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And finally... Actually that’s all she wrote...
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Szary www.adamszary.com
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James www.distilennui.com
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??? Describe your style in three (two syllable) words.
Driving force?
Give or take?
The images that keep popping
Give. For the past fifteen
into my head – driving me crazy
years I have done a lot of
JET LEE meets MAN RAY.
until I shoot them….
voluntary work, it has been
How hard do you really work?
It’s an inner thing, you don’t
voluntary projects working with
OBSESIVELY, I hate sleeping
need a budget to ‘got-it’.
underprivileged children, the
have been community based
when there are ideas in my
homeless, on environmental
head….
and civil liberty projects. I have
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Style. Discuss.
an inspiration to me – these
Procrastination is... A word I have never heard of, what is that, some kind of Udon Noodle ????
met the most amazing, strong and beautiful people.
Incorrect things you believed as a child. STICKY ONE THIS... but it would
Your favourite flaw. Laughing inappropriately.
in, then I found out that there
What is the best thing you’ve ever destroyed?
were in fact loads – then I
My Own Work In Frustration.
have to be I was taught that there is only one god to believe
realised just how many stars many planets were spinning
Your favourite waste of time?
around them – we are the only
Walking barefoot on grass,
ones - PLEASE….
sounds daft but it always makes
there are out there and how
Before I die... I want to finish my work.
You would be mad not to... Stop, breath slowly, take a look around and wonder.
Most visited online hideout? The back end of my own website uploading new work – scary!
me smile.
I am reading... Craig Horsfield – RELATION, heavy but heavenly – after 23 years working as an artist, my brain still has difficulty coping with the theory of why I do it.
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Zinonos www.anthonyzinonos.com
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??? Describe your style in three (two syllable) words.
Most under worn item Twitter? of clothing? I’ve got an account but still not I bought some amazing beige
too sure about the whole thing,
Minimal, colourful collage
Italian shoes a few month ago
besides I only get porn people
from a car boot, think I’ve only
following me, the scumbags!
What is your favourite method to date? Scissors, UHU stick and hands.
What’s in your near future? I’m in the process of transforming my friends 24
worn them once, might go put them on now.
I wish I could dislike... Hoarding so much other people’s old stuff.
Worst thing I ever forgot... Peoples names, that part of my brain only works 50% of the time.
Your favourite waste of time?
shed into a screen-printing
Give or take?
facility, fingers crossed it all
You have to do both if not you’ll
goes according to plan.
use up all your karma points
Also preparations for winter
and something really bad will
Scary?
hibernation and getting loads
happen to you.
Our chav neighbours when they
of work done
My number one tip is... Persistence….
Incorrect things you believed as a child. That shitting in my toy box and
Coffee, car boot sales and buying dead peoples stuff.
fight.
I am reading... Bukowski, he is a legend!
using the poo to redecorate the hall was totally acceptable, oh
Staying sane and chasing
Most visited online hideout?
the dream of a quiet place
Flickr, so many images so little
somewhere in the desert with
time….
Driving force?
my girlfriend and our future dogs.
the shame.
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Carlos
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Vielma carlosvielma.blogspot.com
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??? What is your favourite Driving force? Twitter? I don’t know. I’ve thought about I haven’t been dragged into method to date? Working at night, listening to
it in the past but couldn’t find
music, creating some art.
an answer… I just like it!
How hard do you really work?
Uncontrollable gestures?
When I work at night and
I bite my nails
nobody is bothering me I can work for hours, usually 3 or 4
I wish I could dislike...
days a week…I need to be
Junk food
inspired though, otherwise I just make a mess.
What’s in your near future?
Incorrect things you believed as a child. I thought that tiny singers lived
that yet]
My dream is... To make a living out of art.
Favorite song? ‘A Day in the Life’ by the Beatles
What is the best thing you’ve ever destroyed? My first guitar
inside our stereo. Once I tried
Scary?
I am planning to exhibit in
to feed them by putting some
Flying on a plane
London soon. Then I planning
jelly inside, well, stereos were big
on exhibiting a collection of
enough back then!
urban London landscapes in Mexico next year.
