art
What is the hardest thing
about being an illustrator?
In a nutshell ‘when it’s good it’s
good, but when it’s bad it’s bad’. I
suppose it’s the constant struggle
to find new work which becomes
tiring and frustrating after a while,
but this is all part and parcel of
being a freelancer. One of the
greatest skills needed is to have
a strong sense of self-belief and
motivation in order to succeed.
How do you find new work?
With great difficulty to be honest!
(laughs). Competition within the
industry is fierce and completely
saturated at the moment, which is
making it more difficult to find work
for established artists like myself.
So you have to always be one step
ahead of everyone else constantly
re-inventing yourself and coming
up with new ideas and ways of
self-promotion. I also think a lot of
illustrators don’t get the kind of
recognition they deserve, and are
too. In terms of hardware, I use My family is very supportive of
thought of as people who just draw
dual 21-inch screen displays what I’m doing and have seen
pretty pictures. A lot of work can
combined with a Wacom tablet. me go through the good and bad
come from referrals from previous
I’m PC-based, so I have an Intel times. I have two wonderful kids
clients or general networking too.
Dual-core processor with eight – both boys – and the eldest is 14
gigabytes of RAM which is years old with artistic skills that
What are your current projects?
important when those image files would put most accomplished
I’ve been invited to Taiwan to give
start getting on the large side. artists and designers to shame
a lecture on illustration at a two
(laughs). They are my greatest day seminar. I’ve just finished a
How has the illustration industry inspiration and drive to do better.
project with Tiger Beer which will
changed in the 10 years you’ve
be exhibited worldwide in 2009.
been in the business? Apart from art and illustration
I’m designing some graphics for
The digital age has revolution- what other things are you into?
skateboards in the US ad I’ve also
ized the industry with the use of Music is a big part of my life and
had some work published in a new
graphic programs and high-speed I try to listen to the internet radio
fashion illustration book designed
web access making it easier to
interact with clients and be more
accessible to normal people. The “I have two wonderfully talented kids
frustrating problem with that is,
everyone now calls themselves
– both boys. They are my greatest
‘designers’. What they don’t realise
inspiration and drive to do better”
is, you still need talent and a highly
developed sense of visual aware-
ness to direct its capabilities. It all most days while working so I
for students, writing tutorials and
starts from good ideas and a basic couldn’t imagine living without it.
designing T-shirts! I’m looking for
understanding of the process. Apart from that, my other passion
more collaborations – so all you
is weightlifting which I’ve been entrepreneurs give me a shout!
How does your family support doing for 12 years, although I’m
you when you are working? recovering from a shoulder injury.
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