Thursday, September 17, 2009
Interview with Chet Phillips
On "itsartmag" I found an interview with a successful Illustrator who's dabbled in Illustration for movies, magazines, cartoons and even trading cards. He originally started with woodblock prints it sounds like, but transitioned to a digital program called Paint. He found this program to be less restrictive than other digital media and found it to be a smooth transition between traditional tools and digital media. Partly because he had a stable client that was in a company dealing heavily with technology. He does admit abandoning sketching will never happen, but the program makes quick work with the same style he's developed. I was happy to see Phillips discuss his degree in fine arts instead of multimedia, so I don't feel so alone in my desire for more handheld work. The interview was cool also to see how he balances his time, doing some email and comission requests, then moving to work, next working on promotion, and then working on new things he wants to start.
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thought I'd add the link to this interview: http://www.itsartmag.com/features/chetphillips/
I like the Steampunk Monkey series the best, too.
I can definitely see traces of the woodblock printing in a lot of those pieces. He uses some very graphic and bold black lines. If you would ever be interested in doing similar digital work, I found a great tutorial a while back: http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2007/03/26/digital-color-tutorial-part-one/
It's a three part tutorial and goes rather in depth. Tom (author of the tutorial) is a cartoonist, but aside from that, his tips are great for any digital style.
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