Posted: 15th March 2012 | By: creature

Around the world – #6 Jordan Debney – New Zealand

Jordan Debney

Artist: Jordan Debney
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
Website: eyerupture.com

Who are you?
I am Jordan Debney, a self-taught freelance artist from New Zealand.

What do you do?
I draw monsters that live in my imagination, usually engulfed in vomit. I’ve been told that they’re borderline revolting and borderline adorable at the same time.

Why do you do it?
It’s a relaxation remedy, a stress release that keeps me sane. If I didn’t draw I can safely say I would have wound up in some high security mental facility by now.

Jordan Debney

How do you create these images?
Usually drawing them directly onto paper, scanning them into the computer then hand drawing the lines in photoshop with a Wacom tablet.

Who are your influences?
James Jean and H.R Giger first got my into drawing. Along with Alex Pardee, Craola Simkins, Jirat Patradoon and MetaMephisto keep my creative veins pulsating.

What inspires your work?
Waking up from my dreams with visions in my head, have a very detailed imagination definitely has it’s advantages. The creatures are a good distraction from whatever though or stressful scenario is going around and round in my head.

Jordan Debney

How does the place you live impact upon your work?
I am from Palmerston North, New Zealand. I guess living in New Zealand has given me a lot more creative freedom. There aren’t many freelance artists that base their work on their style here. All the people in the art scene in NZ seem to know each other, or know OF each other, it’s kind of like a real big family that will always help you out when needed. In a way being an artist in NZ is beneficial, and not at the same time. I guess it being ‘the small country’ that is it to conquer, makes your goals a more realistic vision to achieve. Then again there isn’t much for a demand for pop-surrealism artists in the first place.

What do you like?
I have a weird connection with Ice Cream, I can’t really explain it. Let’s just say, if ice cream we’re human, our children would be delicious.

What don’t you like?
Supermarkets, they’re too complex for my comprehension. People that wear too much perfume make me physically ill. Also, I’d be very pleased if mannequins and puppets just didn’t exist anymore.

Find Jordan Debney here:
eyerupture.com
Facebook page
@eyerupture

Posted: 8th March 2012 | By: creature

Around the world – #5 Arnus – Grasse, France

Arnus

Artist: Arnus
Location: Grasse France
Website: ohlalaa.free.fr

Who are you, where are you from?
Sorry? As every disgusting french illustrator and graphic designer from France, I don’t understand or speak English.

What do you do?
I try to draw sweet little pets but unfortunately I’m a left-handed person so things rarely happen as I expect…

Why do you do it?
Sorry! I’ll try not to do that again… Being a mental age of seven is not so easy and I don’t know anything else but doing ugly drawings…

Arnus

How do you create these images?
I often draw with a piece of paper and a pen, or sometimes with a scratchboard.
Otherwise, one day I took a brush…

Who are your influences?
Bourvil, Per Frykdahl (who’s work made me understand a lot of things), Garcimore, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Boby Lapointe (de ch’val), les yéyés, Vladimir Bozar ‘n’ ze Sheraf Orkestär, Simon Fleury, Fantômas, Idiot Flesh, Les parapluies de Cherbourg, Conrad Veidt, Marc Jaby, Tante Annie.

How does the place you live impact upon your work?
The place i live is so depressing that i prefer to draw a nice cute world to ‘autistically’ live in in.

Arnus

What do you like?
A neighbour of mine named Adrien told me yesterday that I don’t like anything, but I think he’s wrong and I don’t like him anyway…

What don’t you like?
Children

Find Arnus here:
ohlalaa.free.fr
Facebook page

Posted: 1st March 2012 | By: creature

Around the world – #5 Cleonique Hilsaca – Savannah Georgia USA

Cleonique Hilsaca

Artist: Cleonique Hilsaca
Location: Savannah Georgia USA via Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Website: cleonique.com

Who are you, where are you from?
I am Cleonique Hilsaca, an illustrator from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I am currently studying illustration and painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA.

What do you do?
My work consists in commercial illustration and fine art. My style is mainly surreal and minimalistic with a cute and maybe creepy touch to it.

Why do you do it?
I create art because this is the way I chose to express my voice because Art is an exciting world that I will never cease to learn from and share with others and from which I have always longed to be a part of.

