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About Ink & Arrows Rachael Hulme S h e r l a n n L e wa n d o w s k i A ly s s a H e r m a n Iggy Smalls miloh monica laura AShley Baxter Caiti Borruso alexandra Lucas People & SItes 3
About the Magazine
“Ink & Arrows aspires to provide inspiration and deliver fresh faces to the art and design community. The main focus of the magazine is inspiration and how [the] artistic process varies from person to person. First, by showcasing ourselves and our friends, Ink & Arrows intends to branch out and feature artists from anywhere on the web.� - Amalia Fredericksen (co-creator of Ink & Arrows)
the team AC ol- eC rxe aatno rdorf aI n kL&u cA rarso w s Alexandra is from the city where the river was once set on fire, otherwise known as Cleveland, Ohio. She is a designer, illustrator, and a photographer.
Amalia Fredericksen Co-Creator of Ink & Arrows Amalia is, originally, from Nebraska but now lives in Florida. She is working on her BA in Graphic and Interative Communication at Ringling College of Art and Design.
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Welcome to the first issue of Ink & Arrows Magazine. This is an issue that
explores a few types of designers and their work. It goes into where they get their inspiration and dives into the meaning of their work. Two designers who both have similar views on the world but different design styles started Ink & Arrows Design Magazine in the early months of summer 2012. We hope this magazine inspires people to love what they do and to always explore. We want people to ever stop searching for inspiration and experimenting in your work. We are really grateful for the artists that allowed us to feature them in this first issue. Not only was it nice to find such talented artists but also it was nice to find people so open to telling why they love what they do and where they get their inspiration. I just want to say Thank You to the artists that allowed us to feature them in this debut issue that we are so passionate about.
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W H AT M A D E YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY?
HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY GOING?
I’ve been telling stories all my life, and was encouraged to pursue writing as a kid because I had such a wild imagination and a very clear sense of direction with my ideas. When I found I could say things with images that I couldn’t with words, it was like discovering a new world or learning another language - one that I was entirely in control of but also completely powerless to modify. Photography is incredible in that sense…you have control over absolutely everything and nothing at the same time. I think my biggest influence is day-to-day interaction with the world around me. I record ideas everywhere: receipts, text messages to myself, and in TextEdit documents on my computer. I use TextEdit in the way that many people use a journal (though I also record things in a real Moleskine and love it dearly). It can be hard to stay motivated and keep making new work, especially when so many obligations seem to take priority (ie: work and school), but to combat that, I try to shoot every day. in that sense I suppose it would be accurate to say that Instagram acts as another form of journaling for me, and so often I’ll find myself using Instagram shots as ‘sketches’ for final, more developed concepts. Inspiration is an elusive beast, but I think you have to always be open to the search. Most of the time, the searching process takes you somewhere unexpected and that’s how great work happens. 9
HOW HAS COLLEGE AND M O V I N G AWA Y FROM HOME INFLUENCED YOU?
HELP-PORTRAIT PROJECT?
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I want my work to motivate people to seek the possibility in their own worlds and create change. How they do that and what exactly that means is hard to define, because I want it to be a giant question mark, a fill-inthe-blank question on the test with no wrong answer. I have a folder in my gmail inbox called “these make me smile” and I put emails there that come to me from people who have written to say that my work has sparked an idea for their own projects, and sometimes they link me to the project so I can see. Those kind of emails keep me going.
Help-Portrait is a worldwide movement celebrating the gift of photography. It happens around the world every year and is organized by photographers who choose to do an event in their area. I’ve been organizing Help-Portrait events since the movement began in 2009. The idea is simple: photographers donate their time and talent to make portraits of people who might not otherwise have the opportunity or the means to have professional portraits made. I like to print the portraits immediately to give to the subjects (as many that can be done in a day, anyway). It’s awesome and just the most humbling experience.
C H E C K O U T W W W . H E L P - P O R T R A I T. C O M F O R M O R E I N F O !
W H AT D O Y O U WA N T Y O U R PHOTOGRAPHY TO DO TO PEOPLE?
F AV O R I T E SERIES OF PHOTOS YOU’VE TA K E N A N D WHY?
