Interview with:Mary Ross [mrossillus]
ILLUSTRATION
 | What is your specialty in illustration? Loose, elegant, sensitive line quality. Reducing form to essence. I like to call it "Loose is More" |
| What are your regular clients like? What do they expect from you? My clients are very diverse and the assignments are very diverse |
| Is there a web address where we can see some of your work? maryrossillustration.com |
| Have you completed formal art studies, or are you self-taught? Autodidact |
| How did you get your first full assignment? What did it involve? A graphic designer friend saw my drawings and said "you should be an illustrator" and gave me a job for a magazine cover. |
| What past or present day illustrators do you admire most? R.O. Blechman, David Levine, Saul Steinberg |
| How similar are your current drawings to those you did as a child? I was a doodler. Still am. Simple, whimsical |
| What was your favorite comic book as a child? Superman |
| Do you have a particular style, or does it vary a lot? I work in several styles, all with a sense of loose simplicity |
| What is hardest to draw? Complex scenes |
| What type of music do you listen to while you work? R&B, Country |
| Do you have a favorite work of art? Favorite artists: Miro, Matisse, Picasso |
| What do you do when a client simply says "I don't like it"? That's always hard to hear, but often I find when I'm pushed to redo, it does come out better |
| What new techniques have you been experimenting with lately? I'm doing a new line style that I call "Blot Line", working on very absorbent paper to achieve unexpected variations in the line |
| What part of your work do you do on paper and what part digitally? I always to the line work on paper and scan and do color on the computer |
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Mary Ross
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