Name: Jessica Sea
Age: Twenty two
Country: U!S!A!
Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disasterlife/
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
I realized I wanted to be an artist when I was four years old, but didn't start seriously creating anything until I was nineteen. Up until that point, I was making terrible things to please others. I feel compelled to create things because lots of ideas are crowding up my brain and need a way to get out.
What are you inspired by?
I am inspired by my friends, my boyfriend, animals, colloquialisms, fairy tales, religious stories and poems.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
I would like to ask Ray Caesar how he goes about getting his inspiration because his pieces are just amazing.
If you had to put up one piece of artwork on your wall and stare at it for a year, who would it be by and why?
I would probably put up an illustration from Junji Ito's manga, "Uzumaki" because the drawings are so intricate and gory. I could always find something new about the piece when I looked at it.
Tell us about your creative process.
I generally don't plan things out. I don't use pencil; I just go straight for pen on the page and hope what I make is satisfactory. If it isn't, I just keep drawing until everything is in balance.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
I think that the saying that art reflects life is very true. Most of my drawings are made as a reflection on things that have happened to me or things that I wish would happen to me
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate?
Nothing I make is precise. I operate on rash decisions.
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
I have a rule of odd numbers that I use in most pieces. I have to count out the figures or objects that I am using and make sure that everything is in balance within the composition.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
I don't think that there are such things as boundaries in art. Art is there to allow all free thinking to be expressed.
What frightens you most about your art?
I am afraid that I will never grow past what I am doing now. While, I like what I am doing, sometimes I feel like I am too repetitive.
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
I always find that sucking the life out of other artists works pretty well. I pour over images and try to gather up anything that would help me out.
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3361165539_f83998490a_b.jpg The Cloaked Crownless Queen is the painting I love the most. It was one of the first things I made on a large scale after I had stopped making things for a long time.
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
Prismacolors and Micron 005s are basically all I use.
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
I took art all through lower and upper school and two years in college. I don't think having an art education is necessary, but I do think it is important to have some basic understanding of what you are doing and why you are doing it.
What kind of career do you ultimately want? And what kind of career do you think you'll end up having (or already have) realistically?
I would like to be able to make a living making the drawings that I want to make. This is sort of selfish and probably not realistic at all. I will most likely end up with an office job doing my art on the side.
Is your family supportive of your art? Who influenced and nurtured your creativity most?
My parents think most of my work is strange and morbid, which is true. They never discouraged my ways, which I appreciate. I don't know if anyone really influenced my creativity other than myself. I have always needed ways to keep myself entertained and drawing things is the easiest way to do it.
Which direction do you see your art heading in the future?
Hopefully, I can start learning how to use watercolors after the millions of tries I have made. I would like to start figuring out how to draw a few new things too, maybe more detailed bodies and clothes.
Who are some of your heroes outside of the visual art stream?
Most musicians and authors; I love Daniel Johnston and Kate Bush a lot as well as Shirley Jackson and Frank O'hara.
Age: Twenty two
Country: U!S!A!
Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disasterlife/
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
I realized I wanted to be an artist when I was four years old, but didn't start seriously creating anything until I was nineteen. Up until that point, I was making terrible things to please others. I feel compelled to create things because lots of ideas are crowding up my brain and need a way to get out.
What are you inspired by?
I am inspired by my friends, my boyfriend, animals, colloquialisms, fairy tales, religious stories and poems.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
I would like to ask Ray Caesar how he goes about getting his inspiration because his pieces are just amazing.
If you had to put up one piece of artwork on your wall and stare at it for a year, who would it be by and why?
I would probably put up an illustration from Junji Ito's manga, "Uzumaki" because the drawings are so intricate and gory. I could always find something new about the piece when I looked at it.
Tell us about your creative process.
I generally don't plan things out. I don't use pencil; I just go straight for pen on the page and hope what I make is satisfactory. If it isn't, I just keep drawing until everything is in balance.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
I think that the saying that art reflects life is very true. Most of my drawings are made as a reflection on things that have happened to me or things that I wish would happen to me
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate?
Nothing I make is precise. I operate on rash decisions.
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
I have a rule of odd numbers that I use in most pieces. I have to count out the figures or objects that I am using and make sure that everything is in balance within the composition.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
I don't think that there are such things as boundaries in art. Art is there to allow all free thinking to be expressed.
What frightens you most about your art?
I am afraid that I will never grow past what I am doing now. While, I like what I am doing, sometimes I feel like I am too repetitive.
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
I always find that sucking the life out of other artists works pretty well. I pour over images and try to gather up anything that would help me out.
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3361165539_f83998490a_b.jpg The Cloaked Crownless Queen is the painting I love the most. It was one of the first things I made on a large scale after I had stopped making things for a long time.
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
Prismacolors and Micron 005s are basically all I use.
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
I took art all through lower and upper school and two years in college. I don't think having an art education is necessary, but I do think it is important to have some basic understanding of what you are doing and why you are doing it.
What kind of career do you ultimately want? And what kind of career do you think you'll end up having (or already have) realistically?
I would like to be able to make a living making the drawings that I want to make. This is sort of selfish and probably not realistic at all. I will most likely end up with an office job doing my art on the side.
Is your family supportive of your art? Who influenced and nurtured your creativity most?
My parents think most of my work is strange and morbid, which is true. They never discouraged my ways, which I appreciate. I don't know if anyone really influenced my creativity other than myself. I have always needed ways to keep myself entertained and drawing things is the easiest way to do it.
Which direction do you see your art heading in the future?
Hopefully, I can start learning how to use watercolors after the millions of tries I have made. I would like to start figuring out how to draw a few new things too, maybe more detailed bodies and clothes.
Who are some of your heroes outside of the visual art stream?
Most musicians and authors; I love Daniel Johnston and Kate Bush a lot as well as Shirley Jackson and Frank O'hara.
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