{"id":2906,"date":"2020-06-10T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/subsign.co\/stories\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2021-05-19T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T07:49:53","slug":"subsign-spotlight-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subsign.co\/stories\/subsign-spotlight-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Subsign Spotlight #089."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Subsign: First, can you tell as a few things about yourself?<\/span>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrin<\/span>: I\u2019m Alexandrin Damascan, a Bucharest based illustrator and animator working as a freelancer. I studied Ceramics at the National University of Arts, Bucharest and I work digitally.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\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>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrin<\/span>: My childhood was fun, I grew up in Bucharest in the early 2000\u2019s at a time where things were starting to change pretty fast. Flashy banners covering rugged communist buildings, a huge influx of movies, cartoons, games and music got accessible via local area network hubs, so we had this mix of incomplete stages of a developing country to explore. I feel a lot of these things got stuck with me to this day and it\u2019s reflected in my work. <\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Alexandrin<\/span>: When I was 3-6 years old my mother was studying fashion design at the same university I later attended, so I went to a lot of classes with her. I guess I was pretty exposed to different types of arts and I knew some people even get paid for it. My interests changed with age, when I was little, I wanted to work at LEGO (still do btw hit me up), then I started to like cars I wanted to be an industrial designer. Later when I really got into games, I wanted to work as a concept artist.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Alexandrin<\/span>: I mostly draw in bed for my personal work but for the sake of it here it is.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subsign: Do you have a work style? How would you describe it?<\/span>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrin<\/span>: I get kind of judgmental toward myself so I would describe my style as tedious and boring ha ha, jokes aside I struggled a lot trying to \u201cfind my style\u201d, I know a lot of artists do, but from what I\u2019ve learned it\u2019s that you can\u2019t force it, comes naturally with time.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Alexandrin<\/span>: I try to warm up with things I suck at, trying to study as much as I can. After that I start with a messy sketch, refine it, add colors in big shapes, add details, shading and usually I sleep on it, If I like it in the morning after then it\u2019s good to go.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Alexandrin<\/span>: This is one I did a while ago; I like it because it shows a bigger picture of the world I\u2019m trying to build.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subsign: Who do you follow for inspiration?<\/span>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrin<\/span>: I\u2019m inspired by many artists out there, but some from the top of my mind are: Gast\u00f3n Pacheco, Ian McQue, Victor Fota, Ioana Sopov, Grajdeanu, Tanner Wilson.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Alexandrin<\/span>: Well, It\u2019s hard giving advice about this because I was not very good at it, but I guess try sticking to things you enjoy drawing, but don\u2019t be afraid to be miserable about stuff you HAVE to draw, It’s a process and in the end it will all be worth it.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subsign: If you would a super power, what would it be?<\/span>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrin<\/span>: The power to never have to sleep.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Alexandrin<\/span>: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Snooze 4 love by Todd Terje, Do the right thing.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\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>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrin<\/span>: I would throw a Youtube party where everyone stands around a small computer screen so we can watch stupid stuff together.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subsign: What famous people would you invite to the party and why? <\/span>\n\n\n\n

Alexandrin<\/span>: I would invite the ones that still had a lot of things to say but sadly didn\u2019t have the chance to do so.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you know an artist that should be in the spotlight, contact us at jojo@subsign.co<\/a>.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you Alexandrin for being a part of our Spotlight!<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more of <\/span> Alexandrin ‘s work, you can follow his work on the links: <\/span>Alexandrin on Instagram, <\/a>Alexandrin on Artstation, <\/a>Alexandrin on Behance.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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