tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236280172023-11-15T15:44:48.716+00:00KATE MOROSS FAQ + INFO BLOGUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-10827718265555401892013-11-05T13:25:00.000+00:002013-11-04T13:31:39.215+00:00Speaking at HERE It's Nice That 2013<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/74275116?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="525" height="295" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/74275116">Here 2013: Kate Moross</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/itsnicethat">It's Nice That</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-45401866781431751632013-11-04T13:29:00.003+00:002013-11-04T13:29:52.102+00:00Blank Sheet Project D&AD Animation by Scriberia<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/50988810?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="525" height="295" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/50988810">Kate Moross - The Blank Sheet Project - D&AD</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user7306023">Scriberia</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-75788100845092370092013-11-04T13:28:00.003+00:002013-11-04T13:28:55.496+00:00OFFSET Main Stage Presentation 2013<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/76287135?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="525" height="295" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/76287135">Kate Moross - Main Stage Presentation - OFFSET2013</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/offset">OFFSET</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-77369957234969646272013-11-04T13:28:00.001+00:002013-11-04T13:28:07.084+00:00Beauty In The Making : It's Nice That<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/42959492?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="525" height="295" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/42959492">Beauty in the Making 5 x 8: Kate Moross</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/itsnicethat">It's Nice That</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-22325846828696368592013-06-26T20:04:00.001+01:002013-06-26T20:39:43.154+01:00THIS IS ME... Interview By Kanken<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-35433846134612953322011-10-26T11:01:00.001+01:002011-10-26T11:06:46.940+01:00INTERVIEW WITH IT'S NICE THAT<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">How do you explain what you do to your parents?</span><br />I don’t have to go into too much detail, I think they get it on the most part. They are part of the reason I do what I do, encouraged me in my career from a really young age.<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />Who do you look like?</span><br />A seven year old boy.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Did your education count?</span><br />Yes, but perhaps not in the most traditional way. It was more what happened around the learning that counted.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What’s the best mistake you have ever made?</span><br />I make too many to notice.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">When did you realise that this is what you were good at?</span><br />Because I sucked at most other things in comparison.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What rules do you live by?</span><br />Hard work, and good behavior.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What makes your day?</span><br />A coffee from Kaffeine and a cigarette in the morning while ticking things off an ever-growing to-do list.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What did you want to be when you were growing up?</span><br />An inventor, I didn’t realise it at the time that that is basically what a designer is.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What one thing would you like to be remembered by/for?</span><br />Prolificacy.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What’s your favourite combination?</span><br />Pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.<br /><br />To view the article and my recent guest posts click <a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/authors/kate-moross">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-9698971986683363552011-10-26T10:58:00.001+01:002011-10-26T11:01:11.450+01:00<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30484606" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" width="400"></iframe><br /><br />Recent Interview with <a href="http://think-work-play.com/kate-moross-2/">Think-Work-Play</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-21587314532362501482011-10-26T10:52:00.002+01:002011-10-26T10:58:01.146+01:00RECENT QUESTIONS<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Graphic designers such as you, are busy people. do you have any tips on stress?</span> - <span class="accountReference"><a _title="Julie Bui" href="http://www.formspring.me/julieebui" class="accountLink hovercard" rel="profile" title="">julieebui</a></span><br /><br />Work hard but not too hard. Take time off, go on holiday. Don't take your work home, try not to talk about it all the time, develop your hobbies and enjoy your free time.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What do you feel are the most important skills for a designer to have/develop?</span> - <span class="accountReference"><a _title="Julie Bui" href="http://www.formspring.me/julieebui" class="accountLink hovercard" rel="profile" title="">julieebui</a></span><br /><br />There are lots of important things you need to develop as a designer.<br /><br />Know your software, and fill the gaps in your knowledge when you need to. As a designer you need to have a good grasp of the obvious softwares, and you should try and keep up to date. Lots of time spent working in Creative Suite on different projects should be good practice.<br /><br />Print production and film are the two trickiest areas in my opinion. Preparing a document for print is meticulous and every printers specifications are different. Preparing a video can also have lots of problems with size, format compression etc... In order to help you it might be good to try to collate all the specifications for all the different outcomes and try saving your files and work to make sure you understand the various exports.