Illustrators, what or who inspired you to get into Illustration?
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- @Tim Sanmi That definitely sounds like sound advice. Thanks.
- As an illustrator I use emotional content to write stories and bring the visuals to life through illustrators. Studying the legends like Dwayne McDuffie , Nick Sharrat and many others . Being as creative as possible is key. Reading , going for walks , being around nature and having routine helps . T
- I'd always been a doodler but the final straw when I was on a contemporary media course at uni and they wanted me to trace for an animation. I was like screw that, I'm swapping courses and then went on to do illustration instead.
- -i had never think about been an illustrator... that just happened. i drew since was a child... sometimes more, sometimes less. in fact when i was 17 years old i started preparing my self to be a doctor. Hopfully, maybe, i couldnt achive the medicine exam and i start industrial design were i had to develop skills for that profesion. That pushed me a lot to get better. the support came from people around me who start asking me for comisioned posters for events, portraits and murals. before i studied in the university i made a vacations trip to Chile, where graffiti culture was much stronger than in my city. this people who paints in the night in a very short time was truly inspiring for me.At first i though about just answer this question, just with some names of illustrators i found inspiring and use to taugh my self a path. Then i readed others replies and though that wasnt the real point.Any way... some illustrators i used to follow in my early begginings were: Oscar Chichoni, Craig Mullins, James jean, Carlos Nine, Awdrey Kawasaky, Joao Ruas, Marcelo Lelis, Andrew Jhones, Sam Kieth, Todd Macfarlane, Lucas Aguirre, Santiago MAnsilla, El tomy, Nico di Mattia, Bill Plimpton, Mc bess, Scott Robertson... and many others from the cartoons i saw on TV but never knew their names.Street artists who inspired me: El Mac, Cantwo, Daim, Loomit, Aryz, David Choe, Dran, Bom.k, Banksy, Mr Kern, Triangulo Dorado, Dulk, Drew, El niño de las pinturas, Antony Lister, Cern, Os gemeos, Herakut, Miss Van, Remi Rough... and so on.So the support of People who liked my work, like family, friends, social networks collegues and first clients was escencial of course. And what keeps me here is the endless curiosity for nature, science, colours, people, geometry and the technics. :)Sorry if after a long written i missed the point of the question.greetings
- Grandad taught me to draw, also, my Mother's Day card illustration was the best in class at school.Later on, when I became a single parent, I always chose the most beautifully illustrated children's books for my sons, and started out with a mural for their room, intending to go into children's book illustration at University, but then developed more of a skill for comics and graphic novels instead!A huge early inspiration was A-ha's iconic Take On Me video, and A-ha themselves, for the creation of the comic The Unreal God And Aspects Of His Non-Existent Universe, and Chromeo's adventures in the A-ha comic book world in Taped From MTV.
- My Grandad who taught me to colour in and my Mother for encouraging me to go to an Arts University.
- I think I'm quite lucky wherein it's pretty Innate; my mums said that since I could pick up a pencil, I was drawing - but definitely reading books with gorgeous covers and illustrations inside led me to develop different styles inspired by the fantasy
- Hello MiriamWell it was my college tutor who recommended me to do illustration at university. As for inspiration to my style and subject matter then I would say the artists of the 1940s such as John Piper, Eric Ravillious and Edward Bawden. They do atmospheric paintings of buildings and landmarks. Love their colours and mark marking. How about yourself.Kind RegardsMichael
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