tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65857358678833257102024-03-13T05:04:22.794-07:00Trade Your TalentTrade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-6862783958649547872014-10-19T07:22:00.006-07:002014-10-19T07:32:28.572-07:00"What I like about you - you really know how to dance!"<style>
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Brigitte Liem is an illustrator from the Netherlands. Her current project is "365 songs" - every day Brigitte posts a new illustration of a song on her drawing <a href="http://brigitteliem.blogspot.de/">blog "Sketchbook".</a> With Trade Your Talent she speaks about her favorite music and why her sister is her greatest inspiration. </div>
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TYT: Where do you take your daily inspiration from?</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Brigitte Liem: I am inspired by many
things and especially by cartoons like those from <a href="http://www.marcjohns.com/">Marc Johns</a> and Sempé, graphic
novels like Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the work of <a href="http://www.mariscal.com/es/home">Mariscal</a> and brands like
Lazy Oaf, Callate la boca and Kukuxumusu. Also websites like Pinterest are
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For the lyrics project I get inspiration out of the lines of
the songs. When you take a good listen to them they often are quite funny. Some days I have a song in my head all day long so that will
be the one I am going to draw. Other days I switch on the radio to get ideas.
People also give suggestions for songs. </div>
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TYT: How did you come up with the series "365 songs"
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Brigitte Liem: I started my drawing blog Sketchbook in February 2011 - a
small drawing accompanied with some text every week day. After three years I
found that it was getting harder to come up with new ideas for drawings. In
this period I saw the work of the illustrator <a href="http://lisacongdon.com/blog/">Lisa Congdon.</a> She made a book
with quotes, all hand lettered by her. She explained that the book was the
result of her 365 days project where she practiced her hand lettering.
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I was inspired by that and decided to start my own 365 days
project and to develop 'mixing hand writing with illustration' skills along the
way. Since songs are like small stories I thought it would be fun
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A 365 days project usually starts at the first of January
but I did not want to wait for New Year's Day. So this one runs from May 2014
to May 2015. My favourite artist is George Michael. I love his voice and
I think the song I like most of him is "Kissing a Fool".
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TYT: Do you listen to music while you work? Which kind of
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Brigitte Liem: It is quiet when I draw. At other times I listen to the
radio, preferably to the Dutch pop station <a href="http://www.3fm.nl/">3fm</a>. And I like to play the record
player with many old records from artists like Marvin Gaye and Superstars of
the 70's. It turns out that I draw many songs from the 80's. Maybe
because this was when I grew up?
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TYT: What is it like to be an artist in the digital age? What
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Brigitte Liem: It is a perfect time now: your work does not have to be
in a museum to be seen. Through social media you can find your audience and you
can see what other people are making and doing and be inspired by their way of
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The downside is maybe that social media is always 'on' which
can make you feel restless. Also: by seeing other peoples work it seems like
everything already has been done. So at times it is good to take a step back
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Very helpful is that you can learn much from others on the
internet, as well as they can learn from you. When you need to know something
the answer is already available in online courses, explanatory videos on
Youtube, etc. I recently discovered <a href="http://www.creativelive.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.creativelive.com</span></a>.
They broadcast creative classes from the world's top experts. I am a fan.
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TYT: If you could pick one artist in the world you could work
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Brigitte Liem: I already work with the artist I want to work with: my
sister Francis. The two of us run the illustration and animation studio: Studio
Limón (<a href="http://www.studiolimon.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.studiolimon.com</span></a>). We
create so called 'white board animations' and make illustrations for licensing
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It would be nice to learn from the best people in the
animation and illustration industry. So if I could work with one artist in the
world it would not be someone famous but with one who could teach me more technical
tricks of the trade in illustration and animation.</div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sketchbookbrigitteliem"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.facebook.com/sketchbookbrigitteliem</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.studiolimon.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.studiolimon.com</span></a></div>
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-37059971904317385262014-06-09T11:07:00.001-07:002014-06-09T13:53:00.300-07:00"How could I take what I love and use it to sustain myself, to contribute back to society?"<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">asked</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">myself</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">how</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">could</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">take</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">what</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">love</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">use</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">it</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">sustain</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">myself</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">contribute</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> back </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">society</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">? I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">decided</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">make</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> a </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">bold</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">move</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">; </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">move</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> back </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">Kenya</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">where</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">art</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">scene</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> was </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">growing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> - </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">grow</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">with</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> it. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SCX117392165"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">What</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> do </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">you</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">paint</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">? </span></span></b><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="SCX117392165"> </span></b></span><span class="EOP SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">paint</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> semi-abstract </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">nature</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">. Old </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">trees</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">grassy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">fields</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">stormy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">skies</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">barns</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">swamps</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">. I like </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">idea</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> an </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">old</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">world</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> – a </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">reprieve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">from</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">civilization</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">development</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, a </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">place</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">repose</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SCX117392165"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">sure</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">dreamt</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">about</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">it</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">work</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">towards</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> it. 