Name: Oskar Ek
Age: 19
Country: Sweden
Website: www.neontights.blogspot.com
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
13, it was about then that i chose art to be something that i'd like to define myself with. I even put a big post-it over my bed saying "I WILL GET GREAT AT DRAWING". I was so dramatic back then and ever so eager to prove myself worthy to a girl i had a crush on back then.
There are times in my life when i don't draw/create for a while and as time passes i dramatically feel how i lose track of who i am or whom i strive to be. I'd like to see "creating" as a necessary tool to define yourself.
What are you inspired by? And who do you look up to?
My friends mainly, what we talk and joke about. Trivial stuff that tends to escape the eye if you're not bored enough. We can go on for hours mocking the font Comic Sans and how companies around the world are abusing it to an ridiculous extent.
I look up to my friends, i would go as far as to call them 'awesome', haha.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
Hanna Therese Nilsson
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?
Karin Mamma Andersson, her paintings are very soothing look at and refreshingly inspiring. The compositions she makes are always well thought-through and never leaves me disappointed.
Tell us about your creative process.
That's hard, i usually go out for a smoke and gather my thoughts around some of the impressions i've gotten lately. Then i get a cup of coffee, stay in my basement until i'm done haha.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
Not really, i'd say the two of them has a pretty healthy relationship.
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate? (Do you lose yourself in the work or do you make precise decisions?)
Both but leaning towards passionate. There's a lot of passion in the work composition but that's usually labeled as a technical merit so i'm not sure what to say.
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
Some say 'less is more' but that's just a way of saying that 'more' isn't the answer to everything. I aim to find a balance in my paintings, i find it eventually, not always but most of the time.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
No.
What frightens you most about your art?
That it can remind me of who i were.
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
Get your fat ass back on the track. It works, always. I've been taking a break for two weeks now and I'm quite mad at myself for doing so. Creative blocks is all about FEAR as with any other "blocks" in life and as for all other "blocks" in life there's just one way out. Get yourself into the messy mess and confront the problem and eventually you'll find there's nothing to fear but FEAR ITSELF haha god that's so cliché but ever so hard to realize.
Do you dream about your artwork?
No. I'd like to but i don't.
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
"sims" - The most technically challanging work i've ever created, took me about one month to finish. That's the most time i've ever spent on one drawing. Though the most meaningful one is "there" since i have a strong emotional bond to it.
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
Corel Painter IX and traditional pencils 4B-HB.
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
3 year long in the upper secondary-school. Not really, if you just put your heart to it you'll make it far. I had a lot of friends who have had far more years in art-school but that just made me even more motivated to show them your educational background has no meaning.
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'd like to be an artist or an illustrator with no commercial commitment. Realistically, i think i'll have a commercial commitment but that's just as good. I don't really see it as a relevant matter, i'll just keep on doing what i love and see where it takes me. It'll be interesting to see how much i love it haha.
Country: Sweden
Website: www.neontights.blogspot.com
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
13, it was about then that i chose art to be something that i'd like to define myself with. I even put a big post-it over my bed saying "I WILL GET GREAT AT DRAWING". I was so dramatic back then and ever so eager to prove myself worthy to a girl i had a crush on back then.
There are times in my life when i don't draw/create for a while and as time passes i dramatically feel how i lose track of who i am or whom i strive to be. I'd like to see "creating" as a necessary tool to define yourself.
What are you inspired by? And who do you look up to?
My friends mainly, what we talk and joke about. Trivial stuff that tends to escape the eye if you're not bored enough. We can go on for hours mocking the font Comic Sans and how companies around the world are abusing it to an ridiculous extent.
I look up to my friends, i would go as far as to call them 'awesome', haha.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
Hanna Therese Nilsson
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?
Karin Mamma Andersson, her paintings are very soothing look at and refreshingly inspiring. The compositions she makes are always well thought-through and never leaves me disappointed.
Tell us about your creative process.
That's hard, i usually go out for a smoke and gather my thoughts around some of the impressions i've gotten lately. Then i get a cup of coffee, stay in my basement until i'm done haha.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
Not really, i'd say the two of them has a pretty healthy relationship.
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate? (Do you lose yourself in the work or do you make precise decisions?)
Both but leaning towards passionate. There's a lot of passion in the work composition but that's usually labeled as a technical merit so i'm not sure what to say.
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
Some say 'less is more' but that's just a way of saying that 'more' isn't the answer to everything. I aim to find a balance in my paintings, i find it eventually, not always but most of the time.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
No.
What frightens you most about your art?
That it can remind me of who i were.
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
Get your fat ass back on the track. It works, always. I've been taking a break for two weeks now and I'm quite mad at myself for doing so. Creative blocks is all about FEAR as with any other "blocks" in life and as for all other "blocks" in life there's just one way out. Get yourself into the messy mess and confront the problem and eventually you'll find there's nothing to fear but FEAR ITSELF haha god that's so cliché but ever so hard to realize.
Do you dream about your artwork?
No. I'd like to but i don't.
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
"sims" - The most technically challanging work i've ever created, took me about one month to finish. That's the most time i've ever spent on one drawing. Though the most meaningful one is "there" since i have a strong emotional bond to it.
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
Corel Painter IX and traditional pencils 4B-HB.
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
3 year long in the upper secondary-school. Not really, if you just put your heart to it you'll make it far. I had a lot of friends who have had far more years in art-school but that just made me even more motivated to show them your educational background has no meaning.
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'd like to be an artist or an illustrator with no commercial commitment. Realistically, i think i'll have a commercial commitment but that's just as good. I don't really see it as a relevant matter, i'll just keep on doing what i love and see where it takes me. It'll be interesting to see how much i love it haha.
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the drawings look unique
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