Nature or nurture? Both. Developing your skill is necessary if you have a gift.
Before I die...
I am reading... McCarthy’s ‘No Country for Old Men’…. I haven’t seen the
I want to be absolutely happy …
movie yet… it’s more interesting
doesn’t everyone?
that way.
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Espeluzland www.espeluzland.com
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From the Espeluzland biography...
His brothers made sure to wipe
Very few traces remain of his
each and every piece of work
artistic legacy, and all that
Axtor Disney was an american
that could credit his existence,
prevails is the legend. Not many
cartoonist, illustrator, musician,
burning all his sketches and
years ago it was known that
and magician. Elder brother of
his macabre collection of
there was a secret organization
Walter E. and Roy O. Disney, he
deformed animals.
whose only purpose was to find the missing work of Axtor
along with his brothers founded
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The Walt Disney Company in
Secluded in the darkness
Majesto, to preserve it and show
1923.
and mentally supressed, Axtor
it to the world through their
decides to give birth to a new
website:
After many heated and
company named “Espeluzland”
sometimes violent discussions,
in order to compete with the
mostly due to his very peculiar
overly friendly and fantastic
and strange work methods,
world of his new enemies, the
It is because of this organization
and especially because of his
Disney brothers. The failure
that part of the work of this
children illustrations which can
was resounding. Deprived
deeply perturbed but brilliant
only be described as ‘queer’, he
of any trace of honor, and
artist reaches our hands, and
was fired from his own company
overwhelmed by debt and the
yet it is nothing but a small
and expelled from the core of
constant harassment by the
part of the vast and unknown
the Disney family itself, situation
right-minded organizations of
universe that resided in sick
that made him change his very
the time, he withdrew himself
mind.
own last name from Disney to
again into his ancient and now
“Majesto” (paying tribute to a
abandoned castle, to which
bum from his neighborhood).
he referred to as his great unfulfilled dream “Espeluzland”, where he dwelt until his mysterious disappearance.
ESPELUZLAND.COM
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Szpillman www.euniceproductions.com
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??? Describe your style in three (two syllable) words.
What’s in your near future?
Where’s your head at?
I’m going to start a
I guess I could say I’m into Todd
Nerdy, clumsy, teenage
collaboration on a digital
Solondz way of life. Also I’ve
magazine for children; based
been recently researching on
on comics and illustration,
morphopsychology and trying
where I’ll have my own section
to find a way to illustrate human
about child superheroes.
stereotypes by associating
How hard do you really work? Not as much as I would like to. I work in digital arts, mostly
common facial features with
newspaper and magazines
Nature or nurture?
design, spending all day on
Nurture, of course! Thinking
that. Sadly I’m interested in
that only nature is important,
almost everything related to
serves only to frustrate oneself. It
Uncontrollable gestures?
plastic arts, so I would like
makes you believe you couldn’t
My eyebrows always betray me
to have 120h per day to do
do things that you would like
exposing my real feelings about
everything comes across and
instead of working hard to
something. That makes a lot of
not always having this feeling
achieve your own goals.
trouble for me.
that I’m out of time.
certain types of people.
I wish I could dislike... Cheerleader and teenage movies. I just love them, although, in general, they are against my principles.
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Incorrect things you believed as a child. I used to believe that bird-
Sure! @eunicinha
that they were wearing extra
What is the best thing you’ve ever destroyed?
small white coats and doctor
It would be nice to say it was
stuff hanging on their ‘necks’.
someone’s heart but I think it
And yes: the same thing with
was a washing machine...
doctors (aka vets) were other birds instead of humans, and
dogs, cats and fishes...
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Twitter?
Your favourite waste of time? Watching reality shows, and looking people’s pictures in Facebook: that’s almost the same kind of P.P. (personal pornography).
Scary? A lot. I’m afraid to everything
Your favourite flaw.
Worst thing I ever forgot...