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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">The </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">hardest</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">part</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">balancing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">art</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> stories. I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">try</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">keep</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">focused</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> on </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">what</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">important</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">local</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">art</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">scene</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">what</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">new</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">who</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">shows</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">serious</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">talent</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SCX117392165"> </span></span><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"></span><span class="EOP SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">Tell </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">us</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">something</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">strange</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">about</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">yourself</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span></b><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="SCX117392165"> </span></b></span><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">despise</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">phone</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">calls</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">seriously</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SCX117392165"></span><br class="SCX117392165" /></span><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"></span><span class="EOP SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">Being</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">interrupted</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">while</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">I’m</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">painting</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SCX117392165"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">Well</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">been</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">three</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">years</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">since</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">my</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">first</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> solo </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">exhibition</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> in </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">Kenya</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">been</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">going</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">well</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">That’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> a </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">pleasant</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">surprise</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">. 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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX117392165" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">With</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">spotlight</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> on East African Art, I </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">look</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">forward</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">watching</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">art</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">scene</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> in </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">Kenya</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">evolve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">being</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> a </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">part</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">that</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">transition</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX117392165" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX232276191" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;">Find out more about Zihan on her website </span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX232276191" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;"><a href="http://theresembleproject.wordpress.com/exhibitions/">The Resemble Project </a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX232276191" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;"><br /><b>Published Art Writing by Zihan appeared in: </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX232276191" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="TextRun SCX232276191" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;">Art Life Magazine, The </span><span class="SpellingError SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;">Village</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;"> Beat, UP Magazine, African </span><span class="SpellingError SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;">Colours</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX232276191" style="background-color: inherit;">, The Star</span></span></span>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-40950825854316365052014-03-15T06:03:00.000-07:002014-03-20T14:28:54.209-07:00"Following your dreams" - Die Kleiderei <style>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I </span>think the biggest,
but most exciting challenge for artists in the future will be to think about
how they can turn their creative ideas into a business model. How can you turn
your talent into a long lasting creative product, something that can have an impact
on the community around you? One wonderful example I'd like to share with you
is a project by Pola Fendel and Wilkening from Hamburg. Pola and Thekla met
during high school in Cologne, currently they are studying Arts and Textile
Management in Hamburg. In 2012 Pola and Thekla founded a creative business
called “Die Kleiderei", where customers can rent clothes. "Die
Kleiderei" became popular very quickly and they recently opened a second
store in Berlin. Thekla and I have been friends since high school. We've always
been sharing lots of creative ideas and we loved to write our own plays and
novels in high school. Every time I meet Thekla I'm amazed how she manages to
take care of her son, study and follow her dreams at the same time. With Trade
Your Talent Thekla and Pola speak about what inspired them to start their own
creative adventure with the "Kleiderei". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>What inspired you to start the "Kleiderei"? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thekla and Pola: One Friday evening the idea of the
"Kleiderei" just came to us. We were excited to go out, but we
felt we had nothing to wear at all. Usually we'd have gone out and bought
ourselves new clothes. But since new dresses we'd buy spontaneously often
turned out to be a mistake we thought: Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just
borrow clothes, exactly for moments like these? We thought of a library , but
for clothes! We named it "Kleiderei" – the combination of the
words library and clothing in German. And we were sure that this problem
was not only ours! Young people are constantly seeking for alternatives to
shopping. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you think more young people should just take the leap and
start their own company? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Many people we know are very impressed that we had the
courage to found our own company. But we never thought of it as being unusual
or special; we just wanted to offer a solution to a problem - instead of
waiting for someone else to solve it. I think that is the positive thing when
young people take the leap and start their own company: they often know what
the society lacks. Young people might have different needs than their parents
or the older generation and the market isn’t always fulfilling these. On one
hand we think we owe it to the world to create a new business, to implement new
ideas and concepts. On the other hand it is also a very special experience to
be an entrepreneur all of a sudden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And we have already learned so much - not only good things
of course. The process of founding is hard, at the same time we are lucky to
have the opportunity to work on something we love. It has always been our dream
to have a positive impact on nature and add to a sustainable world - this is
why we want to offer an alternative to the current development in garment
production, which is leading more and more to “fast-food-fashion”. With
the "Kleiderei" we are saving resources by keeping what is already
there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our dream goes hand in hand with making the world a little
better. There is no better feeling then when we’re working in our shop
and one of our customers tells us that they have always waited for something
like the “Kleiderei”. It makes us happy to be able to trade our concept with
others and to see them enjoy it too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">© Thekla Wilkening, Pola Fendel </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">© Thekla Wilkening, Pola Fendel </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">©Thekla Wilkening, Pola Fendel </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">©Thekla Wilkening, Pola Fendel </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">More about <a href="http://kleiderei.tumblr.com/">Die Kleiderei </a></span></div>
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-67376599760634795572014-02-02T07:48:00.000-08:002014-03-09T03:21:21.252-07:00"Never stop pouring out your heart" Philosoulophy <!--
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Philosoulophy is a young pop/rock band from Hamburg. I discovered them a while ago during a walk - they had posted a very clever flyer about their music on a tree. "Going Back in Time" is the first single release from Philosoulophy's debut "Ocean e.p.", to be released in February 2014. With tradeyourtalent they speak about crazy video productions and why it's important to make music from the soul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>What's
the story behind your band name Philosoulophy?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b></span>At
first we experimented with the name of our lead singer Philipp O., starting out
with the name PHILO. However, Philipp didn't want our music and band to be
mistaken for a typical singer/songwriter band. Philosoulophy stands for our music and
songs, into which we put real emotions and stories, stories with a background.
We are convinced that, with authentic music, we can reach the same number of
people as the big labels can. "Soul" in Philosoulophy
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><b>What
inspires you to your songs? </b><br />Many of our songs are created when we jam together. Our song texts are
