Occupation: Illustrator Birth: December 29, 1963
I'm always thinking about story, and the development of ideas or images, so with all types of media, I'm simply trying to communicate the feelings an….
The human face is the most deeply ingrained image in our brains. It is the two dots and a dash we connect with as babies. It is the focus of our atte….
I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always enjoyed working with mac….
Everybody's a bird, locked up in a pretty cage. Sometimes you fly to a slightly bigger one, but you never quite have the courage to abandon captivity….
The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book to be illustrated, anything. Everything you need ….
I think the two jobs I dreamed of doing as a teenager were comic book artist and record cover illustrator. Maybe film director was in the mix as well….
I do very, very, very simple, skimpy doodles, nothing too committed. Because people tend to fall in love if they like it - if you color it in and the….
The filmmakers I really love are the ones that let me look through their eyes for a while. They have an aesthetic and social point of view..
Pride in what and who you are is a strong foundation, but don't be defined by your oppression; use your anger, don't let it use you..
I like being able to do anything. I think that's healthy, doing anything and everything, rather than just getting completely obsessed with one partic….
So I really love this very difficult feeling of being completely out at sea. I don't know what I'm doing, and I kind of like this feeling. So I think….
I've always liked making things that don't deny the medium that they're made in. If it's collage, I'm happy for it to look like that. If it's a film ….
Sometimes the things I learn making paintings or drawings - composition, colour, expressionism, texture - can directly influence the making of a film….
I'm interested in the parallel narrative of our fantasy lives. How the moment of 'now' that is palpably real, is surrounded by our memories, our drea….
I've always used masks. I think it's a lot about the fact that masks often reveal a sort of subconscious element to a character. The mask is carved a….
But actually making pictures to look like my pictures, I've done it for so long, I'm kind of used to it now. So at the beginning of the process, desi….
Film gives me live actors, editing, music, sound, a huge and powerful toolbox to play with. If there is a problem for me, it is that film gives me to….
Usually, the most difficult thing to do is photo-real stuff. Something that has to actually look like the real world, because it's just so difficult ….
I love telling stories. And even in single images, I tend to have stories inside them. I've always loved film, but I was making drawings and painting….
The reason I love comics is that they DON'T move, and there is NO sound. As a creator I have to evoke those elements in the drawings and writing, and….
There are so many comics about violence. I'm not entertained or amused by violence, and I'd rather not have it in my life. Sex, on the other hand, is….