The Illustration course here at LCA hosts an interview channel with illustrators all over the world in an event called 'Big Heads'. I've watched videos of these interviews online, but I was really excited to finally get behind the camera today and speak to a REAL LIFE ILLUSTRATOR as part of the in-studio student audience.
This Big Head chat was with Kyle T Webster, most famous for his Photoshop custom brushes. Being fairly new to Photoshop and digital art, I'll admit that I'd never heard of Kyle T Webster before and I felt a little intimidated entering the conversation without knowing his work, so I researched it. I looked at his website and I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't all digital, hifi graphics as I'd expected, but a great range of well crafted characters and artwork.
This Big Head chat was with Kyle T Webster, most famous for his Photoshop custom brushes. Being fairly new to Photoshop and digital art, I'll admit that I'd never heard of Kyle T Webster before and I felt a little intimidated entering the conversation without knowing his work, so I researched it. I looked at his website and I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't all digital, hifi graphics as I'd expected, but a great range of well crafted characters and artwork.
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Kyle talked to us about his background in graphic design and his move into illustration. It was really interesting to hear how he makes money from his art and how he has worked as both a freelance artist and as part of a company.
[Source: http://41.media.tumblr.com/1b75912914d046f7859289f2730cc0d9/tumblr_n7ouhtsjdw1qkq1vfo1_500.jpg]
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We asked Kyle about how he felt his brushes should be used and he talked to us a little bit about wacom drawing tablets/syntiques. Kyle was honest in discussing that the artist should know how to draw before even beginning to think about drawing digitally.
I became really intrigued by the quality of his brushes and the engineering that had gone into replicating the natural stroke of analogue brushes. So intrigued that I'm going to purchase one of his brush sets myself.
We asked Kyle about how he felt his brushes should be used and he talked to us a little bit about wacom drawing tablets/syntiques. Kyle was honest in discussing that the artist should know how to draw before even beginning to think about drawing digitally.
I became really intrigued by the quality of his brushes and the engineering that had gone into replicating the natural stroke of analogue brushes. So intrigued that I'm going to purchase one of his brush sets myself.
[Source: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/55ea20e6e4b0be5bebc69c63/55ea26a5e4b0be5bebc6b380/55eb53c7e4b02a8ac1bd0705/1441485768320/leBooTinySample_900.jpg?format=500w]
Speaking to Kyle FACE TO FACE (or as close as you can get when the artist is over 5,000 miles away) was an incredible opportunity and a truly worthwhile experience. Seeing his face as he spoke about his PASSION, seeing his studio through the eyes of his screen and having the chance to put forward any queries we had of our own.
I look forward to the next Big Heads session.
Speaking to Kyle FACE TO FACE (or as close as you can get when the artist is over 5,000 miles away) was an incredible opportunity and a truly worthwhile experience. Seeing his face as he spoke about his PASSION, seeing his studio through the eyes of his screen and having the chance to put forward any queries we had of our own.
I look forward to the next Big Heads session.
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