KOA
Art direction for L’Attrape Rêve fanzine

Koa take control of an art publication.

For the third issue, the art publication Attrape Rêve asked the French artist Koa to take care of the art direction.
This publication brings together various artworks, and is available in a limited edition in a couple of shops in Paris, from the Centre Georges Pompidou to La Galerie du Jour to the Palais de Tokyo. Hurry to get yours.
Mega will be the next one…

Attrape Reve cover by Koa

Attrape Reve cover by Koa

L'Attrape Reve gives Koa total freedom over the art publication

L’Attrape Reve gives Koa total freedom over the art publication

Double spread pages artwork

Double spread pages artwork

Feel free to check the video presentation of the publication.

CHI BIRMINGHAM
Interview with the US artist

Chi Birmingham interview.

Chi Birmingham is an illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, NY.
He received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the California College of the Arts and recently receuved an MFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
More about the US artist.

Chi Birmingham Riot Gear history illustration

Chi Birmingham illustration of the Riot Gear history

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
I’m an artist and illustrator with a studio in Brooklyn, NY. I grew up in California, and moved out to the east coast about four years ago.

Chi Birmingham Magic Mirror drawing

Chi Birmingham Magic Mirror drawing

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
Graphic, Direct, Playful.

Chi Birmingham taser illustration

Chi Birmingham taser illustration

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
Most of the work I have been doing lately has been for newspaper and magazine articles. When I get an assignment, I read the text that my illustration will accompany and start to make a list of ideas. Once I am finished I do a rough drawing of all the ideas I have written down. Once I have three or more that I think could work, I do a tighter sketch of each and send it to my Art Director.
For my final illustrations I work in Flash. I import the sketch and do my draw over it on another layer. I use a stylus and build up the images in layers in the way that I would with a painting. (I used to do all of my work with Gouache, and I think I still work with the same approach.) The software allows me to change individual colors very easily, so I typically start with a grayscale version so that I can make sure that the value relationships are working.

Caveman artwork

Caveman artwork by Chi Birmingham

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
I work in a studio with four of my closest friends. During the day we take a lot of time to talk about or work, or just play cards, and it is a big help in keeping me sane.

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
I grew up looking at a lot of painters. Richard Diebenkorn, Luc Tuymans, Jenny Saville, Euen Uglow and of course Lucian Freud were my favorites. I wasn’t interested so much in their subject matter, but was very impressed by the way they rendered forms. For the first few years that I painted I was really only interested in draftsmanship and creating a compelling illusion of a light source.
In college I became more interested in using art to tell stories and started looking at a lot of different narrative painters. I started to look more closely at the children’s books I had grown up with and began to cobble together a world for myself that was based very much on the aesthetic of 60’s era Golden Books.

Chi Birmingham book cover

Cover of the book Life In This Old Bones Yet by Chi Birmingham

ANY LAST WORD?
I couldn’t do any of this (and wouldn’t want to) without the support of my incredible wife, Lorissa Rinehart.

ERIN SUPINSKI
Interview with the US illustrator

Erin Supinski is a US illustrator I interviewed.

Erin is an illustrator living in Brooklyn.
In her free time, she likes out-of-the-city adventures, eating snacks, and trying to do pull-ups.
More about the US artist Erin Supinski.

Erin Supinski artwork based on Poland food

Erin Supinski artwork based on Poland food

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
My name is Erin Supinski. I am a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program. I currently live in Brooklyn with my boyfriend and our cats, Velcro and MurryPurry.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
Delicate. Subtle. Humorous. I work primarily in watercolor, though I do love drawing and would like to incorporate more.

Erin Supinski typography work for Bibliophile

Erin Supinski typography work for Bibliophile

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
I love doing research! So when I start a major project, I start with doing a ton of research. Then I move on to the sketching phase. I make pretty rough sketches focusing mainly on composition. Then I very lightly draw a fairly detailed drawing onto my paper (usually arches 300lb hot press). Next I move in with watercolors. I start with the very lightest and most subtle washes, allowing the colors to bleed and run, and then I continue to build from there. When I think the painting is nearing completion, I’ll go in pull out the highlights, and I’ll take a dip pen or very fine brush to add fine details. I love the texture of the paint on the paper and the way watercolors bleed together, so I try to let that show through as much as possible.