<br /><br />You should also focus on explaining and communicating your creative ideas. This will be really important when you start working with clients and you need to discuss projects. Having crits at school and with your peers will prepare you.<br /><br />There are so many things that are important as a designer, professionally, understanding fees and finance, promoting yourself, I could go on for ages, but those would be my first three most important.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">When your work first started to receive an influx of a lot more attention and requests for work, how did you cope with the change in pace and pressure? Did you feel much doubt or panic, or was it an easy progression you'd been waiting for?</span> - <span class="accountReference"><a _title="Kyreena Hay" href="http://www.formspring.me/Kairos27" class="accountLink hovercard" rel="profile" title="">Kairos27</a></span><br /><br />Great question Kairos27. I really struggled at first, it was exciting and also quite scary. I was worried that people started to get annoyed hearing my name or seeing my work, and I know over-saturation is the negative side to lots of publicity. No one wants to be old news. After Topshop and Cadbury's I actually left London for a few months and went to NYC to escape the pressure, not from people around me, but that I was putting on myself. I knew that I couldn't keep out doing my self so it was worth taking a step back from it all and having a little break. It was perfect. When I came back to London I started my studio and haven't looked back.<br /><br />Every so often when it gets too much I just take that much needed time out, and forget about what I think I should be doing, and just enjoy some freedom.<br /><br />Now I just make sure that I am constantly turning out work in lots of different fields so I can keep the momentum going and keep everyone on their toes. Its great fun to make a music video one week, design a watch the next, then paint a mural, or design an album cover. That freedom and ability to switch between fields is my favorite thing about my job.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">When you are drawing, for the fun of it, do you plan out what your going to draw or do you just make stuff up as you go along?</span><br /><br />I never really plan it, just sit down in front of a blank page and go for it. I have never really been precious about my drawings, I just think of them as sketches and scraps of paper. That way they don't intimidate me, and I can't mess them up. I make mistakes all the time, but just try and work them back into the picture somehow. That's a great skill to learn as an illustrator, how to hide your mistakes, and make them into happy accidents. I sometimes work in pencil, but I use a light box to trace the pen version so I am starting on a clean sheet rather than drawing on the paper version. Just in case I need to start again, I still have my original sketch to trace from.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-14985386837075277042011-10-26T10:50:00.000+01:002011-10-26T10:51:50.621+01:003 SIMPLE QUESTIONS<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What is your favourite thing about being an Illustrator/designer?</span><br />That every day at work is different and I am in charge of my own time.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What would you say has been the biggest milestone in your career so far?</span><br />Directing my first music video for Simian Mobile Disco meant a lot to me, most people will think it was the Cadbury's campaign, I would say that was a close second.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What would be your advice to budding designers and illustrators?</span><br /><br />Work hard, and as much as you can. Think about yourself as an athlete and drawing and designing as your training. You want to be in peak condition to prepare yourself for the commercial and art worlds.<br /><br />Asked by Rosie ConnellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-19444009445443699572011-02-10T18:29:00.005+00:002012-09-04T19:46:00.406+01:00SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO<div>
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I met SMD's manager Ollie in probably 2006 or 7. Ollie mentioned that the band were looking for some ideas for merchandise and T-shirt designs, after chatting about a few ideas we scheduled a time to meet the band. I went to see them at a show at Astoria (god its strange to think that place is closed now) it was apparent straight away that the band and I were definitely suited, they had amazing ideas, paralleled by a relaxed attitude and a confidence in me. Together we created the Attack Decay Sustain Release T-shirt series. At the start of 2009 I was approaching the year with a list of goals, one of which was to work along side a band for a full album campaign as an artistic director. That very same month, Ollie called me, and asked me to be just that. Working on the entire campaign for Temporary Pleasure was amazing, as well as the band they have an amazing record label, Wichita who awesomely created a lot of vinyl for the release and were happy with some of my more unorthodox packaging suggestions. Working on the SMD videos was definitely the highlight of the project, Synthesise (Co-Directed by Alex Sushon) is one of my best pieces of work even though it is lo-fi and we made it for virtually nothing. With three of the video's from that album under my belt, I have since gone on to be signed as a Director to Pulse, this is really exciting and I hope to make more left of centre music videos in 2011.</div>
