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Hello Malota and thank you for doing this interview with Colovision Magazine.
Thank you very much, it’s such a pleasure to answer your questions, I will try my best with my horrible english.
1 – To Start, tell us a bit about yourself where you were born and where you live…
I was born in Jaen, southern Spain, but I spent my childhood in Yecla, a small town in the province of Murcia.
Currently, and for nearly 11 years, I reside in Valencia, a city on the East Coast.
2 – How did you get started in the arts?
I studied Fine Arts in Valencia, before doing this I used to go to drawing classes 3 to 4 hours every day.
My life has always been related to the arts, playing piano as a child, I always liked to draw and when I went to college I chose to study art because I have always liked.
3- Where do yo draw your inspiration from?
I think that inspiration is in many places, in other artists that you like in the movies, in music, but also a coffee with friends, a walk in the woods or in that tree leaf that slid in front of you while you were waiting for the bus.
4- Can you describe for us what a regular day is like for you?
My days are like those of others, I think there is nothing special.
I am currently moonlighting, I develop my work in the studio and also worked as an associate professor at the university, so my days are usually a non-stop.
5- What is your most common approach for completing a project?
For commercial projects:
First listen to what the customer wants,
after that, I try making a study of what has been done before similar.
In the end I make my proposal, revisions, changes …
I think the most important part is listening to customers, trying to understand and get that communication is very fluid at all times.
When it comes to personal work is easier, because I work in complete freedom, so the brief is what I impose.
6- Out of all your work what is your favorite piece and why?
I think I can´t answer this question … it is very hard to pick one, all my projects have things I like and things that do not like.
Admittedly, I am more proud of some of them than others, but overall I’m proud. of all of them.
Most fondly remember what they’ve collaborated with other professionals, because often I learn with them.
7- Is it easy to make a living in the work that you do?
It is difficult, but I think it is not more difficult than live differently, in my case, I must admit that I carry it pretty well, but I devote much time and effort.
8- Who is your biggest influence?
My influences are the things that I like: certain illustrators like Charley Harper and Tim Biskup, artists like Elvira h. Mateu, cinema, a walk, music, my friends, my family and so on, but my work is also influenced by my particular situation, my cultural background, being born in the West, in Spain, have been able to study what I liked, having had the opportunity to travel to certain places.
I personally believe that narrowing the influences that may have an illustrator to certain names is a mistake, because everything that has been part of our life has influenced to a greater or lesser extent and this is reflected in our work.
9- How important is technology for the work that you do? What tools could you not live with out?
The tools have evolved over time, in recent decades have seen how digital technology advanced at a dizzying pace. Within the context of art and from my point of view, what matters is not the tool finally, the important thing is the messag (I understand art as a communicative act), so the tool is determined by what we have and how we want to.
Digital technology within the field of communication is fostering a kind of revolution and is very interesting to see how art adapts and uses all of these advances and new forms of communication to raise new and different proposals..
10- How important is color in your work and why?
Color is very important to me, there are projects in which I draw pretty fast and then spend time thinking about what colors I use. I believe that with the use of color can generate almost synaesthetic sensations, so if I want my artwork forward certain issues, many times I succeed by using certain colors.
Definitely the color is as important as the shape is in many cases.
11- Whats your favorite color?
I don’t have a favorite color, I think the color can not be assessed in isolation, with the development of many of my projects I’ve noticed how the perception of one color can be altered when this color go with others … well I could tell you is that I like a violet X provided that it is accompanied by a yellow and gray and Z.
12- Where can people get in contact with you?
My website: http://www.malotaprojects.com
My Email: me@ malotaprojects.com
Thanks a lot for the time and investment in Colorvision!
Thank YOU!
1 – To Start, tell us a bit about yourself where you were born and where you live…
I was born in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras (Central America) in 1987 and I’m currently living in the same city just with my family, working as an illustrator and designer and studing graphic design at the same time.
2 – How did you get started in the arts?