I never had much formal art training prior to RISD and MICA. My high school experience was very academic. But I was lucky enough to take digital art classes with an incredible teacher, Gena Harriman, who really pushed me to do more with my work. I ended up being the first graduate from my high school to attend a private art college. RISD and MICA absolutely transformed every notion I had about art and photography, as well as how I viewed my process. The geographical changes put me in a place that caused me to question everything I knew, and much of my work still deals with notions of home and travel. I think it’s so, so vital for every artist, regardless of medium, to open themselves to situations of enormous change - it’s the only way to really access this other side of yourself that only emerges when you can’t be defined by what’s familiar anymore. Take the leap. Right now my favorite series of photos that I’ve done is a body of work titled “Flight Lessons”. The shoot was put together at the very last minute in under two days, and it all came together so beautifully (vintage props, multiple locations, the model, et. al) - I don’t think I’ll ever get that lucky again! Aside from the logistical aspect of it, it was also just a ton of fun. I was working with my very good friend and fellow photographer, John Taylor - he always contributes this wonderful level of energy and quirky enthusiasm to every project.
“FLIGHT LESSONS” PHOTO SERIES >>>>
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b l o g : w w w . n n al re hs . bl o g s p o t . c o m
who is she? I’m from Buffalo, NY, land of snow and
Who and what inspires you?
the chicken wings. As a kid my grandmother
I love design and pattern, which is something
got me involved in all sorts of crafts and
I’m always trying to learn because I like the
eventually it led to drawing my favorite
way things fit together. I like structure. I’m
cartoons. At some point in my senior year of
incredibly inspired by color. It sounds cheesy,
high school I realized I had abandoned art
but even the way the sun hits a window can
somewhere along the way and wanted to get
make some really interesting colors that I want
back into it. What better way to get back into
to remember. Sometimes colors instantly form
it than getting myself enrolled at the Colum-
an image in my head that may have nothing
bus College of Art and Design in Columbus,
to do with what the color is representing. I’m
Ohio? I recently finished my sophomore year
also very nostalgic for things in the past that
and will be starting my junior semester this
didn’t even happen in my life. I’m inspired by
coming August.
a lot of old things that make me wonder a lot.
What type of artist are you?
The people that inspire me are various artists, writers, and musicians. Some are: Mary Blair,
I’m an illustrator who is very graphic based.
Nicolas Marlet, Jamie Hewlett, Kirsten Ulve,
I would like to be more of a commercial re-
Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Picasso, Tove Jans-
tail illustrator that mingles with advertising.
son, Kate Beaton, Daniel Krall, Van Gogh,
One of my teachers said this market is called
Noel Fielding, and James Gurney.
‘desillustration’ where design meets illustration. So…I guess that’s what I am, a desil16 lustrator.
Elvis rockabilly CD Cover: I was trying to convey a bright 1950s vibe. When I was researching I found all these really cool diners that had the neon pink signs and it just really hooked me. Usually, when you look at old 1950s music posters they’re only a few select colors because of what they had to print with. A lot of these colors were dull yellows, oranges, red, and browns. Even when you look at adaptations of musical performances in movies everything is just dull, which is fine cause the music is lively enough, but why not have the whole place Rockin’ and Rollin’, so I really wanted to portray the feel of Rock N Roll in a simple setting through color and abstract shape for movement.
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Drive Poster: I really wanted to watch the movie for about
so I jump right to the computer and tinker about
a week and never got the chance to, so I set-
with that. I work in illustrator and then add
tled on the soundtrack. [While listening to
textures in photoshop, usually. The soundtrack I
the soundtrack]I started to visualize things
basically found myself listening to on repeat from
and started making some quick doodles in my
10AM-11PM, the entire time spent on the poster.
sketchbook. Usually, I start with basic shapes
It was the first time I worked on something that
and try to piece them together. Then at some
long of a period and actually finish it. For some
point for some pieces, like this one, I see the
reason that soundtrack really makes me visualize
piece very clearly in my head. There are many
the movie without having to watch it and I can
adjustments made from the original vision
see color in my head while I listen to it! It really
though. Then I get too antsy to work on paper,
motivated me to work hard.
about the color scheme: The color scheme was inspired by the colors in the movie. It’s a very simple pallet of cream, blue, and pink. One reason I’m drawn to the movie so much is because of the color scheme. Every time I watched it I just really wanted to attempt using those colors.
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What work are you proud of? Well, you already asked [about] the two pieces I’m already most proud of. Some of the other pieces I’m proud of though is this headdress I made. It was based a lot on descoration and pattern. I experimented with brunt sienna watercolor and scanned it. From there I then digitally colored over it. It was a huge experiment, but I wanted to test my value and form. It was a challenge, but I’m proud of it because it opened a door that I’m going to keep open so I can continue experimenting with this method.
