Designers: SiClark
Continuing our mini interviews, this week we bring you Simon Clark aka SiClark.
Simon is an amaizing UK based illustrator/animator with some trully wonderful and unique style to his work. Make sure you also check out his website for more examples and wonderful animations.
SiClark won Special Selection in our "Mother Nature" competition back in April 2007 with his unique "Bad Planet" submission.
What inspires you Simon?
This is always a hard question to answer, mainly because I find it hard to articulate how I get inspiration. For lack of a better term it just comes to me. It can come from watching a film, hearing a certain piece of music or seeing a colour combination on a random building, any small thing like that will start the cogs in my mind and out comes an idea. I'm obsessed with trees, buildings and texture. This is because I grew up in the country and now live in London and find it impossible to do simple things as I always get fixated with detail.
Who are you favourite artists and why?
In terms of fine art I would have to say the Chapman Brothers as a lot of their work seems quite obsessive which I can relate to and most importantly, it makes me laugh whenever I go to one of their exhibitions. With regards to illustration I have a lot of artists that I admire but my mind is more visually orientated so I'm useless at remembering names. Tom Gauld and Sam Webber stick in my mind though.
How do you produce your artworks and what mediums do you use?
Pretty much everything in my work is created by hand and made seperately. All these elements are then whacked into Photoshop and arranged and ocassionally coloured. I always use pen and ink and then use any kind of material to get the effect or texture that I am after.
What are the websites you visit regularly and where do you get your inspiration?
I don't really use the web for inspiration I'm afraid.
What do you do when you are not designing?
I'm obsessed with my work so when I'm not creating anything I'm usually thinking about what I'm going to do next. I spend most of my free time going to gigs.
Do you think Allmightys has helped you become a better designer and how?
I've only done one t-shirt design for Allmightys so I can't really make that claim, if I did more then I'm sure it would help.
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Visit SiClark's website for more information and work: www.si-clark.co.uk
You can read more about SiClark by visiting his profile.
To purchase "Bad Planet" by SiClark visit the product page.