I spent my childhood drawing, creating things and reading, which has kept my love for art throughout my life, but it was until over two years ago that I could focus on the illustration and make it my hobby, my work, and my passion. I started publishing my first works in my old blog, I can say that the comments and support of many readers, friends and family were also an important piece to discover that I want to be an illustrator.
3- Where do yo draw your inspiration from?
Music, beautiful things around, some movies (the more bizarre the better), unknown persons while walking on a street, the smell of coffee, love, loneliness, nostalgia, children’s stories and more. But in most cases it comes from music, I’m addicted it.
4- Can you describe for us what a regular day is like for you?
I usually try to get up early, taking a bath and a good strong coffee just with a heavy breakfast, and then try and make sure to plan my day and do my duty once to keep my mind clear while working. Then I check my mail and my news feed reader for daily inspiration and start to draw, paint, create new concepts and let ideas flow out. The rest is different every day.
5- What is your most common approach for completing a project?
My focus is always make sure that every new project is much better than the last one.
6- Out of all your work what is your favorite piece and why?
I think my favorite was “The Messenger of Love is old n Tired”, this one emerged in a moment of sadness combined with enthusiasm and very deep feelings. It was like finding some humor in me in the midst of a difficult situation.
7- Is it easy to make a living in the work that you do?
Definitely No. The illustration industry in my country is very poor, there is little market for it and I have resolved to work with web design projects in most cases. But still, I love what I do, and not because I have to pay bills, I would completely dedicate this even If I would not earn enough to live comfortably. It was a hard job to take the decision to become a freelance illustrator, it requires hard work, consistent self promotion, enthusiasm and love for what I do, but even with everything, I enjoy it very much and am very happy to do so.
8- Who is your biggest influence?
My influences are mostly contemporary illustrators and artists working today, including: Dan May, Jim Bradshaw, Alex Dukal, Alberto Cerriteño, Adria Fruitos, Christopher Nielsen, Gustavo Aimar, Ana Bagayan, Mark Ryden, Jason Limon, and many others .
9- How important is technology for the work that you do? What tools could you not live with out?
Too much! I can say. I enjoy traditional techniques as well as the digital, but I love the freedom that you get with photoshop and that is very difficult to obtain with non-digital media, could not live without it and without my wacom tablet, of course.
10- How important is color in your work and why?
Very much! It’s my favorite way to convey feelings and direct approach through my drawings.
11- Whats your favorite color?
It depends of my mood, but in most cases it’s Aqua Green.
12- Where can people get in contact with you?
At my website/blog: www.wilmermurillo.com
Inside there are a lot of options where they can contact me. Thanks so much!
1 – To Start, tell us a bit about yourself where you were born and where you live…
I’m Tobiasz Konieczny, a 20 years old student of Graphic Design from Lodz, Poland. I have specialized in illustration, animation and computer graphics.
2 – How did you get started in the arts?
There is exactly no answer to say when, why and how I have get started in the arts, but I remember that I did first illustrations just one year ago, when I went to prove something to my boss. That’s probably the first time when I start to express myself and decided to wanted to have a go at the illustration, alone.
3- Where do yo draw your inspiration from?
If inspiration comes to me it seldom comes from true life: war, death, famine and poverty.
4- Can you describe for us what a regular day is like for you?
A lot of coffee and work everyday.
5- What is your most common approach for completing a project?
Thinking about ideas and content freely-whith the deadline far away.
6- Out of all your work what is your favorite piece and why?
I have got sentiment to a lot of works but “Veni et Vidi” is the best one of simple reason: It is my first computer illustration what I have made ever.
7- Is it easy to make a living in the work that you do?
I suppose that today it is hard to do and find something fresh, new and suprising but if you start to using a wide variety of tools and techniques, working on projects that matter you, you can do everything what you want.
8- Who is your biggest influence?
I get influenced by the works of only a few great illustrators: Kallwejt, Bułka, Majewski and Wagenbreth.
9- How important is technology for the work that you do? What tools could you not live with out?
I get started project from some simple sketches on paper and finish it in Illustrator. I really like to do it using a wide variety of tools and techniques, animation and computer graphics for example.
