Archive for 'Interviews'
Sue Coe at SI 4/14/10!
I’ll be moderating Sue Coe’s lecture at the SI this Wednesday. As I’m sure EVERYONE knows here, she’s a brilliant mind in our field and I can’t wait to meet her in person and hear what she has to say. Hope you can make it! http://societyillustrators.org/upcoming/coe.cms Fernanda
Posted: April 13th, 2010 under artists, events and openings, Interviews.
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IF Interview with Yunmee Kyong
Interview conducted by Yuko Shimizu. 1) You have a degree in Biology from college in Korea, and went onto work at a lab. Then you moved to UK to study illustration. Can you talk about your big life-change? I was always a doodler and even in the lab I was drawing on flasks, cell medium [...]
Posted: April 8th, 2010 under Interviews.
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Illustration Lectures in NY this Week
About a month ago I got an email from Steve Brodner inviting me to a lecture he was organizing at SVA, where we both teach. He was asking me to participate by sending him images of alternative illustration jobs I’d done. I must confess I was a bit confused, although very flattered, because there was [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2010 under artists, Interviews, news, The IF Bloggers.
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IF Interview with R. Gregory Christie
Interview conducted by Yuko Shimizu. 1) When we hear your name, we immediately think of your prolific and multiple award winning children’s book career. But you first broke into the world of illustration from nightclub scene, then to whole bunch of jazz album covers. I am curious to know if you ‘fell’ into children’s books [...]
Posted: January 6th, 2010 under Interviews.
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IF Interview with Josh Cochran
Interview conducted by Yuko Shimizu. 1) I read that when you were in art school, you were initially thinking of becoming a concept artist for film. It is hard to imagine that past from your current work. Can you talk a bit about your artistic transition? In school, one of my first drawing teachers was [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2009 under illustrationfriday, Interviews.
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Podcast Interview
Hola friends. I recently did a podcast interview with Thomas from Escape from Illustrator Island. It’s a part of Illustration Mundo that deals with resources and fun stuff for illustrators and artists. Thomas and I covered the topics of how Illustration Friday got it start and where it’s headed… how I got started as an [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under illustrationfriday, Interviews.
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IF Interview with Tim O’Brien
Interview conducted by Yuko Shimizu. 1) It has been a long time since people started talking about “photography replacing illustration” but you seem to be busier than ever! We are all fascinated by your work that they are more real than what photos can capture; George W. Bush tearing up in regret, Beethoven as a [...]
Posted: September 2nd, 2009 under Interviews.
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IF Interview with Edel Rodriguez
Interview conducted by Yuko Shimizu. 1) You had studied fine art and graphic design at Pratt Institute and Hunter College. What made you decide to go into the field of illustration and how did you start? I majored in painting at Pratt Institute and Hunter College. I learned most of my graphic design skills at [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2009 under Interviews.
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