Thursday

INSPIRATION!!! (NEVER USE THIS WORD!!!)

I know that as art students we are really encouraged to be aware of contemporary illustration as well as researching art history in general relating to our work, I also try and draw from music, film and my friends when coming up with new ideas. Music is obviously a huge part of your life, but what else inspires you?(Kirsten Cowie)

Inspiration is a horrible word. Its not BIG enough to represent the thousands of visual messages and influences one is bombarded with every day... For me its things like, sweet wrappers, streetwear, shop fronts, packaging, science, theory, television, the internet, all these things are inescapable, and have a subconscious affect on everything I do.

Which past/present illustrators or designers have influenced you?

None really. I try not to take influence from illustrators or designers, more so from fine artists, scientists, writers and thinkers. Artists like Haring, Itten, Albers, LeWitt and thinkers like Pinker, Gladwell, Barthes, Songtag... etc

Where do you take influence from? (William Ricketts)

For me its things like, sweet wrappers, streetwear, shop fronts, packaging, science, theory, television, the internet, all these things are inescapable, and have a subconscious affect on everything I do.

Which past/present illustrators or designers have influenced you?


None really. I try not to take influence from illustrators or designers, more so from fine artists, scientists, writers and thinkers.

Artists like Haring, Itten, Albers, LeWitt and thinkers like Pinker, Gladwell, Barthes, Songtag... etc


Most inspired by? (can be a person, a movement – or whatever collective of things you want)


Nothing in particular "inspires me". I absorb everything, somethings more influential than others. I am excited to travel the world, and learn more about the design industries across the globe.