1. What inspires you when you are creating your images?
Anything and everything really. I think personal interests are key to genuine unique work. TV is a big influence on the ideas I come up with especially science fiction as it stretches the imagination and produces memorable abstract imagery that stays in my memory. Aesthetically 20th century design inspires my work like Pop art, Russian Constructivism, The Bauhaus etc.
2 How do you escape artists block?
By trying not to think about it! I've gotten into a pattern of taking regular breaks during a brief and not worrying about time as if I haven't got an idea then I don't go to bed! There is no time pattern with my work, if the ideas come at night then so be it. But I read the text frequently during the day and depending on how well I understand it overall usually plays a part in my expediency of ideas generation.
3. Is your work influenced by any other illustrators, artists etc?
Yes- Andy Warhol, Paul Rand, Gustav Klutsis, Otto Dettmer.
4. Do you work better under pressure or with more time?
A longer deadline makes me feel more relaxed. If there is more time then I can read the text a lot more feeling calmer about it. Whereas if the deadline is shorter then there is a real pressure to understand what the text is going on about, it's so important to sum it up properly. I suppose really I like having more time, more ideas!
5. Is there any advise you would give to students currently studying illustration?
Develop a thick skin! Be relentless in emailing your samples of work out to art directors and don't under any circumstances give up. Be postitive about your ability to come up with ideas especially and don't let fear get in the way if you feel daunted by a deadline. Uniqueness is so important in a heavily populated industry which I think comes from unique abstract ideas that communicate. Also know the areas you want to go into and try to develop your work widely across these- there is money to be made!
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