Erin Supinski drawing of a girl waiting for the bus

Erin Supinski drawing of a girl waiting for the bus

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
Living in Brooklyn, I’m pretty spoiled by my proximity to really stunning art work. If I’m feeling uninspired I can be at any number of famous museums or world-class galleries to jump start the creative juices. But living in such a high-intensity city can take its toll, and lately I’ve been inclined to lock myself in my studio with a good audio book and work.

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
I’m a huge fan of naturalist painters like Maria Sibylla Merian, Mark Catesby or John James Audubon. I love their scientific approach and straightforward observations combined with an obvious appreciation for beauty and (I think) a sense of humor. On the more contemporary end of the spectrum I’m really inspired by the work of artists like Lauren Nassef, Leanne Shapton, Ruth Marten, and Lauren Redniss (to name a few).

Erin Supinski embroidery art

Erin Supinski embroidery art

ANY LAST WORD?
Thanks for interviewing me! I’ve never done an interview before…

STEVEN BURKE
Interview with the French artist

Steven Burke is a French illustrator and artist I interviewed.

Steven Burke and I share the same french representative Lezilus.
Steven loves hand made typography, clean drawings, and always comes with fresh, simple but nice ideas. Some people are sick, his style is healthy.
More about the french illustrator Steven Burke.

Steven Burke illustration Paon Paon

Steven Burke illustration Paon Paon

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Steven Burke, 29 years old. I live in Hossegor, South West of France.
I’m a graphic designer specialized in illustration and hand made graphics, letters etc…

Steven Burke artwork for Element skateboards

Steven Burke artwork for Element skateboards

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
My work consist in puting an idea under a very simple shape. I go strait to the point, and try to share something funny or sad to everyone. I love typography and drawings, particulary when they are done by someone who doesn’t know how to draw.

Steven Burke framed art

Steven Burke framed art

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
i draw a lot on paper before starting a work and i write many words down, trying to get as much as directions possible. When i am ready, i start the job with a few guiding lines in my head but improvisation takes a big part in the process.

Steven Burke land art

Steven Burke land art

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
The environnement i live in is very inspiring, between the ocean and the forest, very quiet, excepted in the summer. This makes me want to do simple and clear things.

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
I like many artist’s work like Saul Bass, Takashi Murakami, Steve Powers, Barry McGee, Gonzales and many more…

Steven Burke painting Connected To Myself

Steven Burke painting Connected To Myself

ANY LAST WORD?
Always classy, never ashamed!

CONCEPT MAG
Mega interview in Indonesian

Concept mag interviewed me in Indonesian for their graphic publication.

Big interview for the summer issue of the number 1 graphic design magazine in Indonesia, Concept mag.
Once again the interview is in Indonesian.
Here is a transcription of the article written by Concept mag, after an interview done during my exhibition in Jakarta.
I was the main article of the issue of this Indonesian art publication.
I also did the artwork for the cover of the issue.
More about Concept.

BERHARAP INSPIRASI DARI DEWA BALI.
Begitu cintanya seniman Perancis ini. Pada Indonesia dan Bali hingga ia rela mengikuti tata cara hidup masyarakat di desa tempat tinggalnya. Mega mengaku tidak memiliki agama, tapi dia senang menggambar Dewa-dewa yang dipercaya oleh masyarakat Hindu Bali, seraya berharap mereka akan menurunkan inspirasi bagi dirinya.

Cover for Concept magazine Indonesia

Cover for Concept magazine, the biggest graphic design publication from Indonesia

MENGAPA ANDA BEGITU TERTARIK DENGAN INDONESIA, KHUSUSNYA BALI?
Sebernarnya semua daerah di Indonesia buat saya sangat menarik. Baik itu Yogyakarta, Bali, ataupun Papua. Semua wilayah Indonesia bagus dan menarik untuk dipelajari. Menurut saya tidak akan bukup seumur hidup untuk bisa mempelajari semua wilayah Indonesia dengan kebudayaannya, warisannya serta bahasanya. Saya sangat suka dengan Indonesia.
Bayangkan saja, ada banyak sekali suku yang ada di Indonesia yang sebenarnya berbeda-beda. Semuanya berbeda, bahasanya, budayanya, warisannya bahkan juga genetikanya. Tapi semuanya masih bisa percaya pada satu negara. Bisa bersatu dan bersama dalam satu negara Indonesia. Apalagi orang Indonesia ini tersebar dalam pulau-pulau, seharusnya sulit untuk hidup bersatu dalam satu nation. Buat saya ini sangat mengagumkan sekali, ada satu nama Indonesia untuk ribuan budaya yang berbeda. Itu sebabnya saya tinggal di Indonesia.

