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I also draw neck muscles. On old paper. (But I don’t like ruining books so it was a copy of a page :p aha)

I also draw neck muscles.

On old paper.

(But I don’t like ruining books so it was a copy of a page :p aha)

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…also my awesome anatomy is available on cases, tshirts, pillows and as a brilliant art print! Again free shipping! http://www.society6.com/adamjames

…also my awesome anatomy is available on cases, tshirts, pillows and as a brilliant art print!

Again free shipping!

http://www.society6.com/adamjames

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It’s hip to draw anatomy…. Again by my own fair hand and 0.3mm pen

It’s hip to draw anatomy….

Again by my own fair hand and 0.3mm pen

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The salivary gland. Drawn by me!

The salivary gland.

Drawn by me!

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Bit of anatomy drawing today #illustration #skull #bone #drawing #anatomy #nofilter #art

Bit of anatomy drawing today #illustration #skull #bone #drawing #anatomy #nofilter #art

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Always a good day when I can draw anatomy with my students #drawing #illustration #anatomy

Always a good day when I can draw anatomy with my students #drawing #illustration #anatomy

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designlecturer: I promised you a good post! We’ve got an interview with an amazing individual, and an even more amazing illustrator Jordan Debney! We hope you are going to be just as excited as we were when New Zealander Jordan Debney and his amazingly crazy illustrations crossed our paths! Join us as we discover more about this fantastic illustrator and just actually what a ‘Quadricorn’ actually is… DL: Tell us about who you are Jordan and what you do?JD: Well I am a male human being, (self proclaimed) artist from New Zealand (it’s that tiny speck in the lower right hand of a generic map of the world). I have a great love for monsters and all things repulsive, horror movies and ice cream. I attempt to fuse all of those things into visually pleasing pieces of artwork.DL: Do you remember the first time you felt that design was the career path you wanted to take?JD: I have always enjoyed drawing as a child. I used to imitate drawings from comics and the collectable ‘Dragon Ball Z’ cards all through primary school and never actually knew I could make a career out of it. Although I always knew I wanted to work with art, I just never knew how. Enough drawing kind of made a career of itself. The more I drew, the better I got, the better I got, the more people started approaching me for artwork for their clothing line and album covers. Consider it a growing entity that can’t stop feeding. A: How would you describe your design style to our readers - and how would you describe your creative process?JD: I often find myself playing with mixtures of cornflour and water for hours, (you know, how it goes really fluid-like as well as a solid). I observe and concentrate on various parts the mixture as it flows down different shaped objects I find lying around. I do this for visual pleasure, as well as a creative study. I find it fascinating, as I try to share that fascination into my art work. It’s just a matter of making it flow and work well. I like to focus on folds of the flesh and disfigurements of the visual appearance while incorporating things that are usually considered ‘positive’ and bright colors. I usually get mixed reactions from people when they see my art, they don’t know whether to recoil in fright or give it a hug. Probably the only time a vomiting horned monster could ever be considered ‘beautiful’. A screaming monster riding the back of an ice cream is so ironic that it’s comical. DL: Has there been one person who has had a real influence on you, and your art work?JD: There have been many people that have influenced my artwork, as well have experiences. I didn’t want to be one of those alcohol driven people that don’t end up doing anything with their life. I want to succeed and be able