What is your background?
When I was a kid, I had some art classes at school and in my free time. It was like painting, sculpting, making collages. To be honest, except colour theory, I don't remember anything. In primary school, I was more interested in crafting so I went to ceramic classes and did some pots and plates, little sculptures as well. Then I did stone sculpting for 2 years maybe in middle school. This is also then that I started drawing seriously. As a kid I would draw a little like others but not that much. It's only when I met a girl I looked up to that I started wanting to get better. I was more into manga so I took a class studying it but didn't learn anything there so I moved to another class where I could learn academic drawing. Unfortunately, the teacher left a year after and I never took drawing classes since then. That's why I tend to consider myself a self-taught because when it comes to drawing, I learned most things by myself. What does your work aim to say? For now, this is mainly describing my feelings and current mood. Drawing is for me a way to express myself and especially negative feelings. This might not show that much outwardly but I bet you can tell if paying attention! I also like drawing comforting illustration with warm vibes because life is full of good things! It's also my way of remembering about those and hopefully try to share those very important little things that we tend to overlook. My goal would be to depict everyday life adding fantastic elements and imaginary worlds with realistic aspects. I like this idea of playing with fiction and reality. I guess it's my way of saying that real life is not that boring and fiction is also down to earth. Does it make any sense? Does your work comment on current social or political issues? Usually not. I did some humouristic illustrations about Paris terror and subway but that's all. I don't like watching the news so yeah... but I'd like to share my knowledge in psychology! I'm still debating on how to do it though. The closest thing to that would be me drawing about everyday life but more like a camera filming the facts than judging it in any kind of ways. Who are your biggest influences? First it was manga, I would watch a lot of shojos when I was young and that was my biggest influence at the time. I then read Akira and Ghost in the Shell which are amazing! And beautiful! Today I try to implement other things in my art and especially making it more realistic and simplify my lines. It goes in 2 different directions as realism is quite on the complex side of drawing but I feel it helps me get closer to what I want to draw. Symbolist painters are a great influence for me even if I need to study them more. I also like children illustration much. There are also many artists on instagram that I get a lot of inspiration from like Heikala, Meyoco, Maruti Bitamin, Alberto Varanda, Gramamana, Rena.illustration, Loputyn and many more! Youtube is also a place I get inspiration from even if there are very few videos that catch my interest. I discovered there Dina Norlund and her amazing designs, Jelarts and her loose style and Kasey Golden and hers. How have you developed your career? Well I don't consider myself an artist and this is not a career for me (at least not yet). I feel that today people easily call themselves artists and view it as any other business. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing because people can make a living with something they love. But to me (and maybe because I'm French) an artist is not only someone that creates something and sells it. It's a lifestyle. So yeah I'm a hobbyist and even if I succeed in selling my art and earn money from it I would not consider it a career. As I'm not trying to achieve social success but rather personal achievement. What inspires you? It's hard for me to tell where my inspiration comes from as I feel it's mostly from my emotional state. Because I live in a big city, it inspires me more than nature as I don't spend much time in it (I enjoy it a lot though). I also take a lot inspiration from heroic fantasy and table top rpgs which I've been playing for almost 5 years now. Sci fi also greatly inspires me, especially dystopian stories (Fahrenheit 451, that kind of things).Oh and movies as well because the use of colours and composition is often interesting. How do you navigate the art world? Hmm... First I discovered Deviantart, but I don't go there as often as before. Then I created a fb page which I never use. To be honest, I mostly spend time on instagram and amino's art communities. I tried Tumblr and Twitter but I don't like it much. What I appreciated about instagram was how easy it was to post and discover new artists. Today the algorithm changed a lot and I don't find it as easy to discover new people. What I like doing is follow the small artist hashtag so that I can discover small accounts. I made some friends on instagram but I find amino easier for that. I've been part of the staff on different communities and met amazing people! But the thing is it takes a lot of time and I can't dedicate that much with my studies. How do you price your work? I don't sell anything yet. I'm not sure peopke would be interested in buying my art so yeah. I'm not confident enough to start a business yet. I really want to focus on my study first. So I keep drawing for myself and will build my brand later. This gives me time to study how to draw and think about what I'd like to sell. I like taking things slowly as nowadays I feel things tend to be rushed. Once I feel confident enough and I'm sure to provide quality service, I'll sell things! Which art trends are you currently interested in? I really like the DTIYS challenge! It's a great way to work on my style and flex creativity muscle. This way I can draw things I feel a connection to, without completely being in my comfort zone. I'd like to draw things related to retro anime caption as well because it's a big part of my childhood and for the same reason, I can think about my style. I tried monthly challenge like Inktober but it's too much pressure and I don't have enough time to make finished pieces everyday. I recently challenged myself in drawing 600 sketches in a day, to celebrate my 600 followers. I don't know if I'll succeed but it's a fun way to push myself drawing more! I like drawing challenges that do not involve too many people, especially when it needs a lot of time. I feel it's too pressuring when millions of people participate. I like challenges that are fun and with room to improve but big ones tend to be about succeeding or failing which I don't like.
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What is your background?
I’m a self-taught artist from the Philippines and I currently live in California. I am a production artist for @sugacosmetics. I’m currently in my second year of college at Bakersfield College and I am an art major. What does your work aim to say? My works don’t really have a set meaning behind them. I just really enjoy creating these colourful, dream-like, fantasy paintings. I’m creating my own little world for others to see. Who are your biggest influences? My biggest influences are @happydartist @markryden @jamesjean What inspires you? Nature, fashion, music, people Which art trends are you currently interested in? Digital semi-realism What is your background?
I've just finished a sandwich degree in Ba(hons) graphic design, although I started off on an illustration degree. After a year I felt like my work fell more into a graphic category especially because i was beginning to focus more on the use of typography and how it communicates. What does your work aim to say? I'm currently exploring type design and how it can be minimalistic yet still readable. In this sense I'm wanting to see how we as designers can use typefaces that have a minimal footprint How does your work comment on current social or political issues? I completed a statement project which is critical on the position of social media, it was a statement 'craving something that is(n't) there' stating how we crave what's on social media but it really isn't there so what do we really crave. It's been explored using many different analogue techniques to represent each individual person. Who are your biggest influences? Stefan Sagmeister, Jessica Walsh, Why Not Associates, Paula Scher, Seb Lester & Lance Wyman How have you developed your career? I took a year out and completed 5 different placements this was to explore different areas of design and understand what I liked/ didnt like. I also exhibited at the D&AD new blood festival in july while in London for this I also had meetings with several design studios just to grow my connections. I attend Offset a design conference in Dublin every year. I was also awarded membership to the International Society of Typographic Designers What inspires you? How do you seek out opportunities? Attend everything and speak to people while there. There’s a big design scene in Sheffield with a lot of the same people which helps to make connections. How do you cultivate a collector base? I use instagram and rely on word of mouth from clients How do you navigate the art world? I don’t really attend as many galleries as I should, I've been meaning to though just to get inspiration that isn't just graphic design related. I guess I just float around in the world of art. How do you price your work? That's a good question that I've no good answer to. We need to be more open about budgets and talking money. Which art trends are you currently interested in? I love calligraphy! But I think that's just the typographer in me. |
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