BERAPA BANYAK KARYA ANDA YANG TERINSPIRASI OLEH INDONESIA, KHUSUSNYA BALI?
Wah kalau untuk itu saya rasa sulit untuk menjumlahnya. Karena segala hal tentang Indonesia saat ini telah masuk dan menjadi bagian dari diri saya. sehingga dalam setiap karya saya selalu terdapat unsur Indonesia khususnya Bali di dalamnya. Karena saat membuat karya saya selalu menggalinya dari pengalaman pribadi yang pernah saya jalani. Jadi semuanya menyatu. Baik yang dari Indonesia, Eropa, Amerika Selatan, semuanya mempengaruhi karya-karya saya. Seperti bisa dilihat dalam karya saya yang bertemakan warrior.
Secara pribadi, saya memang sangat menyukai topeng, saya suka pada motif-motif tradisional. Jadi ada yang mengatakan bahwa warrior yang saya buat itu sebagai budaya Bali. “Waah itu pasti warrior Bali karena Mega tinggal di Bali.” Padahal tidak juga. Karena saat membuat artwork tersebut saya tidak pernah meniatkan untuk membuat warrior Bali karena memang ada unsur Bali di dalamnya.

hindu perspective

This is my own artistic take on the human being from an hindu perspective

APAKAH ADA KARYA YANG MEMANG KHUSUS BERTEMAKAN TENTANG BALI SEPERTI BARONG ATAU DEWA MISALNYA?
Ada, seperti yang dipamerakan di Salihara. Walaupun temany “Madu dan Racun”, tapi karena saya tidak lahir di sini dan tidak ada spesialisasi di bidang politik. Maka saya membuat karya tentang Barong dan Rangda. Pesannya adalah, ada yang positif dan ada juga yang negatif. Saya harus membuat yang bagus untuk menggambarkan yang yang posiitf, namun saya harus respek pada yang negatif. Selain itu, saya juga menggambar Dewa dalam kepercayaan Hidu Bali karena mungkin saja mereka mau membantu saya supaya saya bisa mendapatkan inspirasi dalam hidup saya.

KIRA-KIRA SAMPAI KAPAN INGIN MENETAP DI BALI?
Kalau itu saya tidak tahu, saya tidak suka menduga-duga ada yang terjadi di hari esok nanti. Saya tidak bisa membuat proyeksi yang jauh, siapa tahu besok saya mati, harus kembali ke Perancis den meninggalkan Indonesia. Tapi minimal untuk tahun ini dan beberapa tahun ke depan yang bisa saya bisa predikisikan, sepertinya saya masih akan tinggal di Indonesia.

BAGAIMANA PERKEMBANGAN ARTIS-ARTIS INDONESIA MEURUT MEGA?
Bagus sekalih, sangat bagus. Mungkin masih ada yang malu-malu merasa bahwa kemampuan artis Indonesia masih berada di bawah orang Amerika atau Eropa atau belahan lain di duania. Tapi sebenarnya itu tidak betul, karena siapa saja bisa bagus yang penting kerja, kerja dan kerja terus. Apalagi saat ini ada media seperti majalah Concept dan Babyboss yang bisa memberikan dukundan dan informasi bagi komunitas artis-artis Indonesia dan generasi yang lebih baru.

DI FACEBOOK ANDA BANYAK ARTIS MUDA INDONESIA YANG INGIN BELAJAR PADA ANDA. BAGAIMANA TANGGAPAN ANDA?
Saya rasa saya masih terlalu muda untuk menjadi seorang guru tua yang bantu-bantu semua orang. Jadi sebenarnya buat saya sendiri itu lucu sekali. Tapi saya memang suka berkomunikasi dengan siapa saja. Saya pasti senang jika ada orang yang suka dengan karya saya. Biasanya saya jarang berkomunikasi, karena ketika di rumah saya hanya sekali ke luar, sebagian besar waktu saya dihabiskan untuk bekerja saja. Baru ketika saya membuka Facebook atau ada pameran seperti ini saya bisa berkomunikasi dan mendapatkan feedback tentang karya saya. Tapi saya ingin jika ada yang mau berbicara dengan saya, dia juga memberikan sesuatu untuk saya. Dia harus memberi tahu namanya, tinggal di mana, membuat karya apa, dan berbagai informasi yang membuat saya tahu tentang dia.

