{"id":279,"date":"2018-01-16T08:53:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T08:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newtest.subsign.design\/stories\/?p=279"},"modified":"2018-01-16T08:53:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T08:53:04","slug":"spotlight-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subsign.co\/stories\/spotlight-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Subsign Spotlight #036."},"content":{"rendered":"

We have met Adrian and Roxana face to face at Portfolio Reviews 2017 and we love his work, so being a part of our Spotlight was no surprise.<\/p>\n

Subsign: Before we get things rolling, let\u2019s get acquainted. Tell us a few things about yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0Hey! Hello. I’m an illustrator from Romania. I’m a big cat lover, and that’s why I draw lots & lots of cats. My work is not just about cats, so you know. Sometimes I’m making drawings from my customers’ photos, and sometimes I do ink drawings. This is me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Subsign: What was your childhood like? Do you think your experiences from childhood have influenced your present creative endeavors?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0When I was a little child I was doing lots of stupid stuff, I was curious, I was naughty. I used to stick the fork in the electrical outlet and I was trying to mimic my dad who is an electrician, taking apart electronic devices from the house which ended up destroyed. I was very energetic.<\/p>\n

My parents realized that I might be talented when they noticed that I was reproducing all the drawings I was seeing in magazines, newspapers, even tablecloths.<\/p>\n

My life experiences have influenced my creative effort with good and bad, they have always been the main subject of research for me. I had everything: depression, breakups, fights, but I’ve also loved, won and evolved into a better version of myself. They are part of me, they made me the person I am today.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: How would you describe your work style?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0I developed two drawing styles: the first one is ink on paper where I draw in black ink and the works are darker, conceptual, they get you thinking. And my second style is digital, vectorial, funny, cartoonish, with many cats, which is more straightforward.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: Can you share with us how your creative process works?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0I get inspired by a lot of things but I never copy. I usually see something on the streets, on the internet, in movies that catch my attention and I have an idea. At that moment I pull the phone out of my pocket and type in my idea. If after a week it still sounds good, then it remains.<\/p>\n

From that idea to the final drawing many things can happen. It is possible to come up with a better idea, starting from the original one or a totally new one. It’s possible to quit or add a lot, so the original idea may not look the way I imagined it first. That’s what happened when I was drawing for my bookmarks exhibit inSEMN.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: How does your workstation look like?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Subsign: What is your favorite work you have done so far?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0I like all the works and projects that I do, but only for the moment. After a while, I want something better than the previous ones, that’s why I can’t say I like one specific piece of work a lot, but I am very proud of everything I’ve done so far. They’re all part of my evolution.<\/p>\n

However, to answer your question, I would choose the works I’ve done for my bookmarks exhibition in 2015 called inSEMN. It was the first and only time I exhibited my private moments in a public space, in less than 60 small drawings in an unconventional format.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: Who do you admire as a visionary?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0I like Noma Bar, Mattias Adolfsson, Scott McCloud and Hugleikur Dagsson. There are many more artists I like, but I can’t remember them all now.<\/p>\n

Subsign: What advice could you give to someone starting out in the creative field of work?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0Never give up no matter what. Four years ago I was diagnosed with a rare disease that affected one of my eyes. Since then I have been drawing with only one functional eye.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0To build a time machine.<\/p>\n

Subsign: Can you recommend for our readers a book, a song and a movie?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0Jules Verne – 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea, Reamonn – Supergirl, Back to the Future<\/p>\n

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Subsign: If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0I would do a party-exhibition. People come to socialize, laugh, have a drink, and my works would be displayed on the walls. I would call a pretty underground band from my country to play.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: What did you wanted to be as a grown up?<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian:<\/span>\u00a0I’ve been drawing since I was 7-8 years old, but it took me a long time to get here. I was stubborn. I had never thought of what to do in life until college. From that moment I immediately knew I wanted to create illustrations, comics and funny stuff, and that’s what I’m doing now \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Thank you Adrian for being a part of it!<\/p>\n

If you know a creative that should be in the spotlight feel free to contact us at\u00a0jojo@subsign.co<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

For more of Adrian\u2019s work you can follow his on the link:\u00a0Adrian – instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Adrian – website<\/a>,\u00a0Meow & Meuw on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Desene dup\u0103 fotografia ta on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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