Rock on Red Bubble! May you never burst!
Having an artist networking site like this is so great. Designers/artists are oft isolated souls, working in dusty little industrial-chic garrets, pulling vectors/pushing pixels, sloshing paint or squeezing clay. In my professional work, I usually have an overlord (who is usually an accountant) or a client (who is usually an accountant) stooping behind me, saying things like “it just doesn’t feel right” and we are always subject to their outrageous whims and “minor tweaks”. By the way, the phrase “minor tweaks” is kryptonite to even the most super of designers, when muttered at the wrong time it can reduce us to a shakey souffle of our former selves. But these peer to peer sites give us an opportunity for encouragment and constructive critique. I say “Rock on, Red Bubble! May you never burst”
Jienn Heibloem
puts hand up and waves…yes isolation, yes pusshes pixels, yes needs more contacts, yes doesnt excercise butt growth by the minute from too much computer, yes eyesight failing,up to bifocals, and no wont ever stop now I found redbubble.com, I ve moved into the bubble…...and oh yes hates yes hates clients who dont know what they want and need me to find a needle in a haystack of imagination that does seem to meet their wavelength cause they arent in tune…...lol heehee just kidding they pay my bills after all…......
LostBoy1
Hey there, been a bit stand offish lately…but i like your work and your tat is big and impressive :)
Did you get the outline done in Japan and getting it coloured here, or a you floating in between here and there and getting it finished there?
do you use illustrator for your vector excellence?
LostBoy1
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BigFatRobot
Hi LostBoy, cheers for that my friend.
All the work has been/ will be done here in little Adelaide, by my mate Andy Paris. But it’s based on a Japanese guy who I used to drink with in Tokyo. Presumably he was yakuza, he never said so, but he was covered in amazing tattoos. The one I’ve been getting, is based on him – I drew it on a napkin one karaoke-fuelled night, and finally got a chance to do it for real now.
For the stuff that I’ve showed so far on the Bub I’ve just used paths in Photoshop. I use illustator for more complex stuff.
I’m loving your stuff too. It’s good to see some pop-surrealism and humour – looking forward to seeing what you’ve got coming up!