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Jas and James are a dream client. They know what they want, and they know what they don't want. Within those parameters they have flexibility and interesting ideas. They think beyond "something that looks cool" and really focus on the concept and semiotic of the artwork. More than anything they appreciate the importance of design, and it's role in music, and alongside the rest of the team and all of the collaborators (and across all formats there were many!) they supported us and helped us create a really solid body of work.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-65752490288963909782010-11-24T22:19:00.002+00:002011-02-10T18:34:31.788+00:00DO YOU USE ILLUSTRATOR OR PHOTOSHOP?<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Both, I use Photoshop to tweak my drawings before I bring them into Illustrator. I spend most of my day in Illustrator I do all my tablet drawings and digital colouring using my Wacom Cintiq 21 UX which I use even more than my light box now! I still use Photoshop to apply interesting effects to flatter vector drawings, and for when I am integrating type with photography.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/katemoross?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask Kate Moross a question....</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-46681087963295580432010-11-08T02:00:00.001+00:002012-09-04T19:47:19.941+01:00FINDING YOUR OWN STYLE<div>
<span style="color: red;">How important is finding your own style? I thought it was good to have your own set way about illustrating because people can then recognise your work- but a tutor of mine last year said it wasn't.</span></div>
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That's a great question... Finding your own style is something that takes time and practice. It is something that develops over years. It is important to experiment with different techniques and methods. However, you will naturally illustrate in a certain way, it is hard to change how you draw, but it is easy to imitate styles you have seen before. <br />
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I wouldn't worry too much about style at this time. Just make work, and keep illustrating. You may find you enjoy doing type, pattern or portraits, landscapes, line drawing, digital, work with what you enjoy. I personally am not a literal illustrator, I love working with type, abstract shapes. I often get jobs that push my boundaries, and I may need to draw people or spaces or objects, which I work into my style and adapt to fit what I enjoy doing. Style is dangerous too, it can go in and out of fashion, date quickly etc... the most important thing is that your images have a quirk beyond aesthetic, maybe its humor, naivety, wit, maybe they have layered meaning, or stories hidden in the detail, or maybe they are super simple but execute the concept perfectly. It is these things that make an illustration more than just a picture.<br />
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Plus you need to be able to get to London easily!</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/katemoross?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask Kate Moross a question....</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-33548246638462833552010-09-06T20:33:00.001+01:002010-09-06T20:33:15.999+01:00Does all your work come through your agent? and what to you think of agency representation as to going solo with it?<p class="formspringmeAnswer">When I started my career I found all the work myself. Mostly through my friends and clients recommending me, also from a few press articles I did. I didn't get an agent to get more work per say, but to manage all the work that is coming in. <br /><br />As advertising jobs become bigger they get more complicated with lots of formats and things that need to be negotiated on and understood. A good agent will be able to deal with these complexities, increase your projects fee's and be a liaison between you and the client. It's a great thing to have if you can find a good one. Breed have been amazing, and I don't know what I would do without them. <br /><br />I suggest to most people not to get caught up on the agency question, as you can't really apply to be with them, they normally come to you. I would say work hard, pursue work, promote yourself. Make sure you have a good website, and a PDF portfolio you can tailor to clients who want to see work in more detail. I got away with just my website for about 3 years, but I have two portfolio's now with my agency, which travel all over the world.<br /><br />If you do get approached by an agent there are lots of elements that you need to get right to succeed. Here are five bits of advice.<br /><br />1. Not too many, not too few.<br />Some agencies have hundreds of artists signed up, some have just a handful. You don't have to think hard about the advantages or disadvantages of these two scenarios. Having lots of people on the books means they will perhaps spend less time specifically on you, but having a large roster will mean that they have many more job opportunities, even if you have to share the probability of getting that job with 90 other people. Small agencies allow one to one relationships between you and your rep. They may not get the same amount of work through the door, but you have less people to share it with.<br /><br />2. What are the other artists like? <br />Make sure they are not too similar! This is very important, a conscientious agency will not sign too many similar people so that you don't have to compete with each other. Oh and I nearly forgot, make sure the vein of work of the other artists IS similar, as in genre. If you are the only illustrator amongst all graphic designers, or photographers, It may be that the agency have less experience in you field, as all of them are different.<br /><br />3. Where are they based? <br />Some offices are just based in one territory and this can affect the influx in foreign job opportunities. Some have offices all over the world, but this may or not effect your work influx as certain territories are looking for different things. Look for someone that understands multiple markets so you can get work coming in from every continent. Its a big world out there!<br /><br />4. Is it exclusive. Will every single job that comes in have to go through your agent? Outline this straight away. Perhaps you have existing clients you work for regularly that you want to keep that way. Discuss all of these details with your agency before you sign with them.<br /><br />5. Last but not least, do you like the person you are talking to. This person is your representative, they talk to your clients for you, they help you earn your living. The most important thing is to trust your gut reaction, if it feels wrong, it probably is.