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Meet Quentin Blake – An Illustrator: I Want Everything I Do To Look Spontaneous
I draw from my imagination. But of course you never really make anything up entirely. My books generally come from some picture that I would like to do – it starts from something visual. My book The Green Ship started from a picture of this ship made of trees and bushes, all cut into [...]
Meet Christy MacLear-Robert Rauschenberg Foundation : Bob was a noted artist activist for his whole life. He worked on artist’s rights as well as access to health care.
What responsibility do you enjoy most as an executive director of Robert Rauschenberg Foundation? The most inspiring aspects of my job relate to defining and supporting the legacy of one of history’s greatest artists- Robert Rauschenberg. It is about the process of creating history. You identify people who can advise you and tell stories – [...]
Meet Vesna Pesic – A Milliner: I would like to see someone who feels empowered by wearing it and is an art lover who appreciates craftsmanship.
How did you come up with Poetry In Pose collection? Poetry in Pose is based on principles of poetry, symbolism and abstract art. Most influential artists for this collection were Brancusi, Pevsner, Kapoor and Serra. This collection questions who we are: do the illusions that we create then create us? What is it that we want [...]
Meet Iria Lopez – Animation Maker: The process of developing the personality of the character was quite hard, it takes time and it can be confusing
You’ve worked before returning to studying. What was it about animation that attracted you away from work? I have always wanted to do animation, but never found the way to get into it until recently. My job before was kind of animation related. Thanks to the portfolio I created there I managed to get into NFTS where I started [...]
Meet Suky Best – Visual Artist: One of the things I like about the studio complex is everyone’s studio feels totally different, and they even smell different.
Suky Best is a visual artist living in London. Currently she teaches Photoshop classes at Artupdate Learning. Suky has been using Photoshop as long as she can remember. She has also taught Illustrator at Central Saint Martins for a number of years. A lot of artists and designers can’t work without having a studio is [...]
Artupdate Learning Talks to Sarah Darley about Sarah’s Story, Advice and Fashion Styling Concepts
You seem to be active reasonably quick after graduation. Can you please tell us a bit about the idea behind Sorbet? Sorbet magazine came from an idea my best friend and I had last year. We wanted to create a magazine which acted as a platform for graduates or new talent from a variety of [...]
Artupdate Learning talks to Julia Pott about Julia’s Story, Advice and Concepts For Animation
What was your first job after graduation from Royal College of Art? I had a bit of down time after graduating as I moved to Brooklyn in October and wanted to spend time with my family and friends in the UK. When I moved to New York I signed to Hornet Inc. and began pitching [...]
Artupdate Learning talks to Amy Whitelaw about her Design Brief, Perfect Day and Skills
Please explain Hutterite? The final brief of my degree was to produce an innovative 6 outfit collection, all of which had to be pattern cut and constructed, as well as styled for the catwalk show. Along with this a portfolio and sketchbooks had to be produced to support my collection, consisting of designs, development, fabric [...]
Student’s Thought From Free Range Exhibition: Artupdate Learning talks to Ryuki Yamaga
How are you finding London at the moment? For me it is a busy place, wondering what others are seeing in the London. Tell us about your final project at Free Range? This is my graduation work for my BA the theme is “Health and Disease”. I got the inspirations from my experience in a hospital which I [...]