to say I haven’t wasted my limited time on this earth. So I went with the one thing I knew I could do, and that was drawing. I look up to and admire the people I consider most creative. Trent Reznor for his music, Zack Snyder for his movies, James Jean and Alex Pardee for their art. I can always know that whatever happens, I will always have the things that these people do most creatively to keep me going. Seeing creativity fuels my creativity, and I have an unlimited source of it.DL: What has been your favourite piece of art you have worked on so far, what makes it your favorite?JD: That would have to be my ‘Quadricorn’ piece. (Shown at the top) What could be more awesome than a four horned horse with pincer hooves engulfed in gravity defying fluid?!DL: If there was one person from the creative world you could sit down with and have a chat with who would it be?JD: Firstly it would have to be Alex Pardee. Secondly, it would be more of a food fight, dressed as original gangsters, with marshmallow shoes and Chewbacca masks. During the violent toss of the pizza we would be telling a horror story that would make Rob Zombie’s head explode.DL: Have you ever been asked to do a piece of work that you turned down? If you did - how did you approach this to the prospective client?JD: A few weeks ago I got asked to commission a shirt design that infuriated me. They asked for me to design them a shirt with a specific character from a specific artist. I responded suggesting that they ask the ACTUAL artist to design the shirt instead. Artists should be approached because they like their style and their art, not to imitate another artists style or characters.DL: With the current climate in the world, how has this affected the art and illustration industry in New Zealand? JD: The art industry in New Zealand is very small in comparison to other art industries, everyone seems to ‘know of’ everyone. Using the internet as a tool to get your art seen is very achievable, but that can only go so far when you live in such an isolated country as New Zealand. The ‘word of mouth’ usually doesn’t even leave the shores of New Zealand, so being spotted for exhibitions in other countries best contemporary galleries and magazines is limited to ‘accidentally’ being stumbled across over the internet or books, and not to mention even more pressure to make a decent impression. Haha, I hope this answer is relative to what you were asking. (It was aha! .DL)DL: What advice would you give to other art and design students about how to develop their own creative style?JD: I’d suggest you first find your artistic medium and start from there. Each day just draw and draw and draw, you don’t even have to show anybody. Surround yourself with your favorite inspirations and artists you admire most. A style will eventually develop and your instinct will take it from there.DL: Finally, do you think that creative talent is being lost due to the lack of ‘obvious’ opportunities on offer to designers? JD: Yes indeed, and have discovered that it is very difficult to get your name into the art world, it will often require you to do work for free. You have to physically shove it into people’s faces and to do so making an impression that will be remembered. I’ve known of people with a huge amount of talent to just give up and do something that’s “easier”. So yes I do believe that talent is being lost and unseen. It’s just a matter of not giving up before the opportunities are available for you. I hope this was a great insight into the mind of a brilliant up and coming illustrator - and as an owner of a couple of fantastic pieces of work by Jordan I can honestly say that until you see his painted work or illustrations in the flesh you cannot honestly believe how fantastically detailed they are! (as i’m writing this i’m drawn to the huge Mars Attacks print framed and adorning my wall right now!) Hopefully we will have lots more up and coming designers being interviewed here to give you all a bit of a break from just my voice!!…and i’m still banging through the questions so if I haven’t answered yet I will!! Hope you enjoyed the show!J. Find more out about Jordan at www.eyerupture.com

