CHIGUSA Y.

Name: Chigusa

Country: Japan
Website: http://radiationeyes.deviantart.com

At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
I've always been drawing as long as I remember. Maybe 1 or 2 years old.
I don't feel compelled to create.

What are you inspired by? And who do you look up to?
I'm inspired by music, fashion, animals, fairy tales, starry sky, books(magazines) and photos.

Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
Yoshitomo Nara and Charles Anastase flash into my mind now. and they are alive.

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?
A starry sky(Universal) photo! It's very beautiful and mysterious.

Tell us about your creative process.
put some images together in my head. I draw it rough and clean copy with favorit music.

Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
Not found. The life include art or it is linked, I think.


As an artist, are you Technical or passionate?
Passionate. If I lost passion, I can't draw. Because put my feelings into a drawing.

How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
I think I feel so good and it's looks like a perfect at this time, I finished it.

Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
Luckly, I don't feel boundaries.

What frightens you most about your art?
It seem looks like somebody's art.


Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
Sleep, sleep. Stop thinking of all. Go to sleep.

Do you dream about your artwork?
No. I have sometimes strange dreams but I always forget it.

Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
Sweet Bunny.
This one is made up of pure heart. so beginning of girls and bunnies story.

Steve Damstra photo + my drawing
http://www.lastfm.jp/music/Steve+Damstra/+images/16914
When I was listening to his music, some images come to my mind. It was so happy while being drawing this one.

Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
It's very simple mediums. Black ink pens, watercolors and crayons.

What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
I have not especially art education. I think it's not important but studying art is fun. I wish I were an art school student.


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?
mmm....I can't imagine.

Is your family supportive of your art? Who influenced and nurtured your creativity most?
No. They don't know I still have been drawing.
My grandmother most influenced me. We spend a lot of time together.

Which direction do you see your art heading in the future?
I will keep drawing. I want to open my exhibition someday.
I would like as many people as possible to look at my art.

Who are some of your heroes outside of the visual art stream?
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke and a lot of musicans.