Mark Gonzalez, pioneer & all time most legendary skateboarder who has ever lived, contemporary artist, and general interesting character, is serving as inspiration to me at the moment, and watching videos of him cycling/skateboarding around New York with unfaltering energy motivates me to adopt a similar mindset. A mindset of...
- Child-like enthusiasm and energy for life, creation, exploration, ideas, fun and experience. Watching him is like watching the workings of a child's playful mind personified into the body of a grown man.
- Totally disregard for perfection or restraint within his work; his art is just pure and organic creation with no filter or self-imposed restrictions.
- Seeing everything around him as an exciting and ever-ending source of opportunity and inspiration and creation.
- Zero worries of other's opinions or judgements as to who he is or how he acts. He just does him unapologetically.
ALTHOUGH this isn't strictly illustration related, I believe it is totally relevant to my practice as an illustrator. I feel like the quality of the work produced depends solely on the approach the creator takes to producing that work, and by approaching work in a freer, more energetic and organic way I believe I can push what I create further and make work that reflects that approach.
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