SEJAK KAPAN ANDA MULAI BERMINAT DENGAN DUNIA GRAFIS?
Wah itu sudah dimulai sejak saya kecil. Saya ingat, dulu ketika umur saya kira-kira 10 tahun, saya mendengarkan musik lewat tape. Saya senang merekam dan membuat cover untuk rekaman saya dengan menggunakan gambar-gambar yang ada di majalah. Beberapa heri saya asyik memilih-milih gambar, memotong dan mencoba beberapa komposisi yang baru. Kemudian ketika berumur 16 atau 17 tahun saya mulai membuat graffiti di tembok dan di kereta api. Ketika membuat graffiti saya tidak suka bila ada aturanaturan tentang gaya atau teknik. Kamu harus ini, kamu harus itu waah saya tidak suka yang seperti itu. Karena buat saya ini hanya cat di tembok dan ini aktivitas yang ilegal. Aktivitas yang seperti itu harusnya ya memang tidak ada aturan khusus.

AKO CASTUERA
Interview with the US artist

Ako Castuera is an artist based in Los Angeles.

Ako is a painter, sculptor, writer, and knitter.
You can’t go wrong with a work that involves nature, humans, and dinosaurs.
More about the LA artist Ako Castuera.

Ako Castuera watercolor

Ako Castuera watercolor

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
My name is Ako Castuera. I like to paint and make things with my hands. I’m currently a storyboard artist on Adventure Time.

Ako Castuera typography art

Ako Castuera typography art

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
My work is colorful and I like to have the freedom to improvise and change. Lately I have been painting landscapes in watercolor. They are often about the relationship between humans and our home planet.

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
Improvisation is a big part of the way I work, and the materials I choose are an important part of that. I try to go for tools and paints that seem to have their own life, which is sort of a willy nilly description, but it’s like a gut reaction that demands to be followed. I have to find materials that I get along with, because we will be working together, I’m not going to control everything. I try to let their characteristics influence my choices while I am working. Lately I’ve been starting with loose, abstracted layers of watercolor on paper. I work wet, and then apply glazes. Sometimes I have a very clear idea of what I’m going for, other times I am looking into the paint to find a way to an image, and either way I start loose, and work towards bringing out detail.

Ako Castuera fox drawing

Ako Castuera fox drawing

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
My environment is absurd. life in a developed country is an ecological disaster, and life in Southern California presents extreme examples of man made living gone wrong. The patterns made by tract housing developments seen from overhead are beautiful, but also starkly terrifying. I just think they look like death. I paint a lot of roads and houses because they represent a conflict between the dream of a cozy, stable middle class life, and the reality of being part of a food chain that on the successful end includes rapacious consumption of the riches of the earth, and on the losing end includes defaulting on home mortgages, debt slavery, and a lot of human misery.
The houses I paint are often built on dinosaurs, and I like to put them together because, number one, it is fun, and I used to think the hills by my house were dino bodies covered in earth. Dinosaurs are a reminder of extinction, and illustrate a childlike understanding of the prehistoric past, which I connect to our present times, and uncertain future. It sounds rather doomsday, but I have a lot of love for my home of Southern California. I have hopes that life here will adapt and flourish.

Ako Castuera artwork Barker

Ako Castuera artwork Barker

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
Like most artists, I have a lot of influences. To name one or two here would leave out a hundred or more. I think people are interested in artists who are couples, so I’ll mention Rob Sato, who is an artist I admire, and have been living with and working around for 13 years.

Ako Castuera painting Another Day

Ako Castuera painting Another Day

ANY LAST WORD?
I wish more drivers would use their turn signal.

DETH P SUN
Interview with the US artist

Interview with the US artist Deth P Sun

Deth P. Sun is a painter and illustrator who lives and works in California.
He exhibits his work about 10-12 times a year, usually in group shows, but sometimes takes up a solo exhibition.
More about the US artist Deth P. Sun.

Inside Deth P Sun working art studio

Inside Deth P Sun working art studio

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
I’m an artist who resides in Berkeley, California. I do illustrations every so often, and I make funny paintings.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
I prefer to just show people what I do.