inspired by every day life or something in the past, like a lost love, which inspired the song "Going Back in Time". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>You
just released your first video. How much fun was producing it?</b><br />Producing
this video was fun from beginning to end. I think we have to release a
making-of video along with it, so all of you can see how much crazy stuff we
talk about and do....which obviously doesn't mean that we can't work professionally. (The video definitely proves this!)</span></div>
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is it like to be on stage? </b><br />Once
we are on stage it feels completely different to when we practice. It may sound cheesy, but we are
at our best if we completely loose ourselves in the music and just feel the
vibes. We always try to give everything and are completely wasted after a performance. But the audience has to know that we really mean it. After we
played support for Jupiter Jones people came to us and told us "what an
unmistakable power" we have on stage. </span></div>
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as many songs as you can, never stop pouring out your heart, try to reach
others with your music and give everything on stage that you can. You can do
nothing wrong if you follow this advice, unless there are other influences, like growing up during the wrong time. Right now we feel that there is a lot of cheap and boring music out
there, especially if you look at the charts. 10 years ago you'd find bands out there like Red Hot Chili Peppers or Jamiroquai. These bands gave everything,
poured out their soul ... we definitely need more of that kind of music! </span></div>
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-14088448648661646802013-09-29T10:34:00.003-07:002014-03-09T03:32:10.680-07:00Photographer Mia Collis - Faces of Madagascar <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mia Collis is a documentary photographer from Kenya. She was one of the first artists I <a href="http://tradeyourtalent.blogspot.de/2010/12/i-live-and-sleep-photography.html">interviewed for TYT</a>, here you can have a look at her recent photography from Madagascar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In 2010 Mia worked for IMAX/Warner Brothers as their Kenyan production
manager on the 3D cinematic release <a href="http://www.imax.com/borntobewild/">"Born to be Wild"</a> about orphaned orangutans and
elephants. In 2012 Mia traveled again with IMAX, this time to Madagascar, to work
as production manager on a movie set for release in 2014. Mia went on to see the launch of the
book <a href="http://www.jr-art.net/projects/women-are-heroes-africa">“Women are Heroes-Kibera”</a> she worked with a team on the book in
collaboration with French artist/photographer and 2011 <a href="http://www.jr-art.net/">TED prize winner JR.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mia's recent photographic work has appeared in CNN’s photo blog, <a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/showcase-133/?_r=0">NYT Lens Blog</a>, Today’s Zaman, WLT Magazine, Global Post , PBS News Hour, USAID
Front Lines-(cover photo), EGPAF, United Nations World Youth Report and
most recently represented twice in <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2013/users/319902/">National Geographic’s Traveler contest</a> as ‘Editors Pick’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://miacollis.wordpress.com/">See Mia's new blog </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.miacollis.com/">See Mia's website </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://tradeyourtalent.blogspot.de/2010/12/i-live-and-sleep-photography.html">Interview with Mia on TYT </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-59361074277433432942013-07-13T02:23:00.000-07:002014-03-09T03:37:31.906-07:00Ionut Radulescu "Unexpected outcomes"<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ionut Radulescu is an illustrator and graphic designer, currently working in New York City. With tradeyourtalent he speaks about trying to push his limits, inspiration from his inner voice and unexpected outcomes. <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since I was a child, I loved visual
arts and design in general. Most of my time was spent drawing
cartoon, and after, drawing fashion sketches. I loved fashion and all
its creative universe, how ideas come to life, and that level of
fantasy. So this came naturally, and now I am experimenting with
different mediums, and trying to push my limits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.ionutradulescu.com/">www.ionutradulescu.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I get inspired by everything that
resonates with my inner voice—places, moments, people, color,
music, movies, city life, sadness and happiness, life experiences of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have currently just finished a couple
of editorial projects for different magazines, and currently I'm working
on a digital branding experience and illustration for a Japanese
restaurant.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I am excited, because it is a local
client, and I can take on a more creative visual and conceptual
approach.</span> </div>
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designers, that have unique voices and personality.<span lang="en-US"> I would love to
collaborate with <a href="http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers_profile.aspx?DesignerID=939">Mary Katrantzou</a>, she was born in Athens, and she
currently resides in London, currently being one of the cutting-edge
British designers. Her work is full of visual effects, collage and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It would be great to apply some of my
illustrations, and lettering on some original pieces of garment, that
will tell a unique story in lines and shapes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for an article related to sexual experiments.</span>
<a href="http://www.ionutradulescu.com/">www.ionutradulescu.com</a></span></span></div>
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your city—</span></i><span lang="EN-US">academic illustration done while I was
enrolled in the Master of Arts Program at The Savannah College of Art and Design
(SCAD), Savannah, GA.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Did you ever consider another career
besides art?
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also love to write, to discover
places, and to document about them. Maybe a journalist on cultural issues,
or an editor at a cultural magazine, even a fashion magazine, that
has a strong message and influences people in a positive way by
inspiring them. Its energizing to be in a field where I
have to discover all the time what happens with visual culture
globally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can you describe your art in one sentence? </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I let my work develop in an organic
way, celebrating the spontaneity and unexpected outcomes.</span></div>
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Portaits</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">— For this academic portrait illustration
project, I have chosen two designers, Mary Katrantzou and Dsquared2, a brand
created by the Canadian brothers Dean and Dan Caten.</span>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">New York Times Summer Movies Cover 2012</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This piece was included in the 10 finalists
gallery featured on NY Times Website.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The challenge was to come up with a visual
concept for the summer movies cover issue.</span></div>
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-89792773029639520302013-03-10T07:41:00.000-07:002013-03-10T07:50:39.137-07:00Josh Harrison "Passion and love for music" <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white;">The discovery: singer-songwriter Josh Harrison </span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was recently looking for a song by the band "The Fray" and it led me to a cover song by the young singer-songwriter Josh Harrison. Not only did I like his cover a little better than the original (sorry, the Fray, I still love your music) but I was also surprised how searching for a song on the internet can lead to discovering a new and very talented musician from Nashville. Josh Harrison's <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JoshHarrisonMusic/videos?view=0" target="_blank">cover songs on youtube</a></b> reach more than 80,000 clicks and he just produced his first album with Freeway Creative Group Records his <a href="http://thejoshharrison.bandcamp.com/album/no-time-to-bleed" target="_blank"><b>called "No time to bleed"<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">. </span></span> </b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />With tradeyourtalent Josh Harrison speaks about what it was like to produce an album and how the internet has changed the way you share your music with the world. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">TYT: You just released your first album <a href="http://thejoshharrison.bandcamp.com/album/no-time-to-bleed" target="_blank">"No time to bleed" </a>- what inspired you to this album?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Josh Harrison:</b> To be honest this album just came out
of a passion and love to do music! After co-writing and creating the
music for a while, it all came together to form the album.
Inspiration came from everything from God, to love, to just having
fun in life and with music!</span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Josh Harrison "It is freeing" </span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">TYT: Your songs have titles like <a href="http://thejoshharrison.bandcamp.com/track/moving-on" target="_blank">"Moving on"</a> and <a href="http://thejoshharrison.bandcamp.com/track/free" target="_blank">"Free"</a>. How do you feel like after this big
journey of creating your own album? Do you feel free?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Josh Harrison: </b>After spending time creating, writing,
and working hard with my team at Freeway Creative, it definitely does
feel awesome to have an album out and finished! I guess you could
say, it IS "Freeing" haha. But I'm just thankful to have
this opportunity and to be able to write and record and play music,
and more importantly with people who are so supportive around me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Josh Harrison "The internet has changed everything!" </span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>TYT:</b> <b>I discovered your music when I was
looking for a song by "The Fray" and you covered it on
youtube. How has the internet changed the way you interact with your
audience or how you write music?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Josh Harrison:</b> Oh man! The internet has changed
everything! I'm not sure it has affected how you write the music
itself, but it definitely plays a huge role in how you share your
music with everyone! Everything from marketing to distribution
is completely different! Even like THIS interview! This is taking
place because of YouTube videos and my music being available online.