10- How important is color in your work and why?
Color is so important to express some emotions from a simple image. I think that Graphic Design without a color could not exist,except Grayscale.
11- Whats your favorite color?
I really like Grayscale colors.
12- Where can people get in contact with you?
You can contact me on : tobiaszkonieczny@gmail.com and www.behance.net/TobiaszKonieczny
1 – To Start, tellus a bit about yourself where you were born and where you live…
My name is mcbess , it’s a short for matthieu bessudo . I was born in 84 in Cannes , south of France , I left France to work here in London where I’m having much fun .
2 – How did you get started in the arts?
I was into music , but south of France is usless when you’re into rock’n'roll , so I went to 3D college because I really like images too . There I ment a bunch of guys that taught me most of what I know today , we all developped our style and move to london as a gang .
3- Where do yo draw your inspiration from?
Everyday life mostly and what I would like to do for the next day , I like my inspiration to be true to what I know to feel confortable talking about it .
4- Can you describe for us what a regular day is like for you?
Wake up around 9 am , sometime take a shower , get on my bike to go to work , there I go for cognac and croissant with my directing partner and the rest of the day is pretty much a blur , but it involes drawing and avoiding work .
5- What is your most common approach for completing a project?
It’s very simple , always start on paper with basic drawings , then a second sketch on the computer that is more flexible in term of position and scale , when I’m really happy with my composition and where I’m going to add details I do the final inking , most of the time on photoshop because I’m very messy with brushes .
6- Out of all your work what is your favorite piece and why?
I think it might be godster , because it fits what I want to do right now , which is play music and for once it was very easy to do .
7- Is it easy to make a living in the work that you do?
I don’t know if it’s easy to live from illustrations because it’s not my only job , I want to preserve this from money problems so I never have to compromise on what I want to do , I direct commercials for a living wich can be interesting but mostly isn’t .
8- Who is your biggest influence?
There’s a few , I really like the work on Dave cooper , Chris ware and kid acne .
9- How important is technology for the work that you do? What tools could you not live with out?
We I’m a nerd so I really enjoy my daily dose of internet , and I really like to work with my tablet and photoshop because it’s very quick and you can experiment a lot .
10- How important is color in your work and why?
It’s actually very important , even though I only do black and white , when I’m using a color or several I’ve got a lot more options to make element nice and readable , with black and white if you want you’re character to have a black shirt with a long and black beard it becomes a problem , but I quite like that as well , makes me think , it’s healthy .
11- Whats your favorite color?
red
12- Where can people get in contact with you?
there’s my contact on my website but I usually don’t reply , you can try though .
1 – To Start, tell us a bit about yourself where you were born and where you live…
I was born in Curitiba, the biggest city in southern Brazil. In 2006 I moved to Buenos Aires, where I live and work. I’m currently a freelancer, soon I like to start a studio project where I can share experiences with another professionals. I confess that I work at home is a little bit bored.
2 – How did you get started in the arts?
I think it’s something that I always had facility. At school I play to design imaginary covers of my favorite bands, then start with something to web in my free time, and inadvertently became my work. Officially began in 2004, in advertising agencies.
3- Where do yo draw your inspiration from?
Music, urban culture, movies, old school tattoo, some fantasy literature.. Also watch a lot of current trends, design blogs, fashion…
4- Can you describe for us what a regular day is like for you?
I’m the guy who checks the mail before anything .. I try to sleep at least 6 hours a day, I’m trying to do some exercise every morning before starting work.
I work since i wake up, I haven’t a rutine, and usually work until bedtime. Many times I go to a walk, chat with friends .. all this kind of thing keeps me alive to continue working.
5- What is your most common approach for completing a project?
First try to clarify the most of the brief and clear any doubts before starting the creative process. The first stage is research, and don’t start the sketches before to be clear what I mean. Usually I don’t make many sketches, usually first thing I do is pretty close to what will be the final piece. If I have any locks, I try to share my ideas with others. Knowing when to end is usually a problem, I try to organize and focus the lens, so that does not become longer than it should.