I always get upset thinking
“Worst thing I’ve ever
someone has stolen my purse
remembered” would be the
or cellphone, knowing that I
right question, since I NEVER
I am reading...
ALWAYS find it in my bag three
remember anything. I’m like that
Obras Incompletas by Gloria
seconds before I yell out and
little Dory fish in Finding Nemo.
Fuertes.
loud ‘someone has stolen my purse!’ or ‘Crap! I’ve lost my phone!’
that cannot be seen. Like spirits, dead peoples’ souls, blah, bleh, blih.
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Rodríguez www.pobrelavaca.com
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??? What is your favourite What’s in your near future? method to date? I love working in collage,
I have an exhibition coming up
directly, without thinking very
in which I´m really focussed,
much, only with a few basic
with new works in big format.
Give or take?
guidelines about the idea and
Also in the coming months I’m
I believe that in the life it is
format... always using original
giving a workshop on collage,
necessary to give. The person
images, to give more value to
so my near future is very busy.
who only thinks about receiving
the piece.
How hard do you really work?
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Most under worn item of clothing?
The future of design? The future of design is specialisation, the commitment
My Vans. Old but confortable.
is an idiot. We have to try to give everything possible of us ourselves.
Fortunately I work many hours
for being better and for not
Before I die...
a day. I am the founder of
losing the values that we have.
Before dying, I would like to
a study of creativity called
The future is the solidarity,
be reconciled with those with
PobrelaVaca, and my work is
the development, and the
whom I’ve got angry. I would not
hard but entertaining and very
collaboration between all. So,
like to die without reconciling.
comforting. When I finish my
with the force that has our
Your favourite flaw.
work on the studio, I arrive home
message, to create a better
My best shortcoming is
and make all my collages and
world.
continuing to behave as a child.
illustrations, so I´m working all day!!
Where’s your head at? Right now I am doing some works in big format, making stencil on collage. A very meticulous but nice work, so my head is now in it.
I suppose it’s this spirit of Peter Pan that evades all of once we see that we already are 30 years old.
I am reading...
see my friends, drink a beer and
What is the best thing you’ve ever destroyed?
talk. Twitter is against all that.
I use old (very old) magazines
one of my favourites.
Twitter is just another way to
for my collages. The first time a
take the control of our life.
cut one, I was one hour with the
Twitter? No thanks, It´s horrible. I like to
“The legend of Mother Sarah” by Katshuhiro Otomo. It´s really
scissors on my hands thinking
You would be mad not to...
about if it was right or wrong.
I would be mad if I was not
My dreams are very current, I’m
Then I cut it!!! It was a magazine
trying to be riskier and riskier, if
not ambitious but I’m a hard-
from 1936 about the Spanish
I was not trying to give myself
working person, so I put myself
Civil War.
more and more difficult goals.
My dream is...
on goals that, in the short or long term, I will be able to realize.
Your favourite waste of time? When I have free time, which is rare, I like being with the people that I love, with my wife, my dog, my friends... Those that deserve my free time, not the television or similar weapons of mass destruction.
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Osborne behance.net/arcadiacreative
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??? How hard do you really work?
My number one tip is...
Last time you gagged inappropriately.
I definitely fluctuate haha,
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it
Few days ago, listening to
sometimes I’ll be psyched to
gives you something to do, but
a novice middle aged lady
work and am very industrious
it doesn’t get you anywhere.
and wise 20 year old guy talk
and other times I’ll have no motivation and just want to be
The future of design?
lazy and chill.
Is always influenced by the past. the train. They spoke with such
What’s in your near future?
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about Warcraft with their official Warcraft handbooks in tow on
The past is always my first port
excitement and fervour that the
of call for inspiration.
jargon filled conversation kept
Hopefully, dreams and plans
Driving force?
come to fruition and I release
I’ll give you two, Gravity and
my own tee/fashion label, so
Desire
me captivated for 40 minutes and I hate video games haha.
Style. Discuss.
keep your eyes and ears open
In the words of Oscar Wilde, “In
for that one and am about to
matters of grave importance,
start long overdue work on an
style, not sincerity, is the vital
official portfolio site for myself.
thing.”