It's crazy where it has taken us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Josh Harrison "Different parts of different songs" </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Josh Harrison:</b> I know I'm not answering this one
perfectly, but I'm not sure I can pick just one! I really love the
different parts of different songs we came up with. I will say, I
really look forward to playing the title track, <a href="http://thejoshharrison.bandcamp.com/track/no-time-to-bleed" target="_blank">"No Time to Bleed"</a> live with my band. The guys I play with are unbelievable
and it's a fun one! </span></div>
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<b>Find Josh Harrison on </b><br />
<a href="http://joshharrisonmusic.com/" target="_blank">His Website </a><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/MrJoshHarrison" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/joshharrisonmusic" target="_blank">Facebook </a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JoshHarrisonMusic/videos?view=0">Youtube</a><br />
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<b>Josh Harrison's producers</b><br />
<a href="http://freewaycreativegroup.com/">Freeway Creative Group <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">R</span>ecords </a><br />
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-70658201415589245292012-12-09T06:10:00.002-08:002012-12-10T12:43:03.620-08:00Charles Santoso "I try to be in their world" Charles Santoso is a concept artist and illustrator currently living in Sydney, Australia. During the day he works at Animal Logic as a concept artist/art director. Charles Santoso’s work has been exhibited in Sydney and also internationally in North America and France, his most recent exhibition was the WoodWork Show in Sydney. With tradeyourtalent he speaks about choosing a natural path and why he likes to tell stories with pictures. <br />
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<b>TYT: Why did you decide to become an illustrator? Could you ever imagine doing something else?</b><br />
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Charles Santoso: I've always loved anything to do with storytelling - especially in mediums such as movies & books . As I realised that I'm better in telling stories with pictures, it was a natural path for me to choose - I also enjoy the process of making images which is a bonus. If for some reasons I have to change my career.. I might still pursue something that has some connections with storytelling and creativity.. maybe sculpting or even try learning how to play with words. Cooking and Coffee making will be the next options after those. :)<br />
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<b>TYT: What inspires you to your art work? </b><br />
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Charles Santoso: These days my inspirations are coming mostly from my daily experience. I dug my childhood and past memories whenever I can. Of course I will also include the wonderful artists, writers, philosophers & people that I find interesting. I combine all of these and filter them through my tiny brain.. in the end forming my personal opinions on things. I'll then channel these when I do my works - it might not be clearly visible but it's there somewhere.<br />
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<b>TYT: The characters you illustrate are very unique. How do you come up with them?</b><br />
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Charles Santoso: Before I start, I usually come up with a story behind them.. even a small event that they are in will be good. I'll then try as much as possible to put my thoughts into their brains and be in their world. When I'm doing it right, the character should start to come up and I can start thinking about the design. So, for me personally, ideas and stories should come first. Of course this is not as easy to do as it might sound. Struggles and frustrations are what usually happen in the process - I get a more rewarding result in the end though.<br />
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<b>Find out more about Charles Santoso </b><br />
<a href="http://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/" target="_blank">Website </a><a href="http://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/woodwork-show/" target="_blank"><br />Exhibition "WoodWork Show" </a><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/minitreehouse" target="_blank">Charles Santoso on Twitter @minitreehouse</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/artofcharlessantoso?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Charles Santoso on facebook </a><br />
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<br />Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-50632061296149005452012-10-07T04:33:00.001-07:002012-12-09T06:45:59.713-08:00"If you can dream it, you can do it" <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why did you decide to become a designer? </span></b></div>
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Since my childhood I always showed a lot of talent for drawing,
especially because my mother was an artist. I grew up in the middle
of frames and paints, so I always knew that I wanted to do art, I just
didn’t know what exactly it would be, but something related to arts. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> What inspires you most to your work? Do
you have a special way of getting inspired?</span></b></div>
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A lot of people don’t realize this - but everything around inspires you,
even unconsciously: my wife, family, friends, movies, books, comic
books, or even music that I listen works as a source of inspiration. It is always good to follow the work of other artists
that you like and admire. To have good references is primordial to
your imagination and inspiration.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6585735867883325710" name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6585735867883325710" name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6585735867883325710" name="OLE_LINK11"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6585735867883325710" name="OLE_LINK12"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6585735867883325710" name="OLE_LINK13"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6585735867883325710" name="_GoBack"></a>The ideas can come up anytime - I always carry a sketchbook with me. A lot of ideas come up in the middle of
creation process, this is why it is important to be open to other people’s
opinions and suggestions that you can trust. I always hope to make a better work
than the last one, so I can feel that I overcame myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“If you can dream it, you can do it.
Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a
mouse.” - Walt Disney</span></div>
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-41659483609579650932012-09-23T02:44:00.002-07:002012-09-23T03:19:22.230-07:00Two inspiring art project ideas <h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">A week of inspiration and lots of art projects</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">This summer I took a small break from TYT - there just wasn't enough time. But since I've missed blogging so much I will try to write more blog posts this fall, I promise! What have you been up to this summer? I hope it was filled with lots of inspiration and great art projects. This week I discovered 2 great art projects which are really inspiring and give you great ideas for your own art projects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br />Sounds of Nature Case Study by Thiago Storino, artist from Brazil. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Thiago illustrated a guitar that grows out of the ground. Then he tried to
reproduce the image realistically. I really like how the guitar looks in
harmony with nature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://talent.adweek.com/gallery/Sounds-of-Nature/4130569" target="_blank">Here</a> you can see the individual sketches and images he used for his project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><u><b>Art project idea:</b> </u>Combining images/photos from nature with human objects </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Take an image or photo from nature and mix it with something out of the human world, an image or object that is in perfect harmony with nature or something that contrasts it. Mixed media could make this project even more interesting. </span><br />
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Wonderland of Books by Charles Santoso, artist from Australia. </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/" target="_blank">Charles Santoso</a> created a series of illustrations <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Kinokuniya-Sydney-Wonderland-of-Books/4451925" target="_blank">"Wonderland of Books"</a> for a holiday catalogue and the interior of a bookstore. </span><br />
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<u>Art project idea:</u> Take famous characters from novels and create individual illustrations from them </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">When I saw this project it inspired me to this art project idea - imagine you could take your favorite characters from a novel (maybe pick old novels so everyone knows the characters like Huckleberry Finn or Oliver Twist or even fairy tales!) and transform them into an illustration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Then you could host a small art show by showing these illustrations along with the novels. Maybe you could get a whole group of artists to illustrate their own characters from their favorite novels!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">I wish I could draw, then I would get started immediately!</span><br />
<b><br />Did you have lots of art project ideas this week? </b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"></span>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-69290475044921660202012-07-19T13:04:00.004-07:002012-07-19T13:08:49.958-07:00Berlin Fashion Week: Alice n' Tosch featuring Juliane PieperTime flies by and there are so many creative projects that I'd love to show you. One of the projects I'm really happy about is this collaboration - the German label Alice n' Tosch with illustrator Juliane Pieper. <br />
