Interview with:Katalin Szegedi [kata]
ILLUSTRATION
 | What is your specialty in illustration? Children's book.
I especially prefer to illustrate classical literature, fairy tales, etc... |
| What are your regular clients like? What do they expect from you? Children's book publishers.
They expect the maximum from me :). |
| Is there a web address where we can see some of your work? You can see images of my very favourite work, "Alice's adventures in Wonderland", here:
http://www.virtuartnet.hu/Alicexh/szegedi.htm
I update my blog very often with my new illustrations here:
http://www.virtuartnet.hu/Alicexh/szegedi.htm
This is my official website (under construction):
www.picturebook.hu |
| Have you completed formal art studies, or are you self-taught? I hold a BA from the college of Fine Arts and a graduate degree in applied graphics and book design from Master School. |
| How did you get your first full assignment? What did it involve? I sent out around 80 postcards with an image of my work to the Hungarian publishers. I got only two positive reply, but we are still in an active relationship... |
| What past or present day illustrators do you admire most? Lisbeth Zwerger, Dusan Kallay, Arthur Rackham...... |
| How similar are your current drawings to those you did as a child? Absolutely different. of course. |
| What was your favorite comic book as a child? I never read comic books. |
| Do you have a particular style, or does it vary a lot? I definitely have my own style with my work. technique is sometimes different. |
| What is hardest to draw? animals |
| What type of music do you listen to while you work? Blues, blues, blues.
Jazz
Baroque music |
| Do you have a favorite work of art? Not a single piece, but I am obsessed with renaissance artists, Wermeer, hungarian artist Lajos Gulacsy, etc... |
| What do you do when a client simply says "I don't like it"? That's never happened...
But, I'm willing to cooperate... |
| What new techniques have you been experimenting with lately? collage |
| What part of your work do you do on paper and what part digitally? I never work digitally. |
| What research do you do for your illustrations? google |
| Do you have colleagues with whom you share techniques, tricks, ideas, etc.? Absolutely, yes! |
| Do you have any specific goals as an illustrator? 1:0 |
| What illustration web sites do you frequent? Hungarian children's literature site:
www.csodaceruza.com |
| What are you working on now? "Born to be a Princess", written by Ildikó Boldizsár, published by Naphegy Publishing
Pictures are here:
http://www.szegedikatalin.blogspot.com/
labels are: "Kiralylany szuletik+ |
| What advice do you have for someone who likes to draw and would like to make a living from it? Keep drawing, drawing, drawing...! |
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