Interview Time!

Last week I was contacted by Renderforest, a video production company who like to feature artists who inspire them on their blog, so I was pretty flattered to be part of it. They asked me some great and some quite unusual questions too (one was about the smell of my artwork..!)

Q: Do you consider yourself a creative person? Please explain your answer :) 

A: Of course! I come up with all the ideas for my illustrations (and create them too out as paper-cuts!) I think you need to be a creative person to be any kind of artist who creates work from scratch.

Q: Do you strive to be unique in your creative endeavors? What is your favorite part of making illustrations? 

A: I do, which is why I started making my illustrations into paper-cuts, rather than exclusively using Photoshop or Illustrator. I like the wonky edges, mistakes and textures you get with collage, which are more difficult to achieve on the computer. I love when I've got an idea and have started to cut the design out of bits of paper. It's quite relaxing really (until I drop a piece!)

Q: What is your favorite color? Does this color describe your as a person? Please explain.

A: Purple. I'm not sure but I guess purple is a little eccentric.

If you'd like to read the rest of the interview visit their blog

Pleased to Eat You - Postcards for a short Film

A couple of months ago I created 3 illustrations to accompany a short film called "Pleased to Eat You" by film director Adrian Hedgecock. The short film is humorous tale of 3 friends stranded at sea with a predicament and is influenced by 1920's and 30's Art Deco and musicals and features dancing girls, pirates and much much more! My brief was to focus on 3 scenes from the film and expand on them letting my imagination run away! I chose a scene featuring a cannibalistic fish, a French restaurant at sea and the finale featuring lots of dancing girls with vegetables! The postcards are being given away to supporters of the films crowd funding campaign. To see clips of the film and find out more about contributing visit their website. (Only a few days left though to contribute to help fund the special effects the campaign ends December 8th!)