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3 questions: jan postma
Q: The breadth of your work is impressive; what’s your selection process like?
A: Since I shoot film, which I can hardly afford right now, the most important selection takes place when I decide to take a picture. I bring a camera everywhere but don’t shoot much…I think what you call the breadth of my work is just a reflection of my inability to choose between styles + subjects + my general interest in the stuff of life. I just shoot what catches my eye while going about my daily business. Most important however, I don’t show all the shitty pictures I take to anyone.
Q: How important is your presence in your work? Are you only the device or part of the subject?
A: Lacking the will + confidence to scout models I sometimes end up being my own subject. But I see these pictures as normal portraits rather than self portraits. The fact that I’m both in front and behind the camera is of no interest to the eventual outcome (at least not of interest to me, I don’t really like being photographed, I usually feel that these pictures would have been better with a different subject).
Q: Your brother is a photographer too, is there a competitive element to your relationship?
A: I can only speak for myself of course, but I’d say it’s a little mix of jealousy + admiration, the combination of which is generally overwhelmed by a sense of pride.
Check out some of Jan’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: mitch blunt
Q: Could you describe your work using a Wu-Tang lyric?
A: “I don’t eat green eggs + ham, style will hit ya, wham! Then goddamn, you be like, oh shit that’s the jam!”
Q: If you could illustrate a story arc for a comic book of your choosing, which would it be + why?
A: I guess it’s not strictly a comic book but probably Elvis Road by Elvis Studio. The thing I love about that book is that no matter how many times you look through it, you always come across mini stories + scenarios that you’ve never seen before, and it’s funny. I would attempt (and fail) to do it in full colour.
Q: What do you like about re-imagining characters that already exist?
A: Taking existing characters or icons + flipping them around is nothing new. It’s a good tool for artists + designers to use because people can instantly relate to it. I just have fun doing it.
Check out some of Mitch’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: jon macnair
Q: Is there a medium you’ve yet to work with that you’d like to pursue?
A: I often think about trying oil painting. I guess that doesn’t really count because I’ve done it before. However, I’ve never done it WELL…so I’d like to try and conquer that some day. Another thing is wood carving. Never done it, but it seems like it would be a refreshing change to make something 3D and use a bunch of tools that are new to me.
Q: You obvious interest in mythology + mysticism suggest that you listen to prog rock + read Tolkien. True or false?
A: Haha…false. I grew up in a home where we were exposed to a lot of classical music and not a whole lot of rock. My parents were trained classical musicians (my dad played the violin and my mom played the harp) and me and my brother and sister all played instruments. I played the cello. I didn’t really start to listen to other kinds of music until high school and really branch out until college. I’ve got a pretty diverse collection of music now, but I don’t have any progressive rock in there. Maybe one day. As for Tolkien, I’ve never read anything by him. I’ve thought about it, but it’s usually kinda hard for me to get through books with lots of detailed back story and histories, etc. I tend to go for collections of short stories.
Q: Do you ever feel held back by the characters that reoccur in your work or do they help you to craft a larger story line?
A: I wouldn’t say I feel hindered by them, but I try to avoid overusing the same characters in my work. I don’t want to feel like I’m making the exact same thing over and over. I think you have to have a sense of when to “retire” an idea so you can keep things fresh and allow yourself to make creative progress in your work.
Check out some of Jon’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: alex lukas
Q: How did you start making zines?
A: I made a little one page comic in fifth grade and convinced my mom to take me to make twenty five copies, then I handed them out in class the next day. I think the next adventure in self publishing was right after high school, it was a real simple 24 page graffiti zine. I made ten copies and mailed them to friends. I guess it has been going since then.
Q: Are the apocalyptic overtones in your work in any way a reflection of growing up in Cambridge, Mass around all of the MIT + Harvard kids?
A: I don’t think so, when you are growing up in Cambridge, college kids are ignored and/or ridiculed for not knowing how to cross the street (generally: “wherever and whenever you want” – a rule that has gotten me into trouble in other parts of the world, where apparently it does not apply; I have been trying to learn to wait for walk lights).
Q: How’s Philly?
A: The snow is finally melting, but people are still leaving folding chairs in the parking spots they dug out last week. It is an in-between time right now.
Check out some of Alex’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: brainstorm print + design
Q: What’s the process involved in getting a poster out the door?
A: Getting a poster out the door is like pushing a fat kid in the pool. It’s slow in the beginning. This kinda thing takes time. But with teamwork and creative problem solving, you’ll get ‘em in there. The harder you work the faster it will go. And when he’s in there, we win and everybody’s happy. High-fives all around. Poster time.
Q: How long did it take to adjust to working together?