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/katemoross?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask Kate Moross a question....</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-38256583488900402112010-09-06T20:10:00.001+01:002010-09-06T20:10:11.521+01:00What would you say is the most well known and popular piece or work that you have done?<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Probably my campaign for Cadbury's. At the time I was coming up my Sick Of Nature flyers were what most people recognised as my work. Nowadays I'm not sure what people like as I do so many different types of work in so many formats. Some people know me for my T-shirts others for my music videos, and some just from my drawing.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/katemoross?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask Kate Moross a question....</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-54892389353978387032010-03-03T19:49:00.006+00:002010-08-18T20:22:38.036+01:00A LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICEHello You,<div><br /></div><div>Thanks for visiting my FAQ.</div><div><br /><div>If you are thinking about sending over some questions for your dissertations or school projects, please read the FAQ below, and edit your interview accordingly. You can also use all the useful links down the right hand side of this page to help you gather more information. There are press links, magazine and video interviews.<br /><br />If you have a quick question, please feel free to use the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">RED Formspring</span> question box on the right of the blog menu. I will be able to answer these <span style="font-weight: bold;">faster</span>, and replies will be posted back to this FAQ as well as to my <a href="http://www.formspring.me/katemoross">Formspring</a> account.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I get a lot of emails from people asking questions, and I strive to answer them personally, but you will make my response all the better if you can have a look through this website first.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm no journalist, but I am pretty experienced in <i>answering</i> questions. So I have put together the following guidelines to help you when preparing an interview. Not just for me, but for anyone you are reaching out to, the better your prepare, the better your results.</div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li>Tailor your questions to the person you are asking them to, research will help make your questions more intimate and provoke a better answer.</li><li>Limit yourself to around 10, some which may require a short fire answer, and others that might ask for a little more commentary.</li><li>Put your personality in your questions, people can tell if you care about their answer. Ask things you are interested in, don't be generic or safe, it's boring!</li><li>Ultimately it should be a conversation, but just in a more formal format. Ask questions that are in multiple parts, but be sure to separate them into individual sections so they don't get overlooked.</li><li>Check Spelling & Grammar! It's not the most important thing in the world, but it shows you care and that you have reread and considered what you are asking.</li><li>Most of all, don't be lazy. Whoever you are about to interview is about to spend their time helping you out with your research. So respect their time, and tailor your questions to suit them, don't make them repeat themselves.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>The above points are a little rough around the edges, but they are important. I would really appreciate anyone that emails me with questions who has read through this. It shows you have what it takes to make it as a smart and professional person. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>DOWN WITH LAZYNESS, here's to being a geek.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Kate</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-76469200090200069622009-03-19T17:34:00.007+00:002010-03-03T20:45:17.119+00:00RECORD LABEL & MUSIC<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i></i></b></p><b><i><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>As a graphic designer, who do you feel about digital music? Do you feel your designs can carry the same weight on clothing and apparel as they would on vinyl?</i></b></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Digital music is amazing, i use it everyday. Designs are different what ever surface they are on. Vinyl has a very different semiotic than CD, it has a whole history behind it. Plus its fragile, expensive, and normally better looking. You can't just put something on a record thats on a tee and vice versa you need to consider surface, print technique everythin in order to re appropriate your design to get it looking perfect.</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div></i></b><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Isomorphs seems to be mainly made up of more techno and electronic bands. Do you find that you generally just prefer this genre of music to others, or is it because you feel it more reflects the partial focus of the label on design? (Emma Twine)</span></span></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Neither. All the bands are on the label because I loved them as people, enhanced by the fact they made amazing music, and they had passion and a vision. Those are the reasons. All the bands are totally different genres and from all over.</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You have your own record label, and you seem to find a lot of time to keep up with some amazing personal projects, but how do you find a balance?(Kirsten Cowie)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />There is no balance, life is work and work is life. I do not even attempt to seperate the two, sometimes I can't remember whether my friends are clients or my clients are friends, its all blended together. My social life and my work like blend seamlessly, in fact, most of the time, I forget I am even working.