You see objects...I see textures.
By Judy Rozbicki
25 Jul 2007
1. What kind of designer are you? Graphic Designer & Environmental (Mural) Designer
2. What did you want to do for a living when you were a kid? Be an artist. I still remember using tempera paints in 1st grade. A few years ago I actually painted some store windows using tempera paints, and felt like I was going back to my roots! When I got to high school, I thought I wanted to go into animation or illustration. When I reached college I found out I was more attune to graphic design.
3. What is it about your design work that makes your photography better? And vice versa? Where do you see parallels between the two? With design you have to pay more attention to concepts and execution. I think the same ideals can be applied to photography. I like taking photographic elements and infusing them into design, to give my own spin on the things I create. I like how the composition and framing with photography can make your subject shine, the same way you try to focus on something with design.
4. What do you find most challenging about your work? Selling myself in a sea of so many talented people. Finding your niche and setting yourself apart is key. I'm still trying to find my way in regards to that.
5. Do you have design heroes? Photography heroes? Design heroes..Paula Scher and countless others...Photography heroes..Jim Brandenburg and Ansel Adams.
6. Name some unexpected sources of inspiration you've had. Quotes spark ideas in my head. Seeing how designers use other things like collage, screen printing and letter presses make their work stand apart from others. Things like that can make you want to try different avenues to make your own work better.
7. Do you have any regular habits/exercises that make you a better designer? Photographer? Partake in various Art and Photography exercises online, read Art/Design Blogs. When I find photos I like, I tend to save them somehow. Whether it's bookmarking it online, making it a favorite, or ripping the page out of the magazine, I do it. Sometimes I think it might provide inspiration later, or be a good reference photo for a upcoming project. When I got a new camera, I used environments I had already shot in, to test the scope of it, as well as familiarize my usage of it. That way I knew what to expect with the photos, and I wasn't risking not getting a new shot.
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