Cleonique Hilsaca

How do you create these images?
I work mainly in traditional mediums such as oil, acrylics, watercolors and inks, and others not so traditional as tea. I also work a little in digital format; it all depends on where will people see my work.

Who are your influences?
I am inspired by several artists, some at one point, some another. Some that inspire me a bit more constantly are Victo Ngai, Helena Perez Garcia, James Jean, Jeannie Phan, Kelsey Garrity-Riley, Jeremy Enecio, Monaux, Julian Callos, Yan Wei, etc. But mainly and truthfully, I am very influenced my manga and animated movies.

How does the place you live impact upon your work?
Being in Savannah, and in the United States in general really pushes my work towards a more contemporary and modern approach. I am influenced by the ever changing culture. But also, by being in my hometown I am able to seek more within myself and my own work new paths and ideas from which to branch from.

Cleonique Hilsaca

What do you like?
Being busy with work and procrastinating while at it.

What don’t you like?
Feeling lost.

Find Cleonique Hilsaca here:
cleonique.com
@Cleonique

Posted: 23rd February 2012 | By: creature

Around the world – #4 Vladimir Stankovic – Serbia via Finland

Vladmimir Stankovic

Artist: Vladimir Stankovic
Location: Finland, Originally Nis, Serbia
Website: behance.net/vladimirsartdesign

Who are you, where are you from?
My name is Vladimir, I’m 26 and I’m an all around creative person. I was born in the town of Nis, Serbia, and currently I’m studying graphic design in Finland.

What do you do?
Drawing monsters, animals and creatures of all sorts…and working on my master thesis in between!

Why do you do it?
How big is the Universe?

Vladmimir Stankovic

How do you create these images?
Usually I just start drawing and painting, and the characters and all these creatures start to appear, they start to interact, overlap and create a very intense, magical world. Also, sometimes I make lots of sketches and variations of the idea I get and work on it till I get the best results. Either way, it’s a very fun and rewarding process.

Who are your influences?
Some of the great art visionaries that have influenced me are Gustav Klimt, Max Ernst, Dali… I tried to learn from each of them and use that knowledge blended with my own ideas and inspirations. I guess I feel some kind of closeness to the worlds and the atmosphere they created.

How does the place you live impact upon your work?
I was always fascinated by nature, and after seeing its beauty and power here at the North of Finland, I began to include more and more elements of nature in my work. Also, seeing the Northern lights had a lot of influence on my color palette…

Vladmimir Stankovic

What do you like?
Having coffee on a Sunday afternoon and relaxing with a good movie.

What don’t you like?
Anxiety!

Find Vladimir Stankovic here:
behance.net/vladimirsartdesign
@ArtRusDesign

Posted: 9th February 2012 | By: creature

Around the world – #3 Patswerk – The Hague, the Netherlands

Patwerk

Artist: Patswerk
Location: The Hague, the Netherlands
Website: patswerk.nl

Who are you, where are you from?
Hi! We are Patswerk. A graphic design & illustration studio from the Netherlands.

What do you do?
We draw stuff that makes us happy, and we hope our work has a positive effect on other people aswell. We design posters, flyers, Tshirts, editorial illustrations, logo’s but also like to make big colorfull wallpaintings.

Why do you do it?
Because it’s so much fun! We like to include little graphical jokes and details to our pieces, so that you can keep discovering new details in our work. And people are willing to pay us do to something we would be doing anyhow.

Patswerk

How do you create these images?
We sketch and doodle a lot on paper. But our final pieces are mostly done on the computer. We also like scanning and using all kinds of textures, and incorporating them in the digital design.

Who are your influences?
We are influenced by a lot of our friends who are also graphic designers. It’s cool to see that working hard really pays of. Artists we admire are Tad Carpenter, Mike Perry, Hedof, Bart Aalbers, Bobby Pola and Idris van Heffen

How does the place you live impact upon your work?
Our studio is located in the Hague, the Netherlands. It’s a lace where most of our friends live and work. So we get to hang out with lots of creative and fun people. It’s also the perfect combination between a small town and a big city. You’ll never be bored here, but you can also find nice places to relax.

Patswerk

What do you like?
Drawing, sandwiches, music, rainbows, silkscreen pints, robots, skateboarding, lasers. And preferably a combination between all those things.

What don’t you like?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRibx4iSA0

Find Patswerk here:
patswerk.nl
@Patswerk

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