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I met <a href="http://tradeyourtalent.blogspot.de/2011/06/mascotmr-stick-figure-his-family-art-in.html" target="_blank">Juliane Pieper in New York </a>last year and this summer her newest collaboration has taken an exciting turn - she illustrated handbags for the label Alice n' Tosch. The environmentally friendly label, located in Berlin, creates unique handbags. With Juliane's illustrations I find them even more gorgeous ;-) Have a look and enjoy! <br />
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I had an inspiring trip to London last weekend and I stumbled upon the
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The Wolf & Badger store is also a must see when you go to London, it is great to discover a large number of independent designers amongst all the big stores overflowing the city. </div>
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<a href="http://philippalong.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-62942871820987903172012-06-25T10:57:00.001-07:002014-03-09T08:42:14.368-07:00Maja Lindberg - Curiosity, Fairy Tales and Astrid Lindgren<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Maja Lindberg lives and works in Lomma, a small seaside town in the south of
Sweden, where she runs her own company, Majali Design &
Illustration, specializing in fine art prints. Her illustrations are mostly inspired by fairy tales and mystery, she loves combining colors and texturtes, creating a certain mood. With tradeyourtalent she speaks about curiosity, creative ideas that come at night and why she would like to illustrate one of Astrid Lindgren's books. </div>
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Many times the best ideas come at
night when I have trouble falling asleep and hundreds of things are
going around in my head. I try to focus and a picture builds up in my
head. I finally fall asleep and in the morning I start composing the
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A lot of my inspiration comes from
fairy tales, dreams and myths. I start by sketching the
creature/person/animal with pencil and paper, when I’m satisfied
with the illustration I scan it and continue the work on computer. It’s here where all the colors and shades are made and
actually my favorite part in the process. I love combining colors
and the textures, together they’ll form the special mood that I’m
looking for. I want my illustrations to be mysterious and dreamy and
hopefully they’ll bring some curiosity to the viewer who creates
their own fairytale/story when looking at it.</div>
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One of my most favorite artists is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bauer_%28illustrator%29" target="_blank">John Bauer</a>, a swedish illustrator who lived around the turn of 1900. I
love the mystery with the dark forest and the light that he so ably
captures.</div>
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Other artists that have inspired me are
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Beskow" target="_blank">Elsa Beskow</a>, <a href="http://www.astridlindgren.se/en/mer-fakta/illustratorer/marit-tornqvist" target="_blank">Marit Törnqvist</a>, <a href="http://www.shauntan.net/" target="_blank">Shaun Tan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Nordqvist" target="_blank">Sven Nordqvist</a> and <a href="http://timburton.com/" target="_blank">Tim Burton</a>.</div>
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If Astrid Lindgren still had lived I
would’ve loved to illustrate one of her books. Her stories have the
ability to catch childhood memories.</div>
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<b>Did you always want to be an artist? Could you imagine working in another profession? </b></div>
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When I was small I wanted to be an
actress, but when growing up I understood that I wasn’t that good
at acting so I went to art school and became a ceramic artist.
I worked in my pottery studio for five years, it was hard to make a
living out of it, so I got an education in IT instead and
started to work as a web assistant. But the lust of creating has
always been there, so it felt natural when I decided to start over
again and begin with illustration and art. Right now I'm very happy
that I took that decision and I feel very lucky to have the
opportunity to work with something that I love doing. But sometimes
I still dream of being an actress. </div>
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Visit Maja Lindberg's website <a href="http://www.majali.se/" target="_blank">Maja Lindberg</a></div>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Majalin/122247227840243" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">Maja's Facebook Page </a>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-27343151138287184002012-06-10T07:21:00.000-07:002012-06-10T07:34:18.685-07:00Chrissy Wallace "Compelled to express my thoughts"<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<b><br />How did you come up with the idea to
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Most of us that are
exhibiting are friends from university - we were in the same class -
and a couple of the others are college friends. So we all keep in
regular contact anyway and had discussed the idea of exhibiting
together. A few of the other guys had an exhibition last year, and we
thought it would be good practice to keep promoting our work as often
as we can. It all came about quite quickly, we decided and just got
on with planning it all! Its been great fun, especially as we're all
friends too.</div>
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<b>Is there a theme or a certain topic
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No, we decided as we had full
control over what is shown, it would be a nice opportunity to do
exactly as we wanted! Each individual artist is choosing their own
theme and medium used. We thought the name 'The Picture Show' would
be broad enough so as to not imply any particular theme - just lots
of good images on show!</div>
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sentences: what inspires you to you artwork? </b><br />
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Good question! Like
a lot of people, I have drawn and created as far back as I can
remember, and I've never given it up. I came to it in a professional
sense quite 'late', as I suddenly decided I had to try and make a
living out of what I love, because I felt unfulfilled otherwise. My
German grandmother told me 'you have to work at something you love'.
She's right! But if I didn't do it professionally I would always
create; I feel compelled to express my thoughts, feelings and
responses to the world around me in that way.</div>
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<b>Complete this sentence: Hopes and dreams in art ... </b></div>
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connect with the viewer, to create something they recognise and can
respond to. Personally, I hope to always improve, to develop, and to
never stop learning or being excited by the artistic process. And I
dream that one day I have a space just for creating so I can make as
much mess as possible!
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<b>What does art mean to you and how does
influence your everyday life? </b><br />
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I would day its an integral part of
who I am, cheesy as that may sound. I just love it! I'm always
thinking about it and seeking it out everywhere - even in the most
unlikely places. Anything can ignite an artistic response - a certain
colour, a street scene, sentences or song lyrics, the shape of the
most mundane object - anything! That's why these days I tend to have
my sketchbook with me at all times so I can quickly sketch whatever
idea pops into my head. That's the fun of it all!</div>
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Website: <a href="http://www.chrissywallace.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chrissy Wallace </a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Exhibition: </span><a href="http://www.thepicshow.co.uk/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">The Picture Show</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-32360173122038292502012-05-06T12:24:00.000-07:002012-07-04T13:04:59.346-07:00Spring Blog Art Exhibition Susan Sorrell Hill - "Allowing an image to flow from one's heart"<div class="post-header">
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Choices, change and introspection is only a small part of what describes her new work - Susan Sorrell Hill is a painter and
illustrator full of surprise and magic. In this blog art exhibition on TYT she exclusively presents her new paintings and speaks about taking a break from blogging. Susan gives very personal insights about why she focussed on the themes fear, magic and change in her artwork this past year. Susan Sorrell Hill lives in Northern California. <br />
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<b>You've been working on a series of
new paintings this Spring. What kind of emotions did you
have during this journey?</b></div>
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Susan: Iʼd spent the better part of the last
two years working on the illustrations and dummies for two childrenʼs
books that I wrote...and then taking various steps to bring them to
the attention of publishers and agents. The childrenʼs publishing
market is a confusing blend of change and chance these days, and most
of the old routes to publication do not seem to apply anymore. So
despite loving book illustration best of all forms of art, Iʼve not
found my book illustration niche yet. I decided that it would be a
good, sane idea to focus on more personal work for a while...to give
my imagination a looser reign...and see where that led.</div>
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A friend pointed out that these eight
new paintings seem to be addressing fear of one sort or another, and
I suspect that she is right. When Iʼm not painting for a book
project, the initial drawing for a painting evolves out of my stream
of consciousness: Iʼm not trying to express a particular thought or
storyline. However, things that are brewing in my own thoughts,
dreams and feelings, as well as what Iʼve been reading about or
observing in others makes its way into the drawings. Themes such as
limitation, obstacles, choices, change and introspection are common
in my work, and a lot of that comes out of the uncertainty of ʻart
as a career.ʼ<br />
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Essentially dream images, these paintings can be
interpreted in many different ways. I like this way of working very
much, and am frequently surprised at the images that come through.
