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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!

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