Before I die... I want to look back and say ‘I lived it’.
What is the best thing you’ve ever destroyed?
too blinded by my hate for it.
Create your own question... In the name of shameless self promotion, if someone wished to view more of your work or contact you?
Too much pointless babble.
They could check out my
end and after two collisions, the
Predicting the fad will blow over
portfolio at
blue bullet finally died.
in approximately 8 months.
www.behance.net/
Your favourite flaw. Always having to win an argument/debate.
Twitter? Could be a useful tool but I’m
My dream is... To live the dream
arcadiacreative
My reputation haha no I would say my first car, it was simple and effective, loved it but all good things must come to an
Your favourite waste of time? Movies, I deserve VIP status at my local video store and cinema.
I am reading... Latest issue of ‘T – The Journal of T-Shirt Culture’ magazine that I received in the mail today.
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www.thepeppermintforest.com
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??? What is your favourite Last time you gagged Twitter? inappropriately. Why yes, thank you. method to date? Acrylic on Masonite. The paint
A few days ago when my cat
twitter.com/pepprmintforest
just blends so nicely.
left me a gooey treasure on
How hard do you really
my flip-flops (but that could be
My dream is...
work?
considered an appropriate &
to keep my loved ones (two-
There’s 27 hours in a day, right?
justified gag)
legged & four-legged) forever
Procrastination is...
Style. Discuss.
Sitting around and twiddling
Stripy knee socks, and a bit of
ones thumbs? Time waits for no
vintage goodness.
Nature or nurture?
Addams family meets Amelie.
one folks. 64
and ever. And a second home
I wish I could dislike...
in a little French village, like in the movie Chocolat =)
Your favourite waste of time? People watching. They come in so many curious shapes and
Don’t they kind of mean the
music from the 20s-40s. it makes
same thing? If we nurture
me feel really old. I mean, what
nature, doesn’t nature nurture
am I going to listen to when I
Scary?
us?
am 80?
When the dog stares into a
sizes.
room like it sees something you
Firmly planted, but that doesn’t
Incorrect things you believed as a child.
mean it isn’t in the clouds.
Well you see, I had this army
the composer is dead!
of tiny toy soldiers who lived in
You would be mad not to...
my closet, and if i tried to leave
Make the most of your life =) I
my bedroom in the dark, they
don’t understand why some just
would always grab me by the
opt to “exist”!
Where’s your head at?
ankles & pull me back in. i still have to turn the light on in the hallway occasionally, because, well...you just never know!
don’t. Terrifying.
I am reading...
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www.madiillustration.co.uk
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??? Describe your style in three (two syllable) words. Cutting, sticking, drawing.
What is your favourite method to date?
The future of design?
Style. Discuss.
Like the past of design, but with
Style is skinny jeans, big sunnies,
more flying cars.
a ring on every finger and
Procrastination is...
hands covered in glue.
A problem which exists only
I wish I could dislike...
during daylight hours. I’m
Paper! I’m like some kind of
Cutting and sticking is my
always super motivated in the
magpie - I hoard anything that
favourite. I like to create images
middle of the night.
could be used in my work; I
using a collage and mixed media approach, mixing hand-
Nature or nurture?
drawn elements with all kinds of
Where’s your head at?
papers and fabrics.
How hard do you really work? Harder than a very hard rock.
Driving force? Most under worn item of clothing?
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Incorrect things you believed as a child.
Your favourite flaw? My tendency to exaggerate
Worst thing I ever forgot...
That power plants with smoky
everything – it makes for some
was how to remember.
chimneys were cloud factories,
pretty interesting stories - and
and that clouds were made of
perfectionism. It’s a love/
candyfloss; I used to want to
hate relationship. Oh, and my
Your favourite waste of time?
climb out of aeroplanes to eat
double-jointed thumbs. They
Feeding the ducks. It’s not
them. That when people died in freak people out.
my most common time-
films, they died in real life. That
waster, but it’s definitely my
if I dug a hole deep enough,
Twitter?