I’m proud of a contest entry for a lovely site
recipe because of this. I’m proud of it also
called They Draw and Cook. It’s a website for
because of the thought I put into it. I really
people to illustrate recipes, anyone can do it.
wanted to use decoration that was inspired
Salli Swindell, one of the founders, went to
by Polish pottery because my recipe is a Pol-
CCAD, so she came to us illustration students
ish pastry called a kolacky. It was a great
with a challenge. We all created a recipe to be
way to apply decoration and type together
judged by a company and there were three win-
for a fun purpose.
ners. I got runner up, but I am so proud of that
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I’m also happy with an Avengers inspired piece (it is the biggest spoiler for the end of the movie). I really like it because I’ve been trying to adapt a simplicity in my work. I think this is the best piece I’ve done that has very limited elements that hold a composition strongly. I’m thinking about making an Avengers series in this style. Basically, most things I’m proud of are pieces that have had a breaking through point for me. Of course, finished, resolved pieces are always welcomed and I’m always proud of them, but the pieces that lead me to those ones are quite important and memorable for me.
You seem to have your own style of drawing. Is that something you try to create or is it something that comes naturally to you? Oh, I do? Well then, that’s quite awesome because I’m always worried about if people will look at something I made and can say, ‘Yeah, that is most definitly a Sherlann piece’ Thanks. Some of it comes naturally the more I work. It becomes second nature. However, I’m not one of those artists that constantly has something bubbling in their head. I really have to work to get something out. I do create a bit of it just by finding things I like in various other artists work that really looks cool. I want to figure out a 20
way to interoperate what they do in my own
way. As I said before, I’m trying to gain a simplicity in my work because that is one thing that doesn’t come naturally to me, but it naturally eases me when I look at others’ simple works. I would like to create that simple aspect in my own work. So bits and pieces of it are natural and some I think about to try to challenge myself to adapt something into my natural style.
Concept Artist/Illustrator www.littlemisslokii.wordpress.com
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About Alyssa: Hello! I’m Alyssa Herman, and I’m a second year student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, majoring in Video Game Art/Design. I enjoy long walks on the beach and drawing or gaming until the late hours of the night.
What type of artist are you?
What is inspiring to you? A lot of the time, it’s other artists I see. There are so many to list! One of my personal favorite environmental artists is the amazing Feng Zhu.
For my specific major, I’m still trying to find my
Some of my favorite inspirational artists include
exact focus, but I would really like to be a concept
the concept art staff of Riot games, the artists of
artist. I focus on doing the concept work for game
Magic the Gathering cards, and artists like Mr--
ideas, like official images, character art, environ-
Jack and Ippus on DA, just to name a few. Other
ment concepts, and full illustrations. I also want
sources of industry inspiration are the various
to focus on some 3D modeling in the program
magazines (ImagineFX mostly) and websites
Zbrush, which is used to create REALLY detailed
(CGHub, Polycount, ConceptArt.org) I look at.
3D models. For you 3D buffs, I like hi-poly modeling.
What draws you to this type of art/design? I’ve been drawing and imagining stuff since I was a little kid, so I might as well get paid to do so. I love digital painting, sculpting, traditional work, and much, much more, so this just fit so well. Also, I like games and often pay attention to the artistic side of what I play, so it’s win-win.
I also enjoy just kind of looking at stuff. I dabble in many forms of art, so I’ll take photographs of beautiful landscapes or get inspired by how a cosplayer sews a costume. I try to guess the exact colors of the sky and water and other things, or I’ll be freaking out over the architecture of a place I am visiting. Heck, I’ll spend hours exploring a beautiful game just to stare at things. So basically, my inspirations and observations are really varied.
Tell me about two of your favorite pieces. I honestly had a lot of trouble with this question, but I like the picture of my character Marvin because I tried different coloring styles, and I loved designing him. The Devil picture was just a lot of fun because I was once again, trying new things. Plus, I’m still in the beginning stages of working on it. I want to continue to fix it up and make it look good. I’m still trying to find myself as a digital painter, but I’m attempting to be the best artist I can be.
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P h o t o g r a p h e r M AT U R E A P E R T U R E . T U M B L R . C O M
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Iggy is a 20 year Photography
also just enjoy going through
and Digital Imaging major at
magazines and books for the
Ringling College of Art and De-
pictures - visualizing the light
sign.
set-up in my head and sketch
“Having [just] started my sopho-
down the concept and pro-
more year [at RIngling], I really
cess.”
enjoy playing around in the
Like others featured in Ink &
studio with the lights as well as
Arrows, Iggy was asked what
with medium format film cam-
images she wanted feature.
eras.”