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Would you agree that the work you do for bands gives them a visual identity, and is this something you are conscious of doing? If so… How do you go about creating a visual identity for something? What do you think about/ take into consideration? (Sarah Dawson)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />Everything, most of it goes on in the back of my mind and it is very difficult to describe in words. I guess its inherent in designers to understand and be able to carve an aesthetic for each project. I try not to be influenced too much by current trends, but I like to have a lot of dialogue with the band and establish what they want as well as what I think they need.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Does it bother you that the products you create are (necessarily!) expensive luxuries? Or do you like the idea that someone who buys an Isomorph EP will have decided to go without something else as a consequence, and it will therefore mean more to them? (Sarah Dawson)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />Its not about it being "expensive" its about it having value - It costs money to make a beautiful object, and it takes time. The price of the record is dependent on many factors. Even though my label is very small I still have to fund the hire of equipment, assisting on tour budgets, transport, and then the record manufacture on top of that. The limited edition nature of the record increases the cost on a manufacturing level as it requires more money to make less of a product. Also especially with the HR record we used specialist print finishes, for example we used a thicker card stock than usual, we printed the inside and outside of the sleeve, and then the laser foiling, coloured vinyl... i could go on, even the plastic slip cases the records come in had to be custom made to accommodate the larger stock and spine, but the sleeves were a must because we didn't want all our beloved editions to be scuffed and crumpled. See we thought a lot about this object, and rightfully so!<br /><br />I don't like to look at the records as expensive items, they are lovingly created for the buyer, hand packed and numbered. I spend my time making it as beautiful as possible with the hope that everyone that owns it will enjoy it in its entirety, and really truly treasure it, not because it cost them more than another record but that someone cared about making them an object that was special, not just off a production line of thousands that will be sold cheap wholesale and then churned out in record shops. The records I sell are all packed and posted by me, I think that people notice all of these things, as well as the time invested , and after all of these processes recognise that it is not expensive, but that it is of value - and that its price tag is worth paying.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I think that the work you’ve done for Hearts Revolution encourages proper obsessive fandom – the ‘I must own every release on every format!’ mentality. Have you ever been that kind of fan of anything? (Sarah Dawson</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">)<br /><br />The heartsrevolution manifesto is inclusive and lovingly embraces anyone that wants to support and follow it. i think this is what draws people to it. I am a fan of lots of things I collect tons of weird shit - i have like every single released Radiohead track (probably not EVERY one but I would like to think so). I also collect sharpies and lots of other strange pens & stationary. I even have a rather large paper collection accumulating. I think owning music is becoming more important, It is scary to think that with one crash of a harddrive we could lose everything we love, all our photos memories and music. This is why people are going back to vinyl, so they can see it, it is physical, it stacks on a shelf, it has a weight and a value that cannot be overshadowed even by cheap (or free) readily available MP3's. Also I think since music has become so easy to obtain people are back tracking, they desire the "rare" because it sets them apart. I like the idea that when this record is sold out, there will be no more, the person who owns number 12/500 will own it forever, in fact I even know the name of the owner of the number 12 record, because that is how my label works - every record has an owner and that owner isn't just a number, they are someone who is part of the team that supported this project and believed in what I do.<br /><br />I’ve read a lot about your aims for Isomorph in terms of design and packaging, but do you have any particular vision of what the world is missing musically and what you’d like to add to it? (Sarah Dawson)<br /><br />I keep my musical ideas under wraps. I don't feel it is my job to dictate where music is going to go. There is a reason I am designing records not singing on them. I feel like its my job to give people a platform to publish what they do and In that way I am making a statement on what I think is relevant and important in music. There will be lots more to come I assure you, but as for the future I'll leave that to the likes of Dave Sitek, James Ford, and all the musical whizzes out there.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Are there any labels whose approach/ design work really influences you, or anyone currently doing similar things that you respect? (Sarah Dawson)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />Two of my close friends and clients run labels Merok and Young Turks. Both of them made me realise it was something I could do and they supported my journey and helped out at times where I needed it. There are lots of independents out there that are doing awesome stuff, whether it be a Grime label or a Noise label, anyone who is investing time in putting out stuff they love gets my vote. Design wise, I still work for the independents and the majors out there, and also act as a consultant to them on numerous creative projects. I don't want to be a snob and only work on my own endeavors I think it is important to help guide the industry as a whole, I don't think I will be able to make a revolution on my own!