I’d end up in Australia. That my
Yep! @madiillustrates Follow
mum would live forever.
meeee!
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To be a successful illustrator.
favourite. Collaging monsters is becoming a bit of a habit too.
Scary? Dogs. Even the tiny ones.
published. To travel to Australia.
You would be mad not to...
New Zealand. Canada. Japan.
Wear odd socks.
To have a children’s book
Ireland. To save up enough money to buy a tortoise. To build a treehouse. To inspire someone.
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??? What is your favourite Style. Discuss. Style is simply the distilled method to date? Digital caricatures painted with
accumulation of all your
Photoshop.
various inspirations and bad
Way too much (follow me @ markdraws).
habits. If you’re smart, you’ll
Format?
figure out how to turn this into
Until they invent a paintbrush
something unique and original.
with an undo key, I’m sticking
As hard as I need to. When I
I know some artists will hunt out
with all-digital.
begin a project, I like to see it
whatever the latest hot trend is
through to completion, even if
and try to copy it. The problem
it doesn’t look good. At least in
with working this way is there
that case, I know what not to do
a thousand other artists doing
Create your own question... Why caricatures?
next time.
the exact same thing. It’s far
A long time ago, I used to
better to be a trend-setter than
draw quick-sketch caricatures
a trend-follower.
at street art fairs and private
How hard do you really work?
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Twitter?
My number one tip is...
parties in order make a few
then figure out how to do it
Uncontrollable gestures?
better.
I tap my foot a lot when sitting
design and illustration work, but
still.
it’s always been drawing goofy
Figure out what you do best,
Procrastination is... The death of inspiration.
Where’s your head at? I’ve been accused in the past of
I wish I could dislike... G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, but God help me, I liked it.
bucks. In the years that have followed I’ve done all manner of
pictures of people that has interested me most.
I am reading... Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem.
and unmentionable, but really,
Incorrect things you believed as a child.
most of the time it’s thinking
There was a church near
Most visited online hideout?
about drawing.
my home that resembled
It’s a toss-up between Flickr and
Cinderella’s castle. I was
DeviantArt.
having it stuck somewhere dark
convinced that it was the gateway to DisneyWorld.
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??? How hard do you really work?
Before I die... Falling through a cloud might
Worst thing I ever forgot...
Not very but that’s still
be cool?
It’s all bullshit
Your favourite flaw.
Your favourite waste of time?
shockingly more than most artists
What’s in your near future? An animated short
The future of design?
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Honesty… Honestly!
Twitter? Just filling in your twitter question @newsugar
More technical skill and less
Format?
abstract crap I hope.
Digital
Procrastination is...
Create your own question... Can we rename New Sugar Magazine to “The Great Rory Doona and Friends Art Extravaganza”?
Never completely avoidable but maybe we can learn to control it?
Driving force? The next level
Uncontrollable gestures?
I’m snowed under at the
Laughing at people when they
moment guys I will have to get
express their hate for stuff
back to you on this
Incorrect things you believed as a child. Life was fair!
Looking at clouds
You would be mad not to... Build something beautiful with your life
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Ding
www.wendyding.com
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Incorrect things you believed as a child. Adults had conversations
What is the best thing you’ve ever destroyed?
Upbeat, pin-up, colour.
according to a pre-written
A bad habit: not being able to
script.
let things go
Before I die...
What’s in your near future? Wendyland, my amusement
I want to have a big travelling
Your favourite waste of time?
park full of fun and whimsical
party with my friends across the
Surfing the internet,
rides, shows and attractions!
world.
daydreaming
My number one tip is... perseverance 92
Procrastination is... A best friend who won’t leave me alone at times
Your favourite flaw. Thinking too much
Twitter? Twitter.com/wendyding
Scary? Not doing the things I love
I am reading... Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, Women’s Health magazine, LOLcats
Nature or nurture?
You would be mad not to...
Both.
Be able to laugh
I wish I could dislike... Staying up really late for no good reason
Give or take? Gotta give first
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