{"id":8881,"date":"2024-01-25T16:11:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/subsign.co\/stories\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2024-01-25T17:52:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:52:09","slug":"subsign-spotlight-125-interview-with-artist-paul-g-lucaci-dublin-fx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subsign.co\/stories\/subsign-spotlight-125-interview-with-artist-paul-g-lucaci-dublin-fx\/","title":{"rendered":"Subsign Spotlight #125: Paul G. Lucaci"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Paul<\/span>: I’m a Romanian artist based in Dublin, Ireland. I came here right after highschool trying to find my way into the creative industry. After 2-3 years of trying, things started to work out for me and since then I was able to make a living from what I love to do.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: My childhood was great. I was born in the countryside in Romania, so I had all the freedom to run around, and experiment. I was helping my dad with all sorts of construction work, building stuff from wood which I guess was the foundation for my creative thinking I use today.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: Growing up I always wanted to play the piano. I was playing songs as a toddler on my mom’s phone keyboard, as each number’s sound corresponded to a musical note. Then I got a piano toy which I was in love with. I wanted to move to the city to study piano when I was around 10 yo, but it was not possible financially. That’s when I started drawing.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: This is something I could never achieve. I like creating projects that follow the same look or style (like Dublin.fx, which the work in this article is part of), but I could never limit my whole career to that. I get bored way too easily.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: The creative process starts with an idea. I like to find the “plot”, then think about the story that can bring me there visually. In the past I used to be more chaotic, but now I like to storyboard all the frames, decide on the music beforehand, make rough shots to get a better look at how everything flows and just after that I start working on the refined piece.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Paul’s favorite work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Subsign: Who do you follow for inspiration?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul<\/span>: I try to follow as little as possible. There’s no social media apps on my phone, as I always get the tendency to compare my work with other artist’s work, ending up being more discouraged rather than inspired. But I go to the cinema a lot. I always feel an urge to create after watching a good movie.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: Keep making stuff. Good, bad, doesn’t matter. You’ll get better eventually. Your biggest enemy is not lack of skill, but lack of practice.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Paul<\/span>: Learning a new software in a day.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: Not much of a reader so I am not the best person to recommend a book. But here is a song: <\/span>Little Simz – \u201cGorilla\u201d<\/span><\/a>. And a movie: <\/span>\u201cLeave the world behind\u201d<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: Interesting one. Probably a house party in some nice cabin. No special occasion tho, spontaneous parties are the best.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paul<\/span>: Adele – I think she’d be amazing to party with. And Jack Harlow – I’d like him to perform.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

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