joyful characters, animals, happy faces inter-waving between buildings, rainbow and even outer space, her art is carefully crafted stroke after stroke, the result is high density landscape with an explosion of color, frantic as it might seem at first glance, while on close inspection each piece of her art is full of emotional stories, like charming little treasures hidden in plain sight, awaiting to be discovered.
Jane’s mural paintings have been exhibited in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Poland, United State, and United Kingdom. The one in Finland has received APOLI-tunnustus environmental design award from Urban Forms.
CONNECT WITH MESSYDESK:
Instagram: @messydesks
We launch new episodes every month! Connect with Xencelabs and shop our products at: https://linktr.ee/Xencelabs
Contents of this video:
0:00 – Introduction to MessyDesk
0:15 – How long have you worked in your profession?
0:27 – What drew you to your area of specialty?
0:54 – Favorite movie when you were a kid and favorite movie now?
1:13 – Go to comfort food?
1:29 – Digital and/or Analog %?
1:46 – What are the things that inspire you?
2:06 – Is there anything you wish you had learned sooner?
2:22 – Early Bird or Night Owl?
2:31 – Describe a defining inspirational moment.
3:00 – Do you work in silence, or do you need music/movie/sound around you?
3:16 – Describe your ideal setting for a creative project you would be working on?
3:43 – What music genres do you tend to listen to?
3:57 – Is there a movie or video game that you wish you could have worked on?
4:21 – Best tip for staying/getting inspired?
4:35 – What is your favorite season?
4:50 – Once inspired, how do you stay motivated to finish?
5:08 – What is your spirit animal?
6:45 - What would be your spirit animal?
#Xencelabs #CreatewithXencelabs #ArtistSpotlight #createwhatyoudream
Xencelabs welcomes Messy Desk to our January Artist Spotlight!
Jane Lee, aka MessyDesk, winner of international awards including – 1st-Runner up JIA Illustration Award Japan Illustrator’s Association 2016, The Best Illustration (Advertising) 4th Greater China Illustration Award 2016, Concours Jeunes Talents at Angouleme International Comic Festival France 2012…etc. Jane’s drawing is full of joyful characters, animals, happy faces inter-waving between buildings, rainbow and even outer space, her art is carefully crafted stroke after stroke, the result is high density landscape with an explosion of color, frantic as it might seem at first glance, while on close inspection each piece of her art is full of emotional stories, like charming little treasures hidden in plain sight, awaiting to be discovered.
Jane’s mural paintings have been exhibited in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Poland, United State, and United Kingdom. The one in Finland has received APOLI-tunnustus environmental design award from Urban Forms.
CONNECT WITH MESSYDESK:
Instagram: @messydesks
We launch new episodes every month! Connect with Xencelabs and shop our products at: https://linktr.ee/Xencelabs
Contents of this video:
0:00 – Introduction to MessyDesk
0:15 – How long have you worked in your profession?
0:27 – What drew you to your area of specialty?
0:54 – Favorite movie when you were a kid and favorite movie now?
1:13 – Go to comfort food?
1:29 – Digital and/or Analog %?
1:46 – What are the things that inspire you?
2:06 – Is there anything you wish you had learned sooner?
2:22 – Early Bird or Night Owl?
2:31 – Describe a defining inspirational moment.
3:00 – Do you work in silence, or do you need music/movie/sound around you?
3:16 – Describe your ideal setting for a creative project you would be working on?
3:43 – What music genres do you tend to listen to?
3:57 – Is there a movie or video game that you wish you could have worked on?
4:21 – Best tip for staying/getting inspired?
4:35 – What is your favorite season?
4:50 – Once inspired, how do you stay motivated to finish?
5:08 – What is your spirit animal?
6:45 - What would be your spirit animal?
#Xencelabs #CreatewithXencelabs #ArtistSpotlight #createwhatyoudream
