I looked at lots of art deco illustrations that inspired a precise geometric layout with symmetry and balance. What inspired the cover for our winter 2019 issue? The last stage is where I draw the sketches on a computer and start to add in color and texture. I like to give myself lots of time to develop the idea in the back of my mind, revisiting it and re-sketching it every few weeks to tweak the layout, gradually building in more detail. It often takes a year or so to go from scribble to finished piece. Can you describe your creative process?Īll my posters start as a scribble, usually something that takes only a couple minutes. In terms of color palette, I’m inspired by fifties poster artists like Alain Carrier, whose designs employ dozens of subtlety different shades of two or three complementary colors. Cassandre really inspire me he reduced scenes into clean geometric forms and lines, making for striking poster layouts. Who are some artists or figures that have inspired your work? My first travel posters were focused on illustrating the architecture of cities like London, Paris, New York City and San Francisco. In my degree, so much time is spent drawing buildings in a technical way, and I wanted to try drawing architecture and urban spaces with fewer constraints. It started off because I was very familiar with drawing buildings. What inspires you to create travel posters? By the end of my degree, I’d decided to give up on architecture and focus on art and design. I started creating posters for drama productions and events as well as doing photography for events. Eventually I settled on architecture as a career path, combining my interests of math and art.Īt university, I studied architecture and began to discover lots of new opportunities as to how art might be a profession. When I was 15, a new art teacher inspired me to start thinking about art as more than just a hobby. I didn’t come across many people working in creative fields, and I was stronger at the more academic subjects, like math and science. It didn’t occur to me when I was younger that being an artist was an option as a career. At what point did you decide to pursue art as a profession? I was the youngest person there by 60 years! I also spent a lot of time drawing birds, particularly eagles. I used to go along to my grandmother’s watercolor group in town. Photography provided by Henry Rivers/Travel Poster Co When did art first enter your life?Īrt has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember.
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