After Daniel Gavotti and José Varela Venezuela still has a lot of talents to check out !!! I do not have space enough to display all the pictures Claudio sent me, but check his gigposters account a you will definitly discover something you'll like as his art covers a wide range of influences and techniques. Bienvenido Claudio !!!
i listen to a lot of rare not so much commercial music, a lot… and a broad
range of styles. in the range of from pixies to pez and BJM in between.
Can you tell us more about
yourself, who are you, where are you from, what do you do?
i have a tech title in advertising, did some big agencies, I’m a
freelancer basically, also do some rock music, some gaming CG, and eventually
some magazines. I’m from Barquisimeto,
Venezuela
When did you start drawing?
My grandad is a good impressionist painter he tought me basics when i was
a kid, altough i am not good ilustrating at all. For me what really matters the most
is concept, i repeat “concept”. so i served myself with everything i have at
hand to get the way trough the idea
Did you follow any course or
did you improve by drawing in the margins of your schoolbooks?
Schoolbooks!!! I was attending to a false start of electric engineering
career and now i remember myself scketching posters of fictional bands, or
logos at the time (switched to
advertising career after that) or drawing cars or aircrafts in early school at
recess time
I live from it, both “traditional” advertising and this more artsy posters
/ flyers (they pay a lot of the house mortage), BTL stuff, of course i’m also
an eccentric millionaire with a private jet in my free time
Are you collaborating with
magazines/fanzines, regularly?
Sometimes i collaborate with a
virtual magazine called “La Navaja de Mc Giver” http://www.facebook.com/
Where does your influence come
from? Is there any artists/graphists you particularly like, what are your
influences?
I like cars and aircrafts a lot, there’s so much art in them. since im not
a pure designer i feel like i can save some of the common places or conflicts normaly
found ( in disadvantage of technical skills let’s say) but 70’s muscle cars, 80’s
colors, weird local products packaging, humor, etc. I dont feel attached with a
specific style but always keep looking what the “vanguard” sort of “looks like”
so i can skip that and stick to my own.
Drinking cofee, and getting a strong right and unique concept. instead of
wasting time on the computer. If it doesn’t have a nice concept it’s just contributing
to global warming
Do you do everything by hand
or on computer?
I use whatever i can, a napking, or 3d computer graphics, used office paper with stains are favorite. Computer
is just another tool
How long does it take you to
do a poster?
They get designed very quickly once the concept it’s right. i’ll say three
to five hours top. They are always urgent, so i can not take like two weeks to
do them
You have a very distinctive
style, are you doing only what you feel like or if tomorrow somebody asks you
an oil painting with horses running out of water with a sunset backdrop, is it
a problem or are you up for it ?
I always do what i feel like, They come up best. It’s very rare to take a
especific request but they get done right also. Liked That “sunset” idea of
yours by the way.
TOMATES FRITOS, FORDELUCS, LIMPIACABEZALES, UNCO, ATKINSON, WAHALA, FABIOLA
DIAZ, CARLOS ANGOLA, OKILLS, LA NOTA IGNOTA, VIRGENFEST, ELEFREAK,
LIMPIACABEZALES, LOS PIXEL.
For which band would you love
to work?
Oh, well im already doing it, and that is very nice. I just hope to have more overseas requests
Do you choose the artists
yourself?
Been lucky enough to work with bands I like. I’ve had requests from bands
that i dont like, and it’s a disaster. but sometimes it's just the opposite and
you become the best designer they could get, it should work like that.
What is the most difficult
part in designing a poster ?
A poster basically has to take you out of your seat or computer, and get
you going to the concert (even if you don’t go, you should want in the Wall of
your room and look it for hours). It must take you to how is it basically “to be” there with
that band rocking out, it has to put you in the right mood. I mean… if all that
mentioned before is not a difficult part enough
I started to desing my own flyers (for my band initially) because i was
worried about how venezuelan rock poster designs were poor or lacked concept, even
colors, or design at all. I dont
consider myself a “pure designer” ‘cause i do a lot of ohter advertising
related stuff, but i have been doing enough posters to see other “designers”
raise up their concepts, or the bands taking care to make better Works and that
makes me silently happy
A bit of self-promotion, take
advantage of it, it's free, where can we see your work , on the web or in real
life?
I’m a real bad self-promoter but i try to keep them posted at
this is my band also
The best praise you received
lately?
Best praise is when you dont have to justify your art, or explain it …at
all
a better self-promoting web page maybe, and some overseas bands, why not?
Thanks for answering my
questions and see you soon on the website !!
No, tank you man. This means a lot to me, really. I’ll show it to my wife right away
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