Drew Struzan interview @ SidebarNation.com

Just wanted to post this great interview with famous illustrator Drew Struzan. He says a lot of things that, not only resonate with illustrators, but with just artists in general. It's one of the ones I listen to when I want to get grounded and inspired.

MP3 file found here

Sidebar Nation is a great podcast with great interviews with other artists ranging from James Jean to someone like Cree Summers. Give them a visit @ http://www.sidebarnation.com/

vintage.jtapp.com

I'd been meaning to do this for a while, and that is, look at the old website I had from when I was about 15-18 just to get an idea where I've been, how far I've come, and to just kind of humble myself.

What I ended up finding though, was that the ridiculous design elements I use sometimes in my artwork now, has been something I'd been doing since I was 14 to 17 and I never even realized it. I thought me being decorative with my artwork was something new, or something I learned in my last couple of years in college... But it wasn't!! Case in point.

http://vintage.jtapp.com/Artwork/colors/reamnexxcg.jpg
http://vintage.jtapp.com/Artwork/colors/ream.jpg
http://vintage.jtapp.com/Artwork/colors/nexxred.jpg
http://vintage.jtapp.com/Artwork/colors/cyberpunkscolor.jpg
http://vintage.jtapp.com/Artwork/colors/timcel.jpg

VS what I do now:

http://www.jtapp.com/illustration/almost.jpg
http://www.jtapp.com/illustration/nightwing.jpg
http://www.jtapp.com/illustration/abesapientall.jpg
http://www.jtapp.com/illustration/libra.jpg

It's good to know that somethings never change. :)

With horrible apologies to Melita Toniolo.

yeeaaahhh... nightwing... yay.