“I debated between film and
When asked about what inspire
digital - and while I feel the
her photography, she gave a
lather is more professional,
very honest answer. “ I have to
I think my film photos are
admit I’m weak for photograph-
strongest. So these are just a
ing people.. It is what inspires
handful of my everyday pola-
me most and reenters in my
roid and 35mm film from this
photographs, sometimes di-
summer.”
rectly and other times not. I
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photographed by: collin levin MODELS: SUZIE RIEMER & PARIS DUFF
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GRAPHIC DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR, AND BLOGGER MONICALAURA.COM
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who is mónica laura?
Mónica Laura is the graphic designer and illustrator behind MónicaLaura.com, the Samhain Moon blog, and Leelahel tarot services. She also runs a design studio based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, founded in 2010. This is also the year she graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a degree in Graphic and Interactive Communication. She focuses on branding + systems of identity, packaging, illustration, media kits, promotional campaigns, press, and web design. Mónica Laura’s main goal as a designer is to provide a clear visual voice through which her clients’ creative problems can be solved and polished out. She aspires to leave her impression in the design world and in the society she lives in through her creative work, which she breathes life into and looks after from concept to production. Samhain Moon Blog is a written + visual platform expressing the musings and interests of Mónica Laura. The contents of Samhain Moon transcend the typical design blog with direct links to the world of metaphysics, which she researches and experiments with daily. The visual fixation spans from handwritten diary entries to serial imagery that has been manipulated into visual message making.
where do you get your inspiration?
“I draw inspiration from illustrations and themed mood boards. There is something lovely and harmonious about grouping together several images that have nothing to do with one another but will blend harmoniously together in a collage. You can get a sense of place, feeling or an idea just by stringing together unrelated images. It’s great! I also love laying out cards (old playing cards, tarot and oracle cards, art cards) and looking over the art. As a visual reader, I make connections and mix and match what I see.
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design work:
“This is my branding for Kokeshi Geishas and Taikomochi. It is a local business in Puerto Rico that focuses on bringing to the tropics a little piece of Japan.“
geishas & taikomochi
Here is what Monica and her client came up with for a description: “Kokeshi Geishas & Taikomochi (KG&T) is a family fine dining theater-restaurant featuring staged performances based on traditional japanese culture such as dances, songs, and acts focusing on one of Japan’s biggest treasures and mysteries: the Geishas and Taikomochi.” “KG&T not only provides entertainment, we provide a personalized customer service experience, high standard meals and an extended and variable menu that promises the time of your life. We provide an exceptional dining experience but we can make the adventure come to you with our personalized (Dining Accomodation Services) Just ask us! “
* This is a place card that goes in a laminate landyard.
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“We want you to have a magical, unforgettable dining experience... in Puerto Rico!”
Front & back of the 2x2 business cards for Kokeshi.
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PHOTOGRAPHER FROM GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
ARTISTIC PROCESS “I’ve never thought about my artistic process until this question was asked. A lot of my photos are candid, capturing the unscripted moments of life – so I don’t think there is much of a process to that. I just see something I like and shoot. I think I have been shooting long
enough to know when the light is going to work, or when the composition is going to work. I like overexposing my photos, then importing them into Aperture and bringing back the detail with curves. I love curves and creating contrast!”
INSPIRATION “I am inspired by the need to improve on my last shoot. There is something exciting about chasing perfection, even though perfection can’t exist, and im-
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proving on the last work I churned out. That excites me.”
TRUST
“THIS PHOTO WAS PART OF A SERIES OF SELF PORTRAITS, EACH ONE BASED AROUND A DIFFERENT THEME. THIS PARTICULAR THEME WAS TRUST, WHICH I TRIED TO DEPICT BY ‘TRUSTING LIFE TO CARRY YOU ALONG’. I’M NOT VERY FLUENT IN SELF PORTRAITS, SO IT WAS A FUN BUT CHALLENGING PROJECT TO PARTAKE IN.”