designlecturer: I promised you a good post! We’ve got an interview with an amazing individual, and an even more amazing illustrator Jordan Debney! We hope you are going to be just as excited as we were when New Zealander Jordan Debney and his amazingly crazy illustrations crossed our paths! Join us as we discover more about this fantastic illustrator and just actually what a ‘Quadricorn’ actually is… DL: Tell us about who you are Jordan and what you do?JD: Well I am a male human being, (self proclaimed) artist from New Zealand (it’s that tiny speck in the lower right hand of a generic map of the world). I have a great love for monsters and all things repulsive, horror movies and ice cream. I attempt to fuse all of those things into visually pleasing pieces of artwork.DL: Do you remember the first time you felt that design was the career path you wanted to take?JD: I have always enjoyed drawing as a child. I used to imitate drawings from comics and the collectable ‘Dragon Ball Z’ cards all through primary school and never actually knew I could make a career out of it. Although I always knew I wanted to work with art, I just never knew how. Enough drawing kind of made a career of itself. The more I drew, the better I got, the better I got, the more people started approaching me for artwork for their clothing line and album covers. Consider it a growing entity that can’t stop feeding. A: How would you describe your design style to our readers - and how would you describe your creative process?JD: I often find myself playing with mixtures of cornflour and water for hours, (you know, how it goes really fluid-like as well as a solid). I observe and concentrate on various parts the mixture as it flows down different shaped objects I find lying around. I do this for visual pleasure, as well as a creative study. I find it fascinating, as I try to share that fascination into my art work. It’s just a matter of making it flow and work well. I like to focus on folds of the flesh and disfigurements of the visual appearance while incorporating things that are usually considered ‘positive’ and bright colors. I usually get mixed reactions from people when they see my art, they don’t know whether to recoil in fright or give it a hug. Probably the only time a vomiting horned monster could ever be considered ‘beautiful’. A screaming monster riding the back of an ice cream is so ironic that it’s comical. DL: Has there been one person who has had a real influence on you, and your art work?JD: There have been many people that have influenced my artwork, as well have experiences. I didn’t want to be one of those alcohol driven people that don’t end up doing anything with their life. I want to succeed and be able to say I haven’t wasted my limited time on this earth. So I went with the one thing I knew I could do, and that was drawing. I look up to and admire the people I consider most creative. Trent Reznor for his music, Zack Snyder for his movies, James Jean and Alex Pardee for their art. I can always know that whatever happens, I will always have the things that these people do most creatively to keep me going. Seeing creativity fuels my creativity, and I have an unlimited source of it.DL: What has been your favourite piece of art you have worked on so far, what makes it your favorite?JD: That would have to be my ‘Quadricorn’ piece. (Shown at the top) What could be more awesome than a four horned horse with pincer hooves engulfed