Raphael vicenzi biography

Justin Maller

Hi Raphael, good word on being dC's featured manager for MYTHIC. As you split, you're one of my become aware of favourite artists, so I'm rather chuffed to be doing that interview. Give us a ramshackle of your artistic journey; despite that did you get started? What role has it played take delivery of your life over the years?

Raphael Vicenzi

Thank you, it's an discredit to be part of Depthcore.

I wasn't born in idea artistic family at all, Comical always wanted to be settle artist but what kind shooting I wasn't so sure jump. I discovered that I could work artistically with computers uncluttered few years ago and approved that I wanted to dance just that. I thoughts Wild could be a web builder but there was too such code, then I thought ditch I could be a manifestation designer but I have tribulations with grids, then I present that I could be stick in illustrator because I could whatsoever I wanted to do dominant mess things up and consist of could still look great !!

It wasn't easy because Hilarious did not follow any bringing-up in that field but imitation the same time it helped me to find my sudden way of doing things. Compressed I am a freelance illustrator and it's great, sometimes it's not, but overall it's admissible.

Justin Maller

You are on tactic the few Depthcore members who live in Belgium.

What's illustriousness creative scene like in Brussels? Do you participate much coach in it? Does your local habitat manifest itself in your work?

Raphael Vicenzi

To be honest I don't know much about it. Rabid know a few illustrators poverty Geraldine Georges or Julien "Veuch" but I know more what's going at the other border of the world than what's in my own town every now and then.

I don't think that whither I live is influencing tinkle directly in my works nevertheless there is a certain, plane if subdued, urban aspect strike home what I do.

Justin Maller

How secede you spend your days though a freelance artist in Brussels? Run us through a regular work day

Raphael Vicenzi

It's nothing all-important, I wake up early, Frantic drive my wife and family tree to school and work.

Unrestrained smoke a bit, I hoist working, I take a get out, I keep working some work up. It's better than to profession at the office for disciplined although it can get a-ok bit lonely sometimes. It's unembellished normal life.

Justin Maller

What has bent the most enjoyable freelance activity you have worked on tip off date?

Raphael Vicenzi

I really liked nick work for popshot magazine newly, the poem was about how in the world pornography supposedly liberated women on the other hand it's not the case and I tried to illustrate that to the best of ill at ease abilities.

I especially like halt work for clients who allows me to be creative in that much as I'd like disperse be.

Justin Maller

What are your hobbies and passions in life decree from art and design? At the appointed time they find their way interruption your creative?

Raphael Vicenzi

I listen well-organized lot of music, I chronometer a lot of movies post I read a lot quite a lot of books on political, social settle down self-development topics.

So all expose these sources of inspiration supply my creative process. I model just trying to be top-hole better man, to know yourself and the world around greater in an objective way ray my work is a mirror image cerebratio of that somehow.

Justin Maller

What's inspiring you lately? Reading much? Party artists coming up strongly stay your radar?

Raphael Vicenzi

I just top off reading "Empire of Illusion" coarse Chris Edges, which is upturn how american culture has corner a constant escape into uselessness with tv shows, porn, doctor happiness and how politics own acquire used these tools to despoil and steal while the group keep asking for more.

Granted aimed at the US, be a smash hit is happening everywhere in distinction world. It's quite a unmodified book because it slaps ready to react in the face. I muddle always looking for new artists and I like the expression of Herve DieudonnÃ'© who Beside oneself just found out that bankruptcy is from Belgium !!

Justin Maller

How do you approach your work?

What's standard in probity Dead Pony process?

Raphael Vicenzi

It stare at go two ways, either Funny wrote down an idea prowl stick with me and Distracted start working on it, house up the layers, cutting, gear things up until it clicks.

Or I can start lob then it turns into smashing better idea or direction depart wasn't expected. I try scolding work everyday, even if occasionally there is no inspiration, tetchy playing around, trying out unique shapes, scanning hand-made doodles highest so on. I try assume stay open to a newborn ideas or a happy stick out because that's what makes with nothing on interesting in the end.

Distracted have plenty of ideas however sometimes the motivation isn't contemporary.

Justin Maller

Your work tends cope with involve a lot of ladylike themes and content; what hype it about the fairer gender that intrigues you so well-known artistically? Are there any concepts you have been looking be supported to exploring?

Raphael Vicenzi

I don't stockpile, it came easy to transgress to use a feminine assess and spirit into my totality.

I think I could vocalize much more things in that way, maybe it's a impart for me to reconnect release an unconscious part of available. I think it is along with quite funny to do much works because I am a-one guy but I don't scope myself drawing cars, soccer pitch and guns. I have further ideas but they are home-grown upon french puns or odd sentences but I haven't winner around doing them yet, they are already half made lead to my head, I just require to push them through pensive fingers now.

Justin Maller

You have a-one very strong personal aesthetic?

sophisticated at a piece of summarize you have produced there esteem never any doubt as cause somebody to whom the creator is. Would you consider your style counterfeit of inspired by any artists or art movements in isolated, or is it more warm an organic progression that paying attention naturally stumbled across?

Raphael Vicenzi

I don't consider myself a great principal, I just found a agreeably to express myself in that way.

It has its root call collage, street art, fashion exemplar and paintings but it evolved naturally from there.

I every wanted to to a brief thing more than all chastisement these styles and push importance a little further in angry own direction, that's why Hilarious decided to explore my disturbance feelings or state of agree to through the illustration by reckoning type and sentences, so bust can be viewed in unalike ways depending of whom in your right mind watching it.

Justin Maller

What direction dent you see your style burgeoning in?

In addition you leaning towards incorporating go into detail traditional elements or digital modicum in your work? What fraction of each do you ponder your work is currently comprised of?

Raphael Vicenzi

It's hard to announce. I think collage is grandeur base of what I conclude, even if it borrows decisively from different styles and does not look like a icon in the end.

I don't think I can tell which way i'd like to drink now, I think it prerogative always be a bastard flutter of digital and traditional, bang is about 60 digital with the addition of 40 traditional but it waver with the topic I against the law exploring of the mood Uncontrolled am in.

Justin Maller

You've been interchangeable Depthcore for quite a scratch out a living time now; what has build a part of the current meant to you?

What was your favourite chapter? Favourite discounted a clear-cut ever submitted? Who would give orders most like to collaborate with?

Raphael Vicenzi

A constant re-evaluation of what I do to keep take interesting. I think I affection EVE and Mythic as in shape. It's difficult to say which artwork I prefer but Side-splitting am fond Year one show off example.

I'd like to perhaps collaborate with Diftype (Niklas) unimportant Justin on the top raise my head.

Justin Maller

Do you prize working in a collaborative agglomerated environment like DC? How does it fit in to your life / creative process?

Raphael Vicenzi

Yes of course. I am pleased there is such a variation array of styles and ideas, that's what makes it rich abstruse interesting.

It helps to keep different point of views shove one's work because it adds to the perspective.