They often tell me a story that I didnʼt even know I was thinking
about. And though the style of these non- book paintings is very much
like an illustration, I think that they have more depth and layers of
meaning than an illustration that is specific to a particular
storyline.</div>
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My favorite artists have all been
illustrators, not large-scale oil painters, so perhaps it is natural
that my favorite way of working has come to be works on paper that
are intimate in size...and images that seem to tell a story, though
that story may remain mysterious.</div>
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<b>What role does the word "choice"
and "journey" play in your artwork?</b></div>
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Susan: I suppose that you could say that I am
an introvert at heart...and that contemplation has played more of a
role in my life than physical activities. Consequently, I am
fascinated by the world literature and philosophies that explore the
inward Journey of Life, which is ultimately about the growth of a
personʼs Soul. Iʼm drawn to things like Jungian psychology and
archetypes, symbolism, the Tarot and Rune oracles, and all things
ancient, myth and fairytale...because all of these, in their
particular way, are expressing universal truths, obstacles and
lessons that apply to every individualʼs life. On this Journey,
choices have far-reaching consequences, and circuitous routes to our
mysterious destinations are common. I hope to express some of all of
this in my imagery...it seems important somehow to make visual
symbols out of such deep subjects.<br />
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<b>Your new work also shows some of
your characters in fear... in one painting you can see shadows trying
to take a hold of something. What do your characters experience in
your paintings? </b></div>
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Susan: Perhaps it is not so much Fear that is
expressed in my work, as it is an exploration of fearful
situations...and the equanimity (or lack of) with which fear can be
faced and mastered. In one painting, shadows seem to express the fact
that demanding or threatening or shaming voices will always be
around, and there is no rest unless one leaves the room! In another,
a small, beautiful tree thrives in the very center of an overbearing
environment. And in another, a man runs across deep water, safely
oblivious to the toothy creatures nipping at his heels and swimming
below. He seems to carry some sort of guardian creature on his
shoulder. I suppose you could say that my characters are wrestling
with the issues that Life presents.<br />
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<b>Magic and art... do you see a
connection?</b></div>
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Susan: I came across a quote years ago about
the idea that words are the most powerful form of magic (it may have
been Starhawk?), and I see that this idea has now been incorporated
into the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and The Deathly
Hallows, Part Two, spoken by the wizard-professor, Albus Dumbledore.
He said, “Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.”</div>
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Now certainly there is truth in this
idea, but I would expand it a bit more, and say that symbols (of
which art is comprised) are the most powerful form of magic...because
symbols (and words are symbols too) have the power to change
consciousness, for better or worse. Joseph Campbell, the American
mythologist, writer and lecturer, explored this viewpoint
extensively.<br />
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Susan: I have always thought that artists
could (should?) best honor their gifts by putting positive symbols,
positive magic into the world, rather than adding to the darkness
that is already here. I think that I am attracted to fairytales
because these tales imply that, despite the darkness, there is always
a hidden path, protection and guidance, and a positive outcome to
life, if only one does her very best and perseveres.<br />
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On the purely material level, allowing
an image to flow from oneʼs heart, oneʼs unconscious thoughts and
feelings, oneʼs dreams absolutely feels like Magic, even before
anyone else ever reacts to the artwork. What else could the creative
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<b> A while back you took a break from
blogging. What was it like?</b></div>
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This digital era has brought the new
Social Networking wave too: Facebook, Twitter and blogging seem to
have suddenly become part of every serious artist’s career plan.
