Ph7labs Blog

Interview with Formatbrain

Hello Formatbrain and thank you for doing this interview with Colovision Magazine.

1 – To Start, tell us a bit about yourself where you were born and where you live…

I was born in Mendoza, Argentina, i lived in Barcelona for about 2 years and returned to Mendoza in 2008. Now i´m living in Mendoza and starting a new design studio.

2 – How did you get started in the arts?

I always love to draw and make fonts since i was a child, but i started in the character design world in 2005.

3- Where do yo draw your inspiration from?

Everything inspires me, music, tv, magazines, life, friends.

4- Can you describe for us what a regular day is like for you?

mmm, i always have trouble to wake up, but i don´t have a boss, so i can arrive to work at the time i want, then i work all day in my studio, and try to find time to do some formatbrain works, and in the night i love to watch a movie, and sometimes go out with friends.

5- What is your most common approach for completing a project?

i use to think something and draw a quick sketch in a notebook, and if the result is a good idea, i draw a more detail sketch again and decide if i will vectorize it or paint it in photoshop, so i scan the image and continue working in the computer. The hard part is decide when the piece is finished!.

6- Out of all your work what is your favorite piece and why?

most of the time i don´t like any of them, but in the last days i found a style and i´m comfortable with it, i like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/formatbrain_/3916706102/

7- Is it easy to make a living in the work that you do?

It´s hard!, here in Mendoza, because its a small mountain town!, but i always try to make collabs and work for foreign countries, they are more open minded and have more years sucking graffiti and street art culture.

8- Who is your biggest influence?

i love the work of a lot of guys, if i pick 5 of them i think in Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, FWY, Malota, Catalina Estrada, and a lot of great new artist like ciah ciah, s_a_t, and a cool mendocinian artist and friend fede calandria, also member of Moytoy Community with me.

9- How important is technology for the work that you do? What tools could you not live with out?

i can´t live without a wacom tablet, adobe illustrator (any version, i loved 8.0 under MAC OS 9!!!), and a Mac, and don´t forget paper and pencils!

10- How important is color in your work and why?

Very, i use a lot of colors, they express a lot of emotions and i need that because my drawings are very simple so color helps me to make them express.

11- Whats your favorite color?

mmmm, cyan maybe, i don´t know, i like a lot of colors.