Big Heads 14/10/15
- Winston North Carolina
- Grew up in Pakistan, Singapore, Cyprus and Taiwan
- Diversity of work - Adaptable confidence with drawing
webfolio showing range of approaches (aslong as he thought it was good work) always brought in more work
- Once described as The Working mans illustrator
- More realistic approach to making work to make a living
- Computer + Brushes: huge variety of aesthetic
- Custom Brushes - "When i was still working for the design firm, I had to draw an annual report for krispy kreme doughnuts... They wanted 8 paintings in 2 weeks... I said well that's not going to happen, At the time i Photoshop 7, I had heard about people trying to emulate media with custom brushes
Build with what photoshop lets you do, settings you can mess with, shapes.. alot of stuff you can do adjust the flow
- Alot of cynicism in regard to digital brushes
- people making brushes were engineers, not artists
- i've noticed a resurgence, 40s esque shape and colour through a print process,
- Is there an appropriate way to engage with brushes? Brushes won't be any good to anybody that doesnt know what the actual media feels like
- Need to know how to draw before you use the brushes
- The craft and psycho manual motor skills can't be replaced
- Digital tools are the same as Manual tools, you just need to have good digital tools.
- iPad pro - technology is fantastic, doesn't run photoshop, with professional artist you need professional tools
pencil is superior to wacom.
- Photoshop is the best application for that
- Apple technology great for hobbyist
- Astropad mirror image on iPad
- what do you think makes a piece of illustration really great? something that does more than decorate a page
- What advice would you give yourself? Pay more attention to colour theory and colour
Wireed Magazine (on the topic of Kyle + his brushes)
“These digital tools allow artists to recreate the look of scratchy technical pens, flowing watercolor paints, and dusty pastels all within the pristine confines of a Photoshop file.”
"Oil painters swear by certain types of bristles and purists will even mix their own paints. Webster is just as picky, but more digitally inclined."
“Kyle’s brushes mimic the ‘happy accidents’ that make painting so magical, and allow them to occur in digital work,” says Samantha Kallis, a concept artist at Disney."
Kyle T Webster
Reflection
Some really good stuff here for my dissertation - it is interesting how the ease of the custom brushes have allowed him to push his practice in different ways, which has resulted in success.
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