in gravity defying fluid?!DL: If there was one person from the creative world you could sit down with and have a chat with who would it be?JD: Firstly it would have to be Alex Pardee. Secondly, it would be more of a food fight, dressed as original gangsters, with marshmallow shoes and Chewbacca masks. During the violent toss of the pizza we would be telling a horror story that would make Rob Zombie’s head explode.DL: Have you ever been asked to do a piece of work that you turned down? If you did - how did you approach this to the prospective client?JD: A few weeks ago I got asked to commission a shirt design that infuriated me. They asked for me to design them a shirt with a specific character from a specific artist. I responded suggesting that they ask the ACTUAL artist to design the shirt instead. Artists should be approached because they like their style and their art, not to imitate another artists style or characters.DL: With the current climate in the world, how has this affected the art and illustration industry in New Zealand? JD: The art industry in New Zealand is very small in comparison to other art industries, everyone seems to ‘know of’ everyone. Using the internet as a tool to get your art seen is very achievable, but that can only go so far when you live in such an isolated country as New Zealand. The ‘word of mouth’ usually doesn’t even leave the shores of New Zealand, so being spotted for exhibitions in other countries best contemporary galleries and magazines is limited to ‘accidentally’ being stumbled across over the internet or books, and not to mention even more pressure to make a decent impression. Haha, I hope this answer is relative to what you were asking. (It was aha! .DL)DL: What advice would you give to other art and design students about how to develop their own creative style?JD: I’d suggest you first find your artistic medium and start from there. Each day just draw and draw and draw, you don’t even have to show anybody. Surround yourself with your favorite inspirations and artists you admire most. A style will eventually develop and your instinct will take it from there.DL: Finally, do you think that creative talent is being lost due to the lack of ‘obvious’ opportunities on offer to designers? JD: Yes indeed, and have discovered that it is very difficult to get your name into the art world, it will often require you to do work for free. You have to physically shove it into people’s faces and to do so making an impression that will be remembered. I’ve known of people with a huge amount of talent to just give up and do something that’s “easier”. So yes I do believe that talent is being lost and unseen. It’s just a matter of not giving up before the opportunities are available for you. I hope this was a great insight into the mind of a brilliant up and coming illustrator - and as an owner of a couple of fantastic pieces of work by Jordan I can honestly say that until you see his painted work or illustrations in the flesh you cannot honestly believe how fantastically detailed they are! (as i’m writing this i’m drawn to the huge Mars Attacks print framed and adorning my wall right now!) Hopefully we will have lots more up and coming designers being interviewed here to give you all a bit of a break from just my voice!!…and i’m still banging through the questions so if I haven’t answered yet I will!! Hope you enjoyed the show!J. Find more out about Jordan at www.eyerupture.com

