Getting Inspired as a Creative Designer!!

Interest for illustration and digital art started?

I can say it started pretty early as I studied graphic design both in Bachelor's-school and in the B-Tech University where I finished at 2020. Ever since I worked as a freelancer graphic designer and tried myself in many areas from storyboard to concept art, comics, illustrated Senior citizens books and of course the usual designer stuff (logos, business cards, editorials, etc.)

I bought my first draw tablet (A5 size Wacom) around 2019 and it changed my whole career path.

Artists used as reference?

I try to be inspired by other mediums like films, movies and music (but a restful afternoon is the best choice if I have the time). Of course I have my favorite artists, I’m deeply in love with the works of Malika Favre, Vincent Mahé, Tom Haugomat and Magoz for example but the list goes on....on...on....

The style is quite influenced by movie posters / double exposition photography / retro illustration. How did myself develop this style and how would I describe it?

This style (that I find hard to describe myself) is not uncommon nowadays, and I believe a lot of artists are turning back to the golden age of advertisement for inspiration. Incredible hand drawn posters were made in that area and I really hope that we’ll have a revival at some point.

We should check out the fantastic works of Mads Berg, and you’ll know what I mean.

Describing a bit about my creative process while creating a piece...

The most important (and the most demanding) part for me in each project is coming up with a suitable idea. Sometimes it takes a minute and other times it takes days or a whole eternity. I still haven’t figured out why.

After that, you “only” have to make a nice illustration but that is definitely the easier part.

How do I describe my daily routine?

Routine? Haha.

That depends on the amount of work I have to do that day. As a freelancer your daily routine is 80% organized by your clients, but after a cup (well, it’s a mug) of coffee and a couple of emails later I start working on the illustration that is the closest to its deadline.

In a rare occasions when I have free capacity, I will work on a couple of personal projects.

Being a multimedia artist, what's the favorite media to work with? Why?

Although I work digitally at the moment which gives me a lot of freedom, my future goal is to work less and less digitally and turn back to traditional techniques.

five lessons you believe are really important for every artist...

Never miss a deadline – for the most part you’ll be payed because you are reliable.

You can tell if an illustration was made in a good mood or not.

Design is a way of thinking. Start looking and studying other stuff, not in your own area.

If you’re a freelancer always be polite with clients. Even if they destroyed your work.

Find someone who can help with inputs which would be your future inspirations.

I don’t like to think about myself as a holistic person (as I still have to learn new things every day) but I have a phrase I like to quote frequently: you will have the type of work that you have been doing. Clients won’t assume that you can make a movie poster if you’ve been doing similar but different works before, like editorial illustrations for example. You have to show them that you are capable to all vertices of your creativity and oblige with the same!!