Interview with:pjmaybe [pjmaybe]
ILLUSTRATION
 | What is your specialty in illustration? Black and White Pen / Ink Work or Pencil Illustration |
| What are your regular clients like? What do they expect from you? They are great but they expect the moon on a stick. A nice stick. |
| Is there a web address where we can see some of your work? http://www.deviantart.com/pjmaybe |
| Have you completed formal art studies, or are you self-taught? Some studies but mostly self taught |
| How did you get your first full assignment? What did it involve? Word of mouth / family friend/ Involved doing a Liechtenstein-esque comic panel from a 1940s Superman comic. |
| What past or present day illustrators do you admire most? Xia Taptara, and the bunch of fantastic artists I follow on DeviantArt |
| How similar are your current drawings to those you did as a child? Completely different. I sucked at drawing as a kid, I only mildly suck at drawing now. |
| What was your favorite comic book as a child? 2000 AD Featuring Judge Dredd |
| Do you have a particular style, or does it vary a lot? It varies a lot. Some people say when I stick to my preferred medium (pen and ink or Pencils) that there's some consistency there, but mostly I go for broke with variety. |
| What is hardest to draw? Women, particularly the hips, legs and breasts. |
| What type of music do you listen to while you work? It varies, mostly trip-hop or ambient stuff |
| Do you have a favorite work of art? Too many to mention but I really love Magritte's stuff. |
| What do you do when a client simply says "I don't like it"? I ask for more positive feedback or at least a hint of what they don't like about it and why |
| What new techniques have you been experimenting with lately? Pouring it on with digital tools, mostly Photoshop CS6 and the new painterly tools therein. Also recently discovered Manga Studio EX 4 which is absolutely sublime. |
| What part of your work do you do on paper and what part digitally? It's about 50/50. If I hit a brick wall in either domain, I'll revert to the other. I often work on paper then scan and finish digitally anyway |
| What research do you do for your illustrations? I try not to steal ideas or use too many references, I prefer to dig into my imagination but I'll always do bookwork, historical research, design research or failing that dive into internet image searches to pull out references where I absolutely have to use them. |
| Do you have colleagues with whom you share techniques, tricks, ideas, etc.? One or two acquaintances that I swap ideas and methods with. |
| Do you have any specific goals as an illustrator? To do it, a lot of it, a lot more, as much as possible. |
| What illustration web sites do you frequent? http://www.deviantart.com
http://www.idrawgirls.com
http://www.itsnicethat.com |
| What are you working on now? Currently hooked into drawing stuff inspired by Charles Addams |
| What advice do you have for someone who likes to draw and would like to make a living from it? Draw every single day, in fact do better than that, draw every spare moment you've got. Always carry a sketchbook and something to draw with. Always bounce ideas off kids because they're the most brilliant and most honest critics you'll ever encounter. |
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