Trendsetters cover. Here he tells us What provides the inspiration
what else has been keeping him for your artwork?
busy over the past few months. In my Afro series I drew inspiration
from the Seventies Blaxploitation
You started out as an interior films such as Shaft, Superfly and
designer. How did you make the Foxy Brown. Having grown up in
leap to becoming an illustrator? the Seventies I always remembered
I came across digital illustration these films with very strong, black,
purely by accident when I was extrovert and sexy looking female
working as an Interior Designer characters like Pam Grier. I just
for a global architectural and thought it would be a great idea to
interior design company in the illustrate this era in black history.
City. I noticed how much I enjoyed
the graphics part of my job and How long does it take for you
thought it would be far better for to finish an illustration?
me to pursue a career in this field. It can be anything from one day
V
ince Fraser is a mainstream Interior design was a wonderful to a week depending on the
internationally sought-after
digital illustrator known for
his vibrant, chaotic and engaging
style who has worked with clients
such as the BBC, Guess Jeans,
British Airways, the Co-operative Vince Fraser
Bank, T-Mobile and PC World. The
37-year-old east Londoner is also
Flavour’s cover artist gives us a brief
a regular contributor to design
and industry publications such as
look into the life and mind of a genius
Advanced Photoshop, IDN, Com-
puter Arts Projects and Digital Arts. academic grounding in design, but complexity of the project, but I’ve
Growing up a stone’s throw I think the profession is too limited definitely become more efficient at
from Brick Lane surrounded by by clients and budgets. This is the process over the years.
the hustle and bustle of the east how I fell in love with illustration,
end within a thriving creative which became my sanctuary after What range of software
community has helped inspire spending hours on AutoCAD. do you use for your work?
Vince to create evocative artwork. Initially, the thought of working It has to be Adobe Photoshop CS
So captivated were we with his for myself was daunting, but it was which I’ve been using since version
ds by Annika Allen
designs that Flavour had to get also exciting. Being able to work 4 but Adobe Illustrator CS and 3D
or
him on board to illustrate our from home was a big attraction. Studio Max are good programs W
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