designlecturer: I promised you a good post! We’ve got an interview with an amazing individual, and an even more amazing illustrator Jordan Debney! We hope you are going to be just as excited as we were when New Zealander Jordan Debney and his amazingly crazy illustrations crossed our paths! Join us as we discover more about this fantastic illustrator and just actually what a ‘Quadricorn’ actually is… DL: Tell us about who you are Jordan and what you do?JD: Well I am a male human being, (self proclaimed) artist from New Zealand (it’s that tiny speck in the lower right hand of a generic map of the world). I have a great love for monsters and all things repulsive, horror movies and ice cream. I attempt to fuse all of those things into visually pleasing pieces of artwork.DL: Do you remember the first time you felt that design was the career path you wanted to take?JD: I have always enjoyed drawing as a child. I used to imitate drawings from comics and the collectable ‘Dragon Ball Z’ cards all through primary school and never actually knew I could make a career out of it. Although I always knew I wanted to work with art, I just never knew how. Enough drawing kind of made a career of itself. The more I drew, the better I got, the better I got, the more people started approaching me for artwork for their clothing line and album covers. Consider it a growing entity that can’t stop feeding. A: How would you describe your design style to our readers - and how would you describe your creative process?JD: I often find myself playing with mixtures of cornflour and water for hours, (you know, how it goes really fluid-like as well as a solid). I observe and concentrate on various parts the mixture as it flows down different shaped objects I find lying around. I do this for visual pleasure, as well as a creative study. I find it fascinating, as I try to share that fascination into my art work. It’s just a matter of making it flow and work well. I like to focus on folds of the flesh and disfigurements of the visual appearance while incorporating things that are usually considered ‘positive’ and bright colors. I usually get mixed reactions from people when they see my art, they don’t know whether to recoil in fright or give it a hug. Probably the only time a vomiting horned monster could ever be considered ‘beautiful’. A screaming monster riding the back of an ice cream is so ironic that it’s comical. DL: Has there been one person who has had a real influence on you, and your art work?JD: There have been many people that have influenced my artwork, as well have experiences. I didn’t want to be one of those alcohol driven people that don’t end up doing anything with their life. I want to succeed and be able to say I haven’t wasted my limited time on this earth. So I went with the one thing I knew I could do, and that was drawing. I look up to and admire the people I consider most creative. Trent Reznor for his music, Zack Snyder for his movies, James Jean and Alex Pardee for their art. I can always know that whatever happens, I will always have the things that these people do most creatively to keep me going. Seeing creativity fuels my creativity, and I have an unlimited source of it.DL: What has been your favourite piece of art you have worked on so far, what makes it your favorite?JD: That would have to be my ‘Quadricorn’ piece. (Shown at the top) What could be more awesome than a four horned horse with pincer hooves engulfed in gravity defying fluid?!DL: If there was one person from the creative world you could sit down with and have a chat with who would it be?JD: Firstly it would have to be Alex Pardee. Secondly, it would be more of a food fight, dressed as original gangsters, with marshmallow shoes and Chewbacca masks. During the violent toss of the pizza we would be telling a horror story that would make Rob Zombie’s head explode.DL: Have you ever been asked to do a piece of work that you turned down? If you did - how did you approach this to the prospective client?JD: A few weeks ago I got asked to commission a shirt design that infuriated me. They asked for me to design them a shirt with a specific character from a specific artist. I responded suggesting that they ask the ACTUAL artist to design the shirt instead. Artists should be approached because they like their style and their art, not to imitate another artists style or characters.DL: With the current climate in the world, how has this affected the art and illustration industry in New Zealand? JD: The art industry in New Zealand is very small in comparison to other art industries, everyone seems to ‘know of’ everyone. Using the internet as a tool to get your art seen is very achievable, but that can only go so far when you live in such an isolated country as New Zealand. The ‘word of mouth’ usually doesn’t even leave the shores of New Zealand, so being spotted for exhibitions in other countries best contemporary galleries and magazines is limited to ‘accidentally’ being stumbled across over the internet or books, and not to mention even more pressure to make a decent impression. Haha, I hope this answer is relative to what you were asking. (It was aha! .DL)DL: What advice would you give to other art and design students about how to develop their own creative style?JD: I’d suggest you first find your artistic medium and start from there. Each day just draw and draw and draw, you don’t even have to show anybody. Surround yourself with your favorite inspirations and artists you admire most. A style will eventually develop and your instinct will take it from there.DL: Finally, do you think that creative talent is being lost due to the lack of ‘obvious’ opportunities on offer to designers? JD: Yes indeed, and have discovered that it is very difficult to get your name into the art world, it will often require you to do work for free. You have to physically shove it into people’s faces and to do so making an impression that will be remembered. I’ve known of people with a huge amount of talent to just give up and do something that’s “easier”. So yes I do believe that talent is being lost and unseen. It’s just a matter of not giving up before the opportunities are available for you. I hope this was a great insight into the mind of a brilliant up and coming illustrator - and as an owner of a couple of fantastic pieces of work by Jordan I can honestly say that until you see his painted work or illustrations in the flesh you cannot honestly believe how fantastically detailed they are! (as i’m writing this i’m drawn to the huge Mars Attacks print framed and adorning my wall right now!) Hopefully we will have lots more up and coming designers being interviewed here to give you all a bit of a break from just my voice!!…and i’m still banging through the questions so if I haven’t answered yet I will!! Hope you enjoyed the show!J. Find more out about Jordan at www.eyerupture.com

