Now it's my turn now in this bloghop, linking artists around the world :-) We have been asked 4 questions about our work and work process and post our answers on our blogs, then linking up to the next artists.
Let me quickly introduce myself first, I am Eva Marion Seyffarth, a surface designer and illustrator from Germany working under the studio name "Eva twinkles".
I have been invited to this hop by my friend and collague
Vivayne, a freelance artist from Las Vegas. Please check out her lovely work
here and blog
here!
Here's a set of plates she did, which I love for it's softness and dreamy atmosphere:
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"A joyous time", copyright Vivayne. |
And here are my answers to the 4 bloghop questions:
1. Why do I do what I do?
Well I felt drawn to be an illustrator and designer as long as I can think. The creative process is something that comes very naturally to me, creating is just what I do, as simple as that. But if you dig deaper I guess it's mostly the freedom that comes with it: you get to create your own world, and I LOVE that.
2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Ok, the good old style question … I think what sets me apart is textures and translucency. It's as well my foundation in traditional art, married together with all the digital possibilities we have nowadays. I am a very haptic person and love to make a mess with paint or handprinting techniques. I have a background in handprinting, and have been painting with watercolours since childhood. My father is a landscape watercolour painter and often took me out on painting trips into the forest or the fields, and I guess that really has shaped me.
On subject matter, I am mostly inspired by nature – often by organic structures in plants and landscape but as well by flora and fauna and landscape in general. Next biggest inspiration is words, storytelling and folk tales.
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"Seed", plate design, part of the "Essential Garden" collection,
done with monoprints + Illustrator |
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Papercut motifs, which then were monoprinted
and used for the "Essential Garden" collection |
3. How does my creative process work?
Like said above, I always start by hand, with pen on paper or scissors or paint or printing ink. I nowadays work with gouache rather than with watercolour as the colours are more saturated and I love that you can go from translucent to pastose colours with it. When it comes to printing, I often work with papercuts and print them as monoprints. I am a classic case when it comes to sketchbooks too. I take mine everywhere with me, and scribble down ideas or inspirational stuff. Very often it's a sketch from my sketchbook that is the starting point for my work. I usually just start working on single motifs and bits that come to my mind for my theme till I get to saturation point. I then scan everything in and do my composition and additional elements in Photoshop and/or Illustrator.
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"Moonseeds", seed pot drawings in my sketchbook |
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Painting with gouache for the "Folk Song" collection |
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Plate design for the "Folk Song" collection |
4. What am I working on now?
I have just finished my piece for the first round of Lilla Roger's Global Talent Search. Unfortunately I can't show the piece yet … but you can see some work in progress pics in
my previous blogpost.
I am as well working on editorial illustrations, to build up my portfolio. Doing Lilla Rogers' MATS courses has rekindled my love of this field and I would like to get more commissions in that market.
Last but not least I am working on a makeover of my website. So much has happened since I first published it about a year ago! My work has changed and evolved to be more "me" and I will be tearing down almost all the pieces I had on the site, replacing them with new work. It's totally scary, but feels good too. It's about time!
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Why do we garden? Editorial Illustration
for an article about gardening in the city
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And now let's travel on up to the north of Europe …
please check in on the following monday, the first of September, to see what my collagues from Scandinavia have to say on their blogs!
Sanna Väätänen is a painter, photographer and illustrator from Finland. I love this inventive cuckoo clock design that she has done for a phone cover, it is a witty and very unique interpretation of the theme:
See more of her illustrations
here and please check in at
Sanna's blog for her "Artists around the world" post on the first of September!
Simi Gauba is a pattern and product designer originally from India, but now based in Sweden. Here's a print that is available in her
Society 6 store – I have to tell you it was a difficult choice, there's so much beautiful designs in that shop! But I especially love this print for it's boldness and inventive typography:
Please make sure to take a look at the
Simidesign blog for more beautiful things to see and for Simi's "Artist's around the world" post on the first of September!
Thank you for visiting!
P.s.: You'd like to read more blogposts of this hop and to meet more creative souls form all over the world?
Tasha Goddard is collecting them
here on her blog, please take a look! Thanks Tasha for creating this linky, it's a fab idea, and I will sure be browsing the links as well!