</span></span><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Being a self-confessed vinyl enthusiast, what is it that you love so much about that particular record format? (Emma Twine)</span></span></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sounds great, looks even better, and lasts forever. </span></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-9055451364593416132009-03-19T17:34:00.005+00:002010-03-03T19:56:44.384+00:00LONDON<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Your work seems kind of synonymous with London and you have created a real creative identity there, how important has it been to you to live, learn and work in the capitol, and what’s now tempting you to spread your wings? (Kirsten Cowie)</span><br /><br />It is important that I can go out and meet people and represent myself in person. I don't want London to get sick of me so I think I am going to try my hand at a few of the other capitals late 2008.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-76148865749655503752009-03-19T17:33:00.004+00:002010-03-03T19:57:15.360+00:00UNIVERSITY<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Which University did you go to and what did you study?</span><br /><br />Art Foundation: Wimbledon School of Art<br />BA Graphic Design: Camberwell, University of the Arts London FIRST CLASS HONORS<br /><br />I would recommend the graphics course at camberwell especially if you are moving to london for the first time - camberwell has a nice little community vibe and is more tight knit than the more spread out and higher subscribed courses. You must go have a look around the universities you apply to - that's what I did, and camberwell was the best for me.<br /><br />Course wise - I think camberwell is excellent in some places, but lacks support in others. If you are willing to fill the gaps yourself its an excellent choice, you will have lots of freedom, and won't be spoon fed.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-68655531995961677212009-03-19T17:33:00.003+00:002010-03-03T19:56:58.123+00:00BEING A GIRL<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">For young women thinking that they have to pick just one career or job, any advice? (Simone Baird)</span><br /><br />Try everything, eliminate everything you can as young as possible. Work experience will usually only tell you what you don't want to do not what you do. Develop your skill set find what you are good at, learn about businesses and how they runUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-12329077270981355342009-03-19T17:32:00.012+00:002011-02-10T18:34:00.100+00:00INSPIRATION!!! (NEVER USE THIS WORD!!!)<span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>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)</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /><br />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.<br /><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>Which past/present illustrators or designers have influenced you?</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /><br />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<br /><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>Where do you take influence from? (William Ricketts</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>)<br /><br />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.</i></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>Which past/present illustrators or designers have influenced you?</i></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>None really. I try not to take influence from illustrators or designers, more so from fine artists, scientists, writers and thinkers.</i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i>Artists like Haring, Itten, Albers, LeWitt and thinkers like Pinker, Gladwell, Barthes, Songtag... etc </i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><i>Most inspired by? (can be a person, a movement – or whatever collective of things you want)</i></b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Andale Mono'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i> 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.</i></span></span></p></span></span><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-91150508304351012682009-03-19T17:32:00.006+00:002010-03-03T19:57:37.718+00:00PHOTOGRAPHY<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">How did you get into photography? (Jack Watts)</span><br /><br />I was really ill when I was 15 for about a year, so my dad bought me an old manual camera as a get well present. It all started from there. It was just an old Pentax, but I fell in love with it, it was my first ever SLR.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Which masters of photography do you admire? (Jack Watts)</span><br /><br />I'm not really a photography master admirer. I just like images. I think it has a lot to do in what is in front of the camera rather than the model or skill of the photographer. Ultimately my quest is to find beautiful photographs, not amazing photographers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-14661822208907909282009-03-19T17:32:00.005+00:002010-03-03T19:57:27.518+00:00THE INTERNET<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">You've got your own website, myspace page and dazed and confused profile, how have you tackled compiling a body of work as a portfolio, how useful have you found online resources in self publication and what other ways do you use to get involved with new projects and commissions?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">(Kirsten Cowie)</span><br /><br />Online resources are very important. In fact essential. More so 2 years ago I think it was more impressive to have a website, and work showcased online, nowadays its more common, and there for harder to push your work online. A lot of my work has simply come from meeting people, and my good friends and clients recommendations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-48838474801326150872009-03-19T17:31:00.002+00:002010-03-03T19:58:27.195+00:00WORK SPACE / STUDIO<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What are the most important things in your workplace? (ehaamke)</span><br /><br />My computer, the internet and drawing space.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Can you work everywhere or do you depend on your workplace/studio? (ehaamke)</span><br /><br />I moved to america for 3 months this summer, and had to learn to adjust, i'm pretty good at being mobile.