A: After three years, we are still adjusting. We get to share the good sandwiches and the bad. We don’t think the adjustments will ever stop because we’re growing both as a collaborative couple and as artists simultaneously. Living, working, and relationship-ing together is an interesting way to do it. The only way to fully understand it is to live it yourself. We highly recommend it. Sometimes.
Q: What’s next for team Brainstorm?
A: Short Term Plan: We will continue to make the most glorious posters you’ve ever seen while at the same time growing as a design firm and expanding our client list. This spring and summer season we’ll be selling our prints at various craft shows around the northeast.
Long Term Plan: Defeat Bowser. Save Princess.
Check out some of Brainstorm’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: nikol burgos
Q: What stays constant in your photography regardless of whether you’re shooting in Puerto Rico or New York?
A: Color, light, texture is what makes anything attractive for me even if it is a landscape or a portrait, regardless of the city.
Q: Do you plan photo excursions or do you just always have your camera with you?
A: Sometimes we do make plans to go somewhere and shoot, but mostly I used to carry a camera around at all times…until i broke both of my point and shoots. Mostly now I either pick a day to take my SLR out to play or just wait for photo adventures to take my Pentax 67 to play.
Q: If you could take pictures of three famous people, dead or alive, who would they be?
A: Benicio del Toro. Jim Morisson. Lara Stone.
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Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: mark weaver
Q: What are your 3 favorite books from your book collection?
A: Currently:
1. The Design of Dissent
2. Hand Job: A Catalog of Type
3. Catcher in the Rye
Q: Which is more important to your work, real history or your ability to manipulate + reinvent history?
A: In my collage work I like to take images that were never meant to be together and create a new story out of them. So I suppose that is kind of like manipulating and reinventing history.
Q: If a restaurant named a sandwich “The Mark Weaver”, what would be on it?
A: “The Mark Weaver” would be my favorite sandwich of all time, pastrami on rye, piled high with lots and lots of pastrami. Great, now my mouth is watering.
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Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: will bryant
Q: In such a cut throat industry, how are you such a nice guy?
A: Being a nice guy is often challenging when there are plenty of idiots around. That’s why I try to surround myself with other nice people! haha. But that is the challenge…to be nice to those who are jerks. The bottom line, I was raised to be a southern gentleman (a tip of the hat to my mother).
Q: You’re in the studio on a super rainy day, what are you listening to while you work?
A: This is a good question. I’m definitely listening to music when in the studio. My list for sunny days is super long. Rainy days I might be jamming: White Rainbow if I really need to focus, Deerhunter if i just need to find a groove, or Bob Dylan to soak it up.
Q: Is there anything that you’re doing now that you didn’t expect you would be while you were in art school?
A: I never expected that I’d be helping style photoshoots! Also, while in school I didn’t really think much about running my own business and keeping up with taxes. I can’t even read good!
Check out some of Will’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: nick vargas
Q: What’s exciting you in tattooing right now?
A: I like that more artists from art school are getting into tattooing. It’s no longer just bikers, even though I like that, that elements is still involved in tattooing. I also like that tattoo artists are venturing out and trying other art forms….
Q: There’s seems to be a clear + distinct difference in style between your tattoos + paintings, how come?
A: I have always been somewhat of a painter, even before tattooing. I just love other styles of art, such as folk art. I love to push myself and think of more things than just tattooing, and how a design would look on the skin. I love to just sit down draw images as flat and dorky as I can and just make things.
Q: What’s your connection with Russian iconography?
A: Russian iconography is my love. It’s super folky and it has alot of tattoo elements in it…I try to push myself and paint in other ways, but Russian images are where my heart is.
Check out some of Nick’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
3 questions: hannah stouffer
Q: What one song would you want played at your funeral?
A: Guns and Roses, Night Train.
Q: What’s been informing your work the most lately?
A: Destiny, Wrath and Fate… oh, also dragons, caves, black cats, and feminine embellishment like feathers, pearls, ribbons, gems and gold chains… to keep it classy. I’ve been obsessively buying old spirographs off ebay, so… I guess that will have something to do with my work in the near future.
Q: If you won the lottery (big time), would you keep working or leave it all behind for a life of leisure?
A: I’d probably start by going to the grocery store, then I’d get my nails did and buy some fancy shoes… then I’d go back to business as usual- but I’d be able to buy more rounds of drinks for all my friends and take everyone out to fancy dinners with both dark and light napkins. I’d definiatley throw some really epic parties where we could import a bunch of sand and white tigers into the hotel suite, and fill the jacuzzi with champagne and eat gold and it wouldn’t even matter cause I won the lottery big time. Then I would take a trip to the Bimini Islands and see what the Bermuda Triangle is really all about…. but I would never stop working. I love this game.
Check out some of Hannah’s work after the jump!
Every Wednesday we sit down (briefly) with a talented artist + ask them 3 questions.
If you’re an artist + you’d like to be grilled, email me at questions@hardfeelingsblog.com
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