{"id":703,"date":"2018-03-08T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T09:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/subsign.co\/stories\/?p=703"},"modified":"2018-03-08T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T09:51:23","slug":"spotlight-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subsign.co\/stories\/spotlight-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Subsign Spotlight #047."},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding Raluca’s Instagram was such a pleasure. Besides our interest in the creative field, we also discovered our love for dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: I\u2019m a ex(though forever)-art director that snuck away to become a freelance illustrator. I do my thing in the company of a sweet mutt by the name of Dovlecel (Pumpkin). Presently I spend most of my days trying to make things look a little bit better, make a bit more sense out of reality, attending to the mutt\u2019s needs, chasing fairytales and failing miserably at cross-fit classes.<\/span><\/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

Raluca<\/span>: Scary. Never understood adults. They seemed to have extremely counterintuitive rules. I got along better with animals and drawn imaginary friends. Spent most of my childhood listening to stories on vinyl and sketching. More or less I\u2019m doing the same things now. <\/span><\/p>\n

There was a point in my childhood that turned things around for me. When I was 11 years old I won a drawing contest and went to Japan for a couple of weeks. It was quite a culture shock. Fell from the edge of the eastern communist block in the middle of a radically different and far, far ahead 90\u2019s Yokohama. This made me forever fond of ink, dichotomy, minutiae and ghouls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: A veterinarian but my parents insisted on following through the artsy path.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: As seen below. Now. But I change the setting depending on the light of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: I have a few \u201cgo to\u201d styles. For one, my work is by commission mostly and so the clients always have a brief. Sometimes that brief does not include references from my portfolio. Second, I get bored easily so even when I\u2019m knee deep in my own projects I manage to find a challenge, ask something new of myself. Probably the biggest nightmare would be to look back on my work and find out that I did the same thing over and over again.<\/span><\/p>\n

But underneath the restlessness and different requirements I think there is a \u201cstyle\u201d that I would describe as being overbearingly sinuous and detailed with a touch of creepy surrealism.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: Brief, research, thrill, sketch, anxiety, horror, starting things, more horror, continuing things because life is short and I need to pay the bills, frustration, more and more horror, finishing with the promise that next time will be better.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: To be quite frank, I am proud of none of my creations. But, on a personal level I look fondly upon March <\/em><\/strong>from 11 months of happiness.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: So many people. From illustrators to fashion creators and architects. There is a huge and wonderful creative world out there. My favourite feeds come from Hi Fructose and Juxtapose Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: I\u2019m at a loss most of the time\u2026 maybe something like do what gives you most pleasure and don\u2019t pursue validation but better results from your work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: Invisibility, definitely. Pranks would be made, animals would be liberated, walls would be painted, unpleasant people would find their shoelaces tied. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: Right now I would go for The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly, Hell is Round the Corner by Tricky, The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: All summer long beach party where everyone should come with their pet dog. Or pig. Or otter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Raluca<\/span>: For a good party I would choose more likely famous fictional characters and friends (the closest ones are famous to me for being able to stay around) but if David Bowie happens to stop by I surely will not mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

If you know an artist that should be in the spotlight, contact us at\u00a0jojo@subsign.co<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

For more of Raluca<\/span>\u2019s work you can follow her on the links:\u00a0Raluca’s portfolio<\/a>,\u00a0Raluca on Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Raluca on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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