6- Out of all your work what is your favorite piece and why?
I’m too self-critical, I think all my designs could be better than they are. I have a list of already completed pieces that I like to work again, but now I need time. I have affection for the piece “hot headphone” but rather the process and not the end result. To develop this piece I had fun with scissors and bend, something unusual in my daily work.
7- Is it easy to make a living in the work that you do?
Definitely not. It’s a constant battle against personal frustrations, creative blocks, clients who need better education .. It takes great patience, dedication and hard work. It is not easy but it’s offset .. I never liked simple things..
8- Who is your biggest influence?
It is hard for me to cite a single great influence, I try not to stick to one style. I am very influenced by the work of Milton Glaser, Herb Lubalin, Escher, and most current I’m enjoying very much the work of Gary Fernandez and Steve Scott.
9- How important is technology for the work that you do? What tools could you not live with out?
I’m a 100% digital artist. I could no longer work without the wacom tablet..
10- How important is color in your work and why?
The color is very important in my work. It’s where I find the personality of my designs.
11- Whats your favorite color?
cyan
12- Where can people get in contact with you?
1 – To Start, tell us a bit about yourself where you were born and where you live…
EbOY is Kai Vermehr, Steffen Sauerteig and Svend Smital.
Kai Vermehr was born in Caracas/Venezuela, Steffen Sauerteig in Prenzlau/Germany and Svend Smital in Berlin/Gemany. Kai and Steffen are recently moved from Berlin/Germany to Vancouver/Canada, Svend still lives in Berlin.
2 – How did you get started in the arts?
Kai studied Communication Design at the Folkswangschule in Essen, Steffen and Svend studied at the UdK in Berlin.
3- Where do yo draw your inspiration from?
A lot comes from everyday life … going to the supermarkets, walking in the woods and of course surfing the internet. Apart from google-search, Flickr and FFFFound are great places to look for inspirations.
4- Can you describe for us what a regular day is like for you?
Steffen: Breakfast while listening to the radio … going downstairs to the home office, working/chatting with Kai and Svend, Lunch break, working, Coffee-break, working, Dinner, reading books with my son, working again … having a beer
Svend: Breakfast at a local Coffee shop, cycling to the office, work, lunch with the office neighbors, work, playing table tennis, cycling home, having dinner in a restaurant, chatting with Steffen and Kai.
5- What is your most common approach for completing a project?
Steffen: working on it
6- Out of all your work what is your favorite piece and why?
Steffen: Most of the times the latest one.
7- Is it easy to make a living in the work that you do?
Steffen: We have to work a lot since our images are very labor-intensive. It is sometimes hard to find some spare time to do our own projects. But we are very lucky that we haven’t had any problems so far getting enough jobs to pay our bills.
8- Who is your biggest influence?
Steffen: the internet
Kai: Anything really — nature, an idea, all kinds of data, structures, Philip K. Dick, Alexander Calder, Iain M. Banks, the iPhone (which everybody should understand is something from the future – which due to a couple of lucky incidents we are now able to hold in our hands many years before it was supposed to appear on this world).
9- How important is technology for the work that you do? What tools
could you not live with out?
Steffen: We use as many new tools as we can. Since we are working at three different places, collaboration tools are important … like iChat, Campfire and Backpack (37 signals), Google Docs and many more.
Kai: Technology is inspirational — we stand in awe of all the new possibilities — and we try to integrate and learn as much as possible.
Svend: The communication and collaboration tools are most important for the way we work. Not only that we live and work on three different places (in Berlin and Vancouver) also our clients come from all over the world. Our working life would be completely different without internet-based communication.
10- How important is color in your work and why?
Steffen: Very :) … colours can change everything.
Kai: yes that’s true, but I wouldn’t say it plays a main role in ourdaily thoughts about work. It’s as important as anything else. Content, dynamics, moods, etc. We would be fine even if we wouldn’t possess color to play with.
11- Whats your favorite color?
Steffen: all colors
12- Where can people get in contact with you?
eboy@eboy.com
