When did you start this project? And what inspired you to create this?
I started this project mid- way through the most recent lockdown, I felt like It had been a while since I had given myself a brief to fulfill, instead of creating one off bits of content, and I always enjoy getting a bit more stuck into projects. I wanted to create something more design-based, then explore the universe that the product could live in and try and make some really fun environments for it!
The idea of creative juice is probably quite an obvious one, something I really could have done with at times this year!
On a serious note… how much Kombucha have you been drinking recently?
I honestly drink kombucha every day if I can! If I’m leaving the house that day I will try and pick up a bottle at some point. Me and my gut try to be good to each other.
How would you describe your style?
I don’t know quite how to describe my style, I’m definitely influenced by 60s/70s art, especially in colour and the environments I create with shape and colour, but whether that comes across I’m not always sure. I also like my work to feel quite tactile, so I try to put texture into it. So maybe some kind of squidgy bright 3D soup?
We like the sound of that! How did you get into creating 3D artwork? Was this something you’ve always been interested in?
To be honest I never thought I’d make 3D work, there were a few artists who I liked that were doing it but didn’t think much of it. However in my first year of Uni I experienced some really bad mental health after the sudden passing of my best friend, I went about 6 months of not really being able to get out of bed and was really worried I’d have to drop out.
Then I downloaded SketchUp onto my laptop one evening out of complete boredom, and made this really freaky drawing out of basic shapes (SketchUp is not an ideal 3D software for character design haha) and It just really made me laugh, I showed it to my tutors and they really liked it too, so then I decided to actually give 3D a chance and learn it properly as it was a great distraction for my brain and I found it a really easy way to make funny images. Creating things that made me laugh became really important to me.