designlecturer: I promised you a good post! We’ve got an interview with an amazing individual, and an even more amazing illustrator Jordan Debney! We hope you are going to be just as excited as we were when New Zealander Jordan Debney and his amazingly crazy illustrations crossed our paths! Join us as we discover more about this fantastic illustrator and just actually what a ‘Quadricorn’ actually is… DL: Tell us about who you are Jordan and what you do?JD: Well I am a male human being, (self proclaimed) artist from New Zealand (it’s that tiny speck in the lower right hand of a generic map of the world). I have a great love for monsters and all things repulsive, horror movies and ice cream. I attempt to fuse all of those things into visually pleasing pieces of artwork.DL: Do you remember the first time you felt that design was the career path you wanted to take?JD: I have always enjoyed drawing as a child. I used to imitate drawings from comics and the collectable ‘Dragon Ball Z’ cards all through primary school and never actually knew I could make a career out of it. Although I always knew I wanted to work with art, I just never knew how. Enough drawing kind of made a career of itself. The more I drew, the better I got, the better I got, the more people started approaching me for artwork for their clothing line and album covers. Consider it a growing entity that can’t stop feeding. A: How would you describe your design style to our readers - and how would you describe your creative process?JD: I often find myself playing with mixtures of cornflour and water for hours, (you know, how it goes really fluid-like as well as a solid). I observe and concentrate on various parts the mixture as it flows down different shaped objects I find lying around. I do this for visual pleasure, as well as a creative study. I find it fascinating, as I try to share that fascination into my art work. It’s just a matter of making it flow and work well. I like to focus on folds of the flesh and disfigurements of the visual appearance while incorporating things that are usually considered ‘positive’ and bright colors. I usually get mixed reactions from people when they see my art, they don’t know whether to recoil in fright or give it a hug. Probably the only time a vomiting horned monster could ever be considered ‘beautiful’. A screaming monster riding the back of an ice cream is so ironic that it’s comical. DL: Has there been one person who has had a real influence on you, and your art work?JD: There have been many people that have influenced my artwork, as well have experiences. I didn’t want to be one of those alcohol driven people that don’t end up doing anything with their life. I want to succeed and be able to say I haven’t wasted my limited time on this earth. So I went with the one thing I knew I could do, and that was drawing. I look up to and admire the people I consider most creative. Trent Reznor for his music, Zack Snyder for his movies, James Jean and Alex Pardee for their art. I can always know that whatever happens, I will always have the things that these people do most creatively to keep me going. Seeing creativity fuels my creativity, and I have an unlimited source of it.DL: What has been your favourite piece of art you have worked on so far, what makes it your favorite?JD: That would have to be my ‘Quadricorn’ piece. (Shown at the top) What could be more awesome than a four horned horse with pincer hooves engulfed in gravity defying fluid?!DL: If there was one person from the creative world you could sit down with and have a chat with who would it be?JD: Firstly it would have to be Alex Pardee. Secondly, it would be more of a food fight, dressed as original gangsters, with marshmallow shoes and Chewbacca masks. During the violent toss of the pizza we would be telling a horror story that would make Rob Zombie’s head explode.DL: Have you ever been asked to do a piece of work that you turned down? If you did - how did you approach this to the prospective client?JD: A few weeks ago I got asked to commission a shirt design that infuriated me. They asked for me to design them a shirt with a specific character from a specific artist. I responded suggesting that they ask the ACTUAL artist to design the shirt instead. Artists should be approached because they like their style and their art, not to imitate another artists style or characters.DL: With the current climate in the world, how has this affected the art and illustration industry in New Zealand? JD: The art industry in New Zealand is very small in comparison to other art industries, everyone seems to ‘know of’ everyone. Using the internet as a tool to get your art seen is very achievable, but that can only go so far when you live in such an isolated country as New Zealand. The ‘word of mouth’ usually doesn’t even leave the shores of New Zealand, so being spotted for exhibitions in other countries best contemporary galleries and magazines is limited to ‘accidentally’ being stumbled across over the internet or books, and not to mention even more pressure to make a decent impression. Haha, I hope this answer is relative to what you were asking. (It was aha! .DL)DL: What advice would you give to other art and design students about how to develop their own creative style?JD: I’d suggest you first find your artistic medium and start from there. Each day just draw and draw and draw, you don’t even have to show anybody. Surround yourself with your favorite inspirations and artists you admire most. A style will eventually develop and your instinct will take it from there.DL: Finally, do you think that creative talent is being lost due to the lack of ‘obvious’ opportunities on offer to designers? JD: Yes indeed, and have discovered that it is very difficult to get your name into the art world, it will often require you to do work for free. You have to physically shove it into people’s faces and to do so making an impression that will be remembered. I’ve known of people with a huge amount of talent to just give up and do something that’s “easier”. So yes I do believe that talent is being lost and unseen. It’s just a matter of not giving up before the opportunities are available for you. I hope this was a great insight into the mind of a brilliant up and coming illustrator - and as an owner of a couple of fantastic pieces of work by Jordan I can honestly say that until you see his painted work or illustrations in the flesh you cannot honestly believe how fantastically detailed they are! (as i’m writing this i’m drawn to the huge Mars Attacks print framed and adorning my wall right now!) Hopefully we will have lots more up and coming designers being interviewed here to give you all a bit of a break from just my voice!!…and i’m still banging through the questions so if I haven’t answered yet I will!! Hope you enjoyed the show!J. Find more out about Jordan at www.eyerupture.com