But being technologically-challenged, I was very adverse to the idea
of writing a blog. Then I saw the movie, Julie and Julia (“Julia
Child's story of her start in the cooking profession...intertwined
with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in
Child's first book”) and thought well, maybe I could offer some
fruits of all of my contemplation and reading, and show my artwork as
well. Who knows what showing up beyond the reaches of my little town
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I do like design and beauty very much,
so putting together a blog (and a website) is very artistically
satisfying. And I do like putting words and pictures together, being
a story- lover at heart. Once I launched my new blog, Dream &
Vision: life through the eyes of an artist, I was pleasantly
surprised by all the positive appreciation and wonderful connections
with readers and artists all over the world!</div>
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But blogging and social media take a
lot of time to do well and consistently...and so far, I have not
found them to be very useful in practical terms. Perhaps it gathers
momentum? For me personally, blogging weekly is way too much time
spent in front of a computer screen, and it takes me away from what I
really love: drawing and painting. I’m finding a better balance now
by posting great career news flashes, plus writing once in a while
just for fun. Of course, “balance” is a flexible thing by nature,
so my blogging activity could be different in the future!</div>
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Thank you for asking all of these
interesting questions, Susanna, and for posting my words and artwork
once again on your wonderful site, Trade Your Talent.<br />
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<a href="http://tradeyourtalent.blogspot.de/2011/01/interview-with-illustrator-and-painter.html" target="_blank">My first interview with Susan Sorrell Hill, from January 2011</a><br />
<a href="http://www.susansorrellhill.com/Susan_Sorrell_Hill/Susan_Sorrell_Hill.html" target="_blank">Susan's website </a><br />
<a href="http://susansorrellhill.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Susan's blog Dream and Vision</a></div>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-46989507716042251602012-05-02T12:40:00.000-07:002012-05-06T11:54:06.733-07:00Brooks Salzwedel "A moment either in the past or the future"<span style="color: #999999;">I stumbled upon Californian artist and accessories designer Brooks Salzwedel's work a couple of weeks back and I was immediately captured by his unique style. His work is deeply influenced by the conflict of human development and nature.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Brooks work can be seen in the New York Times, Juxtapoz, ArtReview, New Angels, and NY Arts, he has shown at several galleries throughout the West Coast, such as OKOK Gallery in Seattle, and most recently The Hammer Museum. Currently he is also assistant director at George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #999999;">In your work you can often see bridges
and nature. What inspires you to your artwork? </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Most of my work is taking a moment
either in the past or the future where nature has taken over. The
fight between human development and nature has always caught my
interest. From grant mountain ranges to towering buildings in
construction with cranes and scaffolding around it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I recently had a show at George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles. That's been taking
most of my time. I'm also an assistant director at the gallery and I
run a line of handmade belt buckles called "Shane."</span></div>
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pictures appear post-apocalyptic. They are beautiful in a bittersweet
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information, never really a moment of
silence around you and everything moving</div>
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fast. Pacing to work, running to grab
lunch, writing a massive amount of</div>
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emails and at the end of the day not
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for a walk and stare at the sky? Where
we figure out where our next creative journey will take us? Where we
don't think about "Oh, I could use that for my blog". Where
we just feel inspired without having to turn it into anything. Where
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Maybe we should just have one day in
the week, where we</div>
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paper and pen - an no, the app which provides you with a virtual
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post these thoughts to our blog, we won't tweet them, we won't share
or like them- we will just let our thoughts travel in time.<br />
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<br /></div>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-38064811490287490722012-03-04T10:11:00.004-08:002014-03-15T05:00:28.565-07:00Leah Piepgras: "Proof of the soul"<div class="aloha-editable aloha-title-description aloha-block-blocklevel-sortable ui-sortable aloha-editable-active" contenteditable="true" id="5c66a4e4-906d-12be-08f6-f53f96ef3d94">
Boston
artist Leah Piepgras likes to discover
the edge between control and chaos in her paintings. In 2011 I stayed
with Leah, her family and my brother in their beautiful home in Boston,
where she let me have a detailed look at her studio. I
discovered her artwork, which she creates with a deep honesty, always
filled with a story of her own. Leah also loves to make stuff,
especially functional objects. Recently she has created dinnerware and a
necklace. Everything is about transformation. "I create spaces
inhabited
with pieces of bodies and depictions of thoughts", Leah says. "I think
of the bodies in my paintings in the same way, in a constant state of
becoming." With Trade Your Talent she speaks about the extremes of
being,
visual change and why she likes to work on several pieces at once. </div>
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I love to make stuff...The act of creating is about looking for truths, not knowing the answers along the way. My work focuses on extremes of being- the physical and the mental, anatomy and cognition. I am interested in the moments when they overlap and where they come apart. In paintings, I create spaces inhabited with pieces of bodies and depictions of thoughts where happiness, bliss, and euphoria are the proof of the soul. For me, the act of painting hovers on that edge between control and chaos.<br />
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In my paintings I think of thoughts as clouds and mists, and how, before you can grasp a full idea, they float away and all you are left with is a feeling, an intention. </div>
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I don't think of these thoughts as lost though, because they float up into the air. I think of them in a constant state of visual change, with only the pithy truth of the idea remaining as the actual, physical, constant. I think of the bodies in my paintings in the same way, in a constant state of becoming, with shifts so subtle that you might always feel the same and, only by looking back, do you see the transformation. </div>
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I usually have more ideas than time! I am always working on several pieces at once and I switch in between them depending on my mood. If I feel like I need to think about one piece I will just switch to another for a bit, but keep looking and thinking about the first piece. Frequently I will paint a whole other painting while thinking about the first one and end up painting over it. I destroy a lot of work because it doesn't go where I want it to.</div>
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Recently, in addition to painting, I have been making functional objects. These pieces are visualization of the form and function of the body, while also being functional objects. The utilitarian use is the conceptual basis of the work and the user’s interaction is a daily life performance. It would be great to continue to work with manufactures and also to do work with someone like Stella McCartney or the house of Alexander McQueen.</div>
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I have never thought of being anything else. I have always known this is all I wanted to do.</div>
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-79672548694677647802012-02-27T10:39:00.008-08:002012-02-27T10:54:27.677-08:00Dinis Mota: "Creating makes me happy"<b style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dinis Mota is an illustrator from Lisbon, Portugal. With tradeyourtalent he speaks about vivid colours and why creating makes him happy.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What does inspire me? My inspiration mainly comes from contemplation of all that surrounds me and makes part of my life. Sometimes a book, a movie or just the blue sea may be the most inspiring. Other times, admiring the paintings of extraordinary painters like Hieronymus Bosch or Bruegel.</span><br />
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only the sun and a feeling ... ... that you're simultaneously doing all
the right things ... and completely wasting your life."</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When I read this quote and looked at Paul Madonna's beautiful
pen-and-ink style I was mesmerized - Paul Madonna writes and draws the
weekly series <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/comics/allovercoffee">All Over Coffee, which is published in the San
Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.com</a>, and <a href="http://therumpus.net/sections/paul-madonna-blogs">Small Potatoes for
TheRumpus.net</a>. He is the author of two books, <i>All Over Coffee</i> (City Lights 2007), and <i>Everything is its own reward</i>
(City Lights 2011), which won the NCBR Recognition Award for Best Book
in 2011. I discovered his work through my last interview
with Ester Wilson. I was really indecisive when I had to choose work to go along with this interview - this is why I
really
recommend for you to stroll over to his site <a href="http://www.paulmadonna.com/">paulmadonna.com</a> and have a look