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“THIS WAS TAKEN WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO GLASGOW, AND SINCE THEN THE CITY HAS GROWN ON ME MORE AND MORE. I WAS STILL IN MY EXPLORATION PHASE AT THIS POINT, NOT THAT I HAVE EXPLORED EVERY ASPECT OF GLASGOW, BUT WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IT WAS STILL VERY NEW TO ME. “
marc
“FOR SOMEBODY WHO, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, SUFFERED TERRIBLE PANIC ATTACKS AND WOULD NOT TRAVEL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, MY TRIP TO NEW YORK WAS A BIG DEAL. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS FLYING SOLO FOR A REASONABLE DISTANCE. THIS PHOTO OF MARC, AN ANTIQUE RUG SELLER, WAS TAKEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF MY TRIP AS WE RUMMAGED THROUGH A MANHATTAN FLEA MARKET. IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT AND INTERESTING PEOPLE YOU MEET WHEN TRAVELING, AS HE STRUCK UP CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS MANY ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD BEFORE READING OUR PALMS WITH A SCARY DEGREE OF ACCURACY. “
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“I LOVE MY CITY, GLASGOW, AND I’M FOND OF THE PATTER YOU CAN HAVE WITH THE LOCALS. THIS WAS TAKEN IN THE BARRAS, WHICH IS A STREET AND INDOOR MARKET WITH A LOT OF HISTORY. IT’S VERY RUN DOWN LOOKING, BUT I THINK THAT’S PART OF ITS CHARM. ONE OF THE MARKET TRADERS STRUCK UP CONVERSATION WITH US WHEN SHOOTING A BEAUTIFUL MODEL, POINTING OUT HIS UNFIT FRAME IN COMPARISON TO THE MODEL’S. ODDLY, HE SEEMED QUITE PROUD OF HIS BEER BELLY. “
Olympic Torch
“I DIDN’T THINK I’D BE AFFECTED WHEN THE OLYMPIC TORCH PASSED THROUGH GLASGOW, BUT AS I AWAITED WITH THE CROWD FOR ITS ARRIVAL, MY EXCITEMENT BUILT ALONGSIDE THE BUZZ OF THE CROWD. IT WAS A GREAT FEELING. I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN CAPTURING CANDIDS THAN I WAS THE TORCH, AND WITH THIS PHOTO I SINGLED OUT A KID WHO’D SPOTTED THE TORCH APPROACHING IN THE DISTANCE WITH THE GREAT BRITAIN FLAG IN THE BACKGROUND. “
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“A SILLY EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CARRY YOUR CAMERA. TWO LADIES ATE LUNCH OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT IN GLASGOW WHILE THEIR DOG LAY IN A HANDBAG ON THE TABLE. ODD. “
Summer
“THIS PHOTO IS SUMMER IN GLASGOW. THIS PHOTO IS A BARBEQUE WITH MY FRIENDS. THIS PHOTO IS LIFE. “
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WHO ARE YOU? “I AM a photographer currently living in Brooklyn, NY and studying photography at Pratt Institute. I am obsessed with photography and cameras and I am quiet and I am passionate almost to a fault. I never know how to answer this question. I am a girl in love with people, with people-watching and people-listening and sometimes, most of the time, I forget to participate because I’m too busy absorbing. I think people
INSPIRATION “I don’t think my inspiration is something concrete. It’s pretty fluid. I mean, I’ve been inspired by a lot of things. There’s a sort of long-running series I have, called “home,” and that’s influenced by personal things going on in my life and obviously I left for college in August, which has been a big stressor in my life for the past two years. I have a couple of series I’m drafting up right now and they were both inspired by phrases I heard in my digital cinema class. I’m really excited for them – I just have to find
think I’m disinterested or bored or feel left out but I honestly don’t. For a very long time I thought I would be a writer (and a lawyer) but I think I’m happy that neither one of those worked out. I am a morning person. I love mornings and I love morning light, so much more so than evening light, and gray days with the smell of rain and right now I’m wearing fuzzy socks.” time to shoot in between all of my schoolwork. Since I arrived at college I’ve also been going to a lot of museums and being inspired by that – I feel like every time I go to a museum I feel really inspired and influenced and only think about that for a few days and it definitely influences what I do. I write down a lot. I saw Taryn Simon’s exhibit at the MoMA and then heard her lecture at Pratt, and I found that to be really inspiring and helpful. Rineke Dijkstra’s lecture was also incredibly inspiring. There’s also a group of photographers on Flickr I really admire – Alexis Mire, Mike Bailey-Gates, Tara Niami (who also goes to Pratt!), Lauren Randolph, Valerie Chiang, Sandy Honig, Parker Fitzgerald, Patrick 47
Joust, there are so so many. And of course the masters, I really like Arbus and Elliott Erwitt and Ansel Adams and there are just so many. I always forget when I have to make lists or say things on the spot. I feel like I grew up with a lot of the photographers on Flickr – even if I was perhaps on the outskirts of that large group, everyone was just there at the same time and it was really influential and I feel grateful to be part