designlecturer:

I promised you a good post! We’ve got an interview with an amazing individual, and an even more amazing illustrator Jordan Debney!

We hope you are going to be just as excited as we were when New Zealander Jordan Debney and his amazingly crazy illustrations crossed our paths! Join us as we discover more about this fantastic illustrator and just actually what a ‘Quadricorn’ actually is…

DL: Tell us about who you are Jordan and what you do?

JD: Well I am a male human being, (self proclaimed) artist from New Zealand (it’s that tiny speck in the lower right hand of a generic map of the world). I have a great love for monsters and all things repulsive, horror movies and ice cream. I attempt to fuse all of those things into visually pleasing pieces of artwork.

DL: Do you remember the first time you felt that design was the career path you wanted to take?

JD: I have always enjoyed drawing as a child. I used to imitate drawings from comics and the collectable ‘Dragon Ball Z’ cards all through primary school and never actually knew I could make a career out of it. Although I always knew I wanted to work with art, I just never knew how. Enough drawing kind of made a career of itself. The more I drew, the better I got, the better I got, the more people started approaching me for artwork for their clothing line and album covers. Consider it a growing entity that can’t stop feeding.

A: How would you describe your design style to our readers - and how would you describe your creative process?

JD: I often find myself playing with mixtures of cornflour and water for hours, (you know, how it goes really fluid-like as well as a solid). I observe and concentrate on various parts the mixture as it flows down different shaped objects I find lying around. I do this for visual pleasure, as well as a creative study. I find it fascinating, as I try to share that fascination into my art work. It’s just a matter of making it flow and work well. I like to focus on folds of the flesh and disfigurements of the visual appearance while incorporating things that are usually considered ‘positive’ and bright colors. I usually get mixed reactions from people when they see my art, they don’t know whether to recoil in fright or give it a hug. Probably the only time a vomiting horned monster could ever be considered ‘beautiful’. A screaming monster riding the back of an ice cream is so ironic that it’s comical.

DL: Has there been one person who has had a real influence on you, and your art work?

JD: There have been many people that have influenced my artwork, as well have experiences. I didn’t want to be one of those alcohol driven people that don’t end up doing anything with their life. I want to succeed and be able to say I haven’t wasted my limited time on this earth. So I went with the one thing I knew I could do, and that was drawing. I look up to and admire the people I consider most creative. Trent Reznor for his music, Zack Snyder for his movies, James Jean and Alex Pardee for their art. I can always know that whatever happens, I will always have the things that these people do most creatively to keep me going. Seeing creativity fuels my creativity, and I have an unlimited source of it.

DL: What has been your favourite piece of art you have worked on so far, what makes it your favorite?

JD: That would have to be my ‘Quadricorn’ piece. (Shown at the top) What could be more awesome than a four horned horse with pincer hooves engulfed in gravity defying fluid?!

DL: If there was one person from the creative world you could sit down with and have a chat with who would it be?

JD: Firstly it would have to be Alex Pardee. Secondly, it would be more of a food fight, dressed as original gangsters, with marshmallow shoes and Chewbacca masks. During the violent toss of the pizza we would be telling a horror story that would make Rob Zombie’s head explode.

DL: Have you ever been asked to do a piece of work that you turned down? If you did - how did you approach this to the prospective client?

JD: A few weeks ago I got asked to commission a shirt design that infuriated me. They asked for me to design them a shirt with a specific character from a specific artist. I responded suggesting that they ask the ACTUAL artist to design the shirt instead. Artists should be approached because they like their style and their art, not to imitate another artists style or characters.

DL: With the current climate in the world, how has this affected the art and illustration industry in New Zealand?

JD: The art industry in New Zealand is very small in comparison to other art industries, everyone seems to ‘know of’ everyone. Using the internet as a tool to get your art seen is very achievable, but that can only go so far when you live in such an isolated country as New Zealand. The ‘word of mouth’ usually doesn’t even leave the shores of New Zealand, so being spotted for exhibitions in other countries best contemporary galleries and magazines is limited to ‘accidentally’ being stumbled across over the internet or books, and not to mention even more pressure to make a decent impression. Haha, I hope this answer is relative to what you were asking. (It was aha! .DL)

DL: What advice would you give to other art and design students about how to develop their own creative style?

JD: I’d suggest you first find your artistic medium and start from there. Each day just draw and draw and draw, you don’t even have to show anybody. Surround yourself with your favorite inspirations and artists you admire most. A style will eventually develop and your instinct will take it from there.


DL: Finally, do you think that creative talent is being lost due to the lack of ‘obvious’ opportunities on offer to designers?

JD: Yes indeed, and have discovered that it is very difficult to get your name into the art world, it will often require you to do work for free. You have to physically shove it into people’s faces and to do so making an impression that will be remembered. I’ve known of people with a huge amount of talent to just give up and do something that’s “easier”. So yes I do believe that talent is being lost and unseen. It’s just a matter of not giving up before the opportunities are available for you.