around. He observes cities like no one else can - each pencil stroke filled with devotion and passion to the detail. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paul Madonna: I've actually been doing a series of published collaborations with professional writers. Those can be found <a href="http://www.paulmadonna.com/all_over_coffee/about_collaborative.php">here</a>, and there are more in the works, all with people I'm excited to work with. One person I would love to work with though is Argentine write Cesar Aira, and I've been meaning to write him for over a year, but I just haven't. I don't know why.</span></span><br />
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Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-64597873561109274042012-02-04T14:09:00.000-08:002012-02-04T14:16:04.315-08:00Ester Wilson "Watching art happen"<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Ester Wilson is an artist from Atlanta, Georgia. With tradeyourtalent she speaks about letting your imagination run wild and why she can't imagine a life without creating. </b></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>What inspires you most when you work on a piece of art ? </b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm inspired by the creative process itself. Making a drawing or a painting usually starts with a small thought, or one basic feeling that I'd like to see come alive. The feeling grows and becomes more exciting as decisions are made in the process, leading to a stronger conviction about where I'd like to take the work. In a way, the artwork seems to draw itself and I am just watching it happen. It resembles playing as a kid, letting your imagination run wild and knowing that anything you can dream up is valid and acceptable: playing was exciting and it grew on its own... art is the same way, in my mind - it's fun and self-inspiring.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b>Your work is very colourful and full of energy. Has art always been your passion?</b></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Very much so. My mom often jokes about how she never worried about me as a child, because I was fine to spend all day in my room with paper and pencil, no need for anything more. I can't imagine a life without creating.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">web: <a href="http://www.esterwilson.com/" target="_blank"><u>www.esterwilson.com</u></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blog: <a href="http://esterwilson.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><u>esterwilson.blogspot.com</u></a></span></div></div>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-61149905755237104982012-01-18T13:37:00.000-08:002012-01-18T13:42:48.777-08:00Sirio Magnabosco: "A Series of Unexpected Meditations"In his study "3.3 billion" the Italian photographer Sirio studied the relationship between people and the presence of nature inside cities. I like the way he portrays one person in contrast to a vast scenery. Sirio attended the Joop Swart Masterclass in Amsterdam, you can see more of his photos in this book. He currently lives in Berlin.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sirio, <a href="http://www.mrsirio.com/">http://www.mrsirio.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sirio, <a href="http://www.mrsirio.com/">http://www.mrsirio.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sirio, <a href="http://www.mrsirio.com/">http://www.mrsirio.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sirio, <a href="http://www.mrsirio.com/">http://www.mrsirio.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sirio, <a href="http://www.mrsirio.com/">http://www.mrsirio.com/</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-67921663853158015942011-12-29T04:35:00.000-08:002011-12-29T04:38:54.232-08:00"Escape from this world"<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>Gemini is a French illustrator who loves lemon pie and old good musicals. With tradeyourtalent she speaks about growing up in a small village and why glamourous ladies inspire her. </b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"> I would say that my art is inspired by what I see, or what i hear. It sounds very girlish, but I like painting and drawing pretty things, glamourous ladies. I grew up with old american musicals, and while I was a kid I thought when I will become a woman I will look like these beautiful actresses from the 50's, so I think I want to keep a little of this gold time in my art. </span><br />
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When I was a little girl we were living with my sister and my parents in a small village and we didn't have anything to do outside (and I must add we were living in Normandy, so for those who don't know- the weather is the same as in England). Luckily my grandparents were printers so we had all the paper we wanted for free. And step by step it became the only way we had to escape from this world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"> I think I would like to work with the "father" of all these movies which gave me the desire to become an artist and gave me so many happy moments: Glenn Keane. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; text-align: center;"><b>For more by Gemini please visit:</b> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.gemini.illustrateur.org/" style="text-align: left;">http://www.gemini.illustrateur.org</a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://www.spottedandswing.blogspot.com/">http://www.spottedandswing.blogspot.com</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div></div>Trade Your Talenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848774794988977984noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6585735867883325710.post-23658995306073677892011-12-05T14:42:00.000-08:002011-12-05T14:53:49.570-08:00In Memory of Dana MaorI started this blog one year ago - many of you know that I decided to do this because I lost a very dear friend of mine due to a tragic accident. Dana Maor was an amazing artist and this is why I decided to go on a journey, partly to remain close to her but I also had a sudden urge to find out what really inspires artists, how they create their artwork and why they decide to pursue their dreams every single day.<br />
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It was Dana's birthday in November and this is why her family and friends created a beautiful exhibition for her in Israel. I would like to show you her artwork and talent. These are photos taken from this exhibition with her artwork, and art that her friends created. Most of the artwork on the photos is hers, except when you see someone painting in the picture.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariana_rolling_stoned/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">Mariana Santos</span></a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">What inspires you to your art?</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">I started drawing everyday stuff in my sketchbook because of the group Urban Sketchers, I got really inspired seeing all that fantastic work and decided to get my own journal, I started drawing every day and that really helped me to develop my drawing skills. Before I had a sketchbook I did some portraits of my favorite musicians, I got into drawing because I got into music and photos of concerts really inspire me when drawing a musician, I love to paint in black paper from those concert photos.</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">Recently I’ve had some ideas and done some studies for a different kind of paintings in which I’m trying to move a bit away from sheer representation of reality and to play with color and shapes even though they’re based on real subjects.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariana_rolling_stoned/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">Mariana Santos</span></a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">Your work is mainly about music and everday life.Which moments fascinate you most?</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">I think regarding my sketches on everyday life I’m more fascinated and enthusiastic while traveling. While I’m not traveling I lately tend to draw a lot of portraits of my friends maybe because I spend so much time with them, I also draw a lot on the subway, in the classroom. My sketchbook ends up documenting my life. I’m also fascinated with the possibilities of shapes colors and lines, the composition within a page.In my music drawings I draw my favorite musicians from photographs, usually what fascinates me is the action and the contrast.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">Do you have favorite artists?</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;"> I love all kinds of things and I change my favorite artists very often.Concerning the subject of everyday sketches and visual journals, I really love the work of Danny Gregory, Tommy Kane, Lapin, Eduardo Salavisa, Richard Câmara, Nina Johansson, John Woolley, as well as other Urban Sketchers correspondents.</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">The painters I’ve gotten pretty interested in recently are Egon Schiele, Basquiat, Touluse-Lautrec and Eric Fishell, I also love Andy Warhol, Picasso, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Oskar Kokoschka and lots more.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">Would you like to become a full time artist after you finish school?</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;"> Yes, I’d love to become a full time artist when I finish school but I’m keeping my mind open. I think nowadays in the art word you have to do a bit of everything in order to survive. Those things still feel very complicated to me so for now I’ll concentrate on my art, what makes me happy.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">Creativity is…</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">To combine the things you know and create something new, everything comes from somewhere. To be creative is not to be afraid. Creativity comes from hard work, dreams, involvement, confusion and the way you deal with that confusion.<span lang="PT"></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;">If you'd like to have a look at more of her work, check out Mariana Santos <a href="http://marianasantos95.blogspot.com/">Blog</a> and on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariana_rolling_stoned/">Flickr</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; color: #999999;"><br />
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