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">How important is your workplace/studio for you? (ehaamke)</span><br /><br />Very important to have space to work, and a load of your things around you to make you feel comfortable, and to stimulate you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">How do you make the place inspiring? (ehaamke)</span><br /><br />Posters, objects, technology, equipment that is fun to use.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628017.post-15661264503308180912009-03-19T17:30:00.008+00:002011-02-10T18:33:22.768+00:00TOOLS + TECHNIQUES<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i></i></b></p><b><i><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><b><i></i></b></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><b><i><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><i><i></i></i></p><i><i><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; display: inline !important; "><i></i></p><i><div style="display: inline !important; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Andale Mono'; display: inline !important; "><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Any special techniques you use in your work? Or how are you trying to pioneer the field of illustration / design?</span></span></b></i></p></div></i></i></i><b><i><b><i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></i></b><p></p></i></b></i></b><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "></span></i></b></p><b><i><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No technique is special, I love working in every field in every way. I am happy to commission work, or get hands on and do it myself. My challenge is to be a jack of all trades, and a master of SOME!</span></span></i></div></i></b><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Do you think you work better during the day or night? (Lana Hughes)</span></span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I used to work better in the night, but I switched my body clock around so now I work better in the day - when everyone I work for is awake, and therefor much more practical. </span></span></p></i></b></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Do you have a favourite piece of equipment you use? (Lana Hughes)</span></span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pens - glorious pens, all sizes and shapes and colours. </span></span></p></i></b><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A lot of your work is largely geometric and cartoon-style. Have you or would you ever move towards realism in your work? (Emma Twine)</span></span></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No way. I am rubbish at that. I did that when I was at school, I was ok at drawing still lives and people. I was always told that that was how you had to draw. "Draw what you see, not what you know". Now I just like to spill my brain out onto the page. </span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What new skills do you need to learn to be able to fly solo? (Simone Baird)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Determination, organisation, brazen confidence, and a good work ethic.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What markers do you find are the best for drawing/illustrating? (Zara Arshad)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />I like using thick felt nibs like sharpies and sign pens as i feel they render better digitally, and I also press quite hard when I draw so ballpoints or drawing fiber nibbed pens just go blunt or bent. For murals I use Posca Markers, made by UNI they are Paint Pens, and are totally amazing, though you are limited by the number of colours and thicknesses.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I've seen some photos where you've drawn straight onto things like windows, caps etc. and was wondering how you get your lines so straight? Do you use some sort of grid or does it just...come natural after so much experience? (Zara Arshad)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />No grids, or rules, just lots of practice, and a steady hand!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I was quite interested in finding out how you computerised your hand-drawn works (if you do). Do you draw by hand, scan and then re-create your drawing in Illustrator? (Zara Arshad)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />I draw and then scan or photograph high res (depending on the size or if a have a scanner to hand. I retrace in illustrator or use live trace, or if the image is clean I will work with it directly in photoshop.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pencil VS Mouse: Are you a hands on girl or do u you find yourself</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">itching for the Mac? (William Ricketts)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />I love both, they need each other, and it makes my job more interesting bouncing between the two.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am interested in finding out how different creative people go about making their work, for example, what is the first thing you do when working on a new project or brief? (Kirsten Cowie)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />First thing I do its get started. After talking to the client, probing them with questions I just like to get something down on paper or on screen.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Would you ever consider moving your work into 3D?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Yes I have for a few projects now, I love working with objects, and building things. I think its just a question of getting more projects that me allow me to experiment more with product design and making 3D elements.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A lot of your work is largely geometric and cartoon-style. Have you or would you ever move towards realism in your work?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />No way. I am rubbish at that. I did that when I was at school, I was ok at drawing still lives and people. I was always told that that was how you had to draw. "Draw what you see, not what you know". Now I just like to spill my brain out onto the page.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com