Various artworks by Deth P Sun

Various artworks by Deth P Sun

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
I usually write down little things to remind me what I’m thinking about, and then I sketch stuff out. And then I paint.

Deth P Sun drawing of his favorite superhero cat

Deth P Sun drawing of his favorite superhero cat

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
I don’t know if does, other than when it gets pretty cold, I don’t particularly like painting. It takes forever for things to dry and most If the weather is warm I feel more like painting. And if the Giants are losing I’m also more incline to work.

Deth P Sun NY Riots artwork

Deth P Sun NY Riots artwork

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?

  • Tove Jannson
  • Richard Scarry
  • Edward Gorey
  • My girlfriend Marci Washington
Deth P Sun illustration

Deth P Sun illustration

ANY LAST WORD?
No.

DANIEL FISHEL
Interview with the US artist

Daniel Fishel is a talented US artist.

More precisely, Daniel Fishel is an illustrator and a hand letterer/designer.
Living is New York, his work has been featured in countless medias and galleries. No, he is not related to Danielle Fishel.
More about the multi-talented artist Daniel Fishel.
Buy his artworks.

Winners And Losers painting by Daniel Fishel

Winners And Losers painting by Daniel Fishel

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
My name is Daniel Fishel and I am an illustrator/designer living in Queens, NY. After attending undergrad at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, I moved to New York to pursue a graduate studies degree at School of Visual Arts and a career in illustration. Clients I’ve work for include the Los Angeles Times, Nylon Guys Magazine and No Sleep Records. When I am not working I am usually biking around my neighborhood, listening to records, looking up youtube videos of Boston Terriers or occasionally answering emails by people who think I am “Danielle Fishel”. You know the actress that played Topanga in Boy Meets World.

Daniel Fishel draws an empty street beautifully

Daniel Fishel draws an empty street beautifully

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
The work that I create, I consider to be conceptual illustration. Not so much in the purest form where I am drawing puzzle pieces and rubix cubes all day for business magazines, but its more on an emotional level. Typically the work I create is about a character that is being confronted by another character or it’s interacting with something in the space. I use metaphor, color, the placement of the figures on the page and sometimes lighting to better tell the story being told.

Lifeguard Observations by Daniel Fishel

Lifeguard Observations by Daniel Fishel

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
It doesn’t matter if the piece I am working on is for a magazine or for the gallery wall. Often times the process for me is the same. If I am working with a magazine, I am taking the content they provide and distilling the content into a sentence. From that sentence I try to take the subject matter and a personal frame of reference that I can bring into the piece. The same thing goes with a painting I would do for a gallery. Instead of taking the content from a magazine, I have to build my own conceptual narrative to build an image. The difference here though is for a gallery piece I am making a physical painting, where as for an illustration, I am compositing linework overtop of swatches of paint, lino block/silk screen textures, and ink washes in photoshop. The difference is six to eight hours for an illustration versus twenty to thirty hours for a painting. I guess it takes longer to make a painting for me because I am more conservative about how I lay down colors because theres no command + Z in real life.

Daniel Fishel artwork

Daniel Fishel artwork

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
Living in New York is some what of a wanderlust. I am constantly engaging with a large variety of people, eating lots of different foods, and hearing tons of different music from all over the world. It all adds to my visual vocabulary that I wouldn’t have if I had continued living in a small town in Pennsylvania.

Daniel Fishel drawing for Allison Weiss

Daniel Fishel drawing for Allison Weiss

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
Cy Twombly, Raymond Pettibon, Mia Christopher, Cristy Road, Rene Magritte, Cuban Poster Art, 80’s/90’s Skate Decks, and hundreds of gig posters I’ve seen over the years.

ANY LAST WORD?
Unguard, I will let you try my Wu Tang Style.

EAMO
Interview with the Australian artist

Eamo is an inspiring Australian artist.

Coming from an industrial city down south of Oz called Geelong (or ‘Geebanger’ as the local’s call it), Eamo grew up down there and drew his way through school, got out and studied design in Melbourne in 2000.
He then worked at various fashion houses around Melbourne until leaving the game early on and giving illustration and art a crack. It has been for four years now that Eamo start killing it, developing a personal and shinny style with this je ne sais quoi of aussie flavor.
Interview originally published in Acclaim magazine.
More about the Australian artist Eamo.

WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND YOUR APPROACH OF A NEW PROJECT?
Often my first thoughts are “how can I add some Australian flavor into this piece?” These days I get approached by clients or collectives for the fact that my work has this style to it; clients are really receptive to it, which is a bonus. But it’s purely a coincidence that aussie stuff is in vogue right now. I’ve always had this weird obsession with it since my childhood. Fingers crossed when the trend dies I’ll still be able to get away with chucking a gum leaf or a prawn into an artwork. And Hopefully my work won’t end up in the same bracket as Yahoo Serious, Koala Blue or Crocodile Dundee, all of which I respect but they where unfortunately casualties of the international ‘Australiana’ fad of the 80s. Good times.

Artwork by Eamo

Artwork by Eamo

DO YOU RECKON THAT THE RECOGNITION OVERSEAS OF PEOPLE LIKE JEREMYVILLE OR BEN FROST IS OPENING SOME DOORS FOR A WHOLE GENERATION OF AUSSIES ARTIST?
No doubt about it. Those two are killing it around the globe; I agree with picking Jeremyville and Ben Frost as examples of aussie’s getting recognition overseas – can’t get any better than those blokes. Ben has been a huge supporter of young up and coming aussie artists, you just have to look at stupidkrap.com – being next to guys like him, Jeremyville, Lister (etc.) on the site is a huge boost for other guys like myself in getting seen by the same international audience as they are.

My interview of Eamo published in Acclaim magazine

My interview of Eamo published in Acclaim magazine

TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT THE ART SCENE IN MELBOURNE… HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER AUSTRALIAN CITIES?
The Melbourne scene is a tough nut to crack, in the four years I’ve been doing this caper, the last two I’ve managed to notch up six or so shows in Sydney as opposed to one in Melbourne. It’s a classic, when I meet people from Melbourne they always think I’m from Sydney, they look at my art and instantly think “yep, he’s a Bondi bloke” I’ve been told those exact words. And the Sydney folk thought I was a local up until recently. It stems back to my up bringing, I didn’t grow up in the city, I’m practically from the south coast so my art has a distinct aussie feel which is stereotypically more Sydney, whereas Melbourne has a very European culture without that tradition of an outdoor lifestyle.

Fair Suck Of The Pineapple is a detailed artwork by Eamo

Fair Suck Of The Pineapple is a detailed artwork by Eamo

WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT WORKING?
Chill at the beach, go to movies, a pub beer and a parma, go for a cruise in the 74 XB Fairmont, barbies.

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?
I just finished three new prints for the SemiPermanent exhibition ‘Kids Today’ and a black and white wall installation at the Annadale Hotel in Sydney. Soon I’ll be starting a custom wallet for a new Poketo Australiana series, painting three decks for the No Comply show later this year and another deck, where the artwork is laser burned into the wood, for a group show at China Heights gallery in Sydney. Hooroo!

ALEX TROCHUT
Interview with the Spanish artist

Alex Trochut is an inspiring Spanish illustrator and type designer I interviewed.

Alex Trochut was in Bali recently.
Unfortunately I wasn’t there when the artist came on the island where I am currently based.
Too bad.
Alex is a designer who lives in Barcelona.
Yes for those who learned geography by watching Eat, Pray , Love, Barcelona is in Spain… 😉
The artist combines amazing self-made types and sharp illustration in an experimental and superb way.
His artwork has been featured in international art magazines, and he has work for many big clients around the world.
In this exclusive interview, Alex tells us more about his artworks, his working process, and his design influences.
See you next time when you come back on my island bro.
Learn more about the Spanish artist Alex Trochut and visit his portfolio.

New York artwork by Alex Trochut

New York artwork by Alex Trochut

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
Geometric and fluid.

Alex is a master of new school type design

Alex is a master of new school type design

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
Trying to get lost in the process and try to get something good and new out of it.

Artwork for the cover of Creative Review, a compilation of the 20 best logos of all time

Artwork for the cover of Creative Review, a compilation of the 20 best logos of all time

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
If your envoirment makes your head see things differently, and that always something good.

Design In Spain artwork

Design In Spain artwork

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
So many, on the top of my list, Joan Trochut, Herb Lubalin, Milton Glasser, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Vasarely, M.C. Escher, Jim Phillips, Rick Griffin, and more.

Alex Trochut type design Aniversari

Alex Trochut type design Aniversari

ANY LAST WORD?
Word!