I hope this was a great insight into the mind of a brilliant up and coming illustrator - and as an owner of a couple of fantastic pieces of work by Jordan I can honestly say that until you see his painted work or illustrations in the flesh you cannot honestly believe how fantastically detailed they are! (as i’m writing this i’m drawn to the huge Mars Attacks print framed and adorning my wall right now!)

Hopefully we will have lots more up and coming designers being interviewed here to give you all a bit of a break from just my voice!!

…and i’m still banging through the questions so if I haven’t answered yet I will!!

Hope you enjoyed the show!

J.

Find more out about Jordan at www.eyerupture.com

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Perhaps the best label/bottle design combination ever

Perhaps the best label/bottle design combination ever

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Drew a hot dog on my break because I’m hungry..

Drew a hot dog on my break because I’m hungry..

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designlecturer: The first annual Design Lecturer Design Awards are coming! After discussing, we have felt it wise to open the awards up to anyone in a full time degree or HND programme, or have graduated from one within the past two years (2011) It is free to enter the awards and no charges will apply whatsoever! Call for entries are open now - please read through the rules and lets get some good entries!! (There will be a physical award, hence why it is only UK entries at the moment - sorry guys!) You can ask any questions here and you can submit entries here Please reblog this about and follow designlecturer.tumblr.com - it is free to enter, and you could win something that would look fantastic on your CV!

designlecturer:

The first annual Design Lecturer Design Awards are coming!

After discussing, we have felt it wise to open the awards up to anyone in a full time degree or HND programme, or have graduated from one within the past two years (2011)


It is free to enter the awards and no charges will apply whatsoever!

Call for entries are open now - please read through the rules and lets get some good entries!! (There will be a physical award, hence why it is only UK entries at the moment - sorry guys!)

You can ask any questions here

and you can submit entries here

Please reblog this about and follow designlecturer.tumblr.com - it is free to enter, and you could win something that would look fantastic on your CV!

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Late night sketching - the joker from the new 52 batman

Late night sketching - the joker from the new 52 batman

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designlecturer: jamesydesign: Finished…..I think…. (Taken with instagram) Basically, this shows you that with perseverance you can do anything, I have spent 27 years not being able to draw in pencil, however this didn’t stop me trying - I think I turned a corner tonight.  Even design lecturers are always learning!

designlecturer:

jamesydesign:

Finished…..I think…. (Taken with instagram)

Basically, this shows you that with perseverance you can do anything, I have spent 27 years not being able to draw in pencil, however this didn’t stop me trying - I think I turned a corner tonight. 

Even design lecturers are always learning!

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ampersand-creative: A sample page for a 4 page-long comic I did for “Corpse Milk”, a Halloween collaborative online publication between AUB and Kingston students. You can see the rest of the comic here, alongside many other nicely scary tales. For more of my Illustration work you can check it out in the links below. I’m interested in comics and many other things!My WebsiteMy Blog 

ampersand-creative:

A sample page for a 4 page-long comic I did for “Corpse Milk”, a Halloween collaborative online publication between AUB and Kingston students.

You can see the rest of the comic here, alongside many other nicely scary tales.

For more of my Illustration work you can check it out in the links below. I’m interested in comics and many other things!
My Website
My Blog 

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Read the last issue of Ampersand featuring Jordan Debney of Eye Rupture fame! http://www.issuu.com/jamesydesign Get your work on the Ampersand Creative blog by dropping us a submission! We’re looking to then make an Ampersand 2013 annual of creative and graduate work so get involved now to have the chance to be featured!

Read the last issue of Ampersand featuring Jordan Debney of Eye Rupture fame!

http://www.issuu.com/jamesydesign

Get your work on the Ampersand Creative blog by dropping us a submission!

We’re looking to then make an Ampersand 2013 annual of creative and graduate work so get involved now to have the chance to be featured!

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I wish I had more time to draw stuff :(

I wish I had more time to draw stuff :(

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