this great big rush of inspiration after reading a really good book. And just getting out there – going for a walk with a camera, it’s so important to just go out with no set plan sometimes and notice things, because you become numb really quickly to comfortable environments and stop seeing the beautiful things. As far as human beings, my mother is inspiring simply because she doesn’t give a damn and she’s strong even though
of the generation that I am. Books are also a really big part of me, reading is so important and I always feel
she doesn’t think she is. She rarely lets me photograph her. “
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WHY ARE YOU SO PASSIONATE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY? “God, that’s a hard question. I love it. When I talk about it, I get so excited that I start saying six or seven things at once and try to explain everything all at once and I get so into it that people get intimidated or confused
person, but I find it so much easier to be outgoing or to talk to strangers when I have a camera with me. I feel like myself. Photography just makes me feel so at ease, it lessens my anxiety and it makes me feel
and someone asks me one simple question and I could talk for an hour. It’s the one thing that makes me feel like myself. I’m not a very outgoing
confident and purposeful the way most things don’t. Why? Because it’s tangible. “
DO YOU PLAN PHOTOSHOOTS? “Yes and no. I have a notebook full of lists and ideas, and I have another notebook dedicated to writing. I mostly plan out fashion shoots or series, but I don’t normally plan out self portraits or portraits. I write down the names of people I want to photograph. When I feel comfortable, I ask if I can photograph them, and we walk or go somewhere and I just take photos. That’s pretty simple. My process is just in my head. I write everything down. I scrawl everything
down, and no one can ever read my handwriting. And then I sketch out really awful rudimentary sketches that no one understands, and I bring the notebook along on a shoot if I sketched it out and wrote everything down, and then I forget about it halfway through and just kind of go on instinct and that’s basically it. If I feel like I need to shoot self portraits, I grab my tripod and go out and shoot self portraits and that’s it. “ 49
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WHERE DO YOU WANT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY TO TAKE YOU?
“I want to photograph people, and I want to be happy. Other than that, I have no idea yet. “
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ALEXANDRA LUCAS? “I find this really weird to talk about myself but I want the readers of the Ink & Arrows to know who the people are that created the magazine. I know it’s not what most magazines do, but oh well people have to do things differently sometimes.” “When I’m asked what I do I usually just say I’m a graphic designer. But, that’s not all I do, I’m also a photographer and I experiment in illustration. I’ve always loved art and design, ever since I was little. Because of that love, I went to Ringling College of Art and Design for a short time and I major in Graphic and Interactive Communication. Now, I’m the girl behind EightSixteenDesign.com and Ink & Arrows Design Magazine.”
INSPIRATION? “As for what inspires me? Anything and everything that catches my attention whether it’s music, books and their covers, movies, art, history, my friends, bad design and advertising., and a ton of other
things. There is not just one thing that inspires me so it’s hard to give a better answer. I do have a fascination for the darker side of things but for some reasons it rarely shows in my work. I really need to experiment and find style zone.“ “The work that I’m most proud of is the album artwork that I created for my friend singer/ songwriter Carrie Ryan. I designed and photographed the album artwork with the direction of Carrie. It was a challenge but in the end it was well worth it. Even though the I designed this piece two years ago it still sticks in my mind. I’m also really quite happy that I’m working with Carrie again on her second album. The logo I’ve been experimenting on for her definietly shows my growth as a designer in the past two years. But, as of right now that logo is just a fun experiment and not the final one.”
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PEOPLE & SITES TO CHECK OUT.
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PROMISE TANGEMAN WWW.PROMISETANGEMAN.COM
KAREB KAVETT WWW.KARENKAVETT.COM
CORINNE ALEXANDRA WWW.STUCKWITHPINS.COM
STEPHANIE TOLLE WWW.STEPHANIETOOLE.COM
GAVIN THOMPSON WWW.GAVINTDESIGN.COM NATE HINNERS WWW.NATEHINNERS.COM GABRIELLA THOMPSON WWW.GABTHOMPSON.COM JULIA ALISON WWW.JULIA-ALISON.COM
DESIGN SPONGE WWW.DESIGNSPONGE.COM SEAN MCCABE WWW.SEANWES.COM DESIGN LOVE FEST WWW.DESIGNLOVEFEST.COM LOVELY PACKAGE WWW.LOVELYPACKAGE.COM
THANK you, for reading the first issue of Ink & Arrows! If anyone has any comments, questions, critiques, or want to be featured in the next issue email us at inkandarrowsteam@gmail.com.
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