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028 ✿ Cultivating your Artistic Style as an Illustrator ft. Nicole Medina Tending Creativity
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028 ✿ Cultivating your Artistic Style as an Illustrator ft. Nicole Medina
In this episode I spoke with the amazing illustrator Nicole Medina.
Nicole is a Latina American illustrator based in Philly who creates rich, bold , and colorful illustrations. Some of her clients include Target, Big Cartel, The Washington Post, The LA Times, and so many more.
In this interview we talk about the artwork in her middle school days that inspired her to become an illustrator before she even knew illustration was a career path, her thoughts on traditional vs digital art, her creative process, her love for the horror genre and taking care of your body, especially your hands, as an artist. And much more!
*Get a free sticker by leaving a written review for the podcast! Screenshot your review and email it along with your mailing address, to marissuelena@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram*
Topics we discuss:
Nicole introduces herself and what she does as an illustrator
Being creative as a kid growing up
Being a child of immigrants
Her parents’ support of her artistic path
Discovering illustration in art school
The art that inspired Nicole to be an illustrator
Being an emo middle schooler
The album artwork for The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
Artist James Jean
The importance of surrounding yourself with creative inspiration
How Nicole began freelancing after graduating college
2020 being the year her client list expanded
Working with Target for their Mondo Llama line
Nicole’s relationship working with digital and traditional tools
The children’s book Nicole is illustrating
How her sketchbook and personal work led to client work
The idea of traditional art being “better” than digital art
Realism
The age old question of art style
How Nicole arrived to her art style
Quantity vs. quality as an artist
Evolving as an artist
Nicole’s creative process
The importance of Nicole’s sketchbooks to her creative process
The importance of good composition
How Nicole balances the complexity of her illustrations
Nicole’s love of Horror films
The relationship between horror, comedy, politics, and the zeitgeist
Jordan Peele, Eli Roth, American Mary (2012), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Marissa’s favorite type of films
The emotional reaction films create
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), French new wave, angst in film, Roma (2018)
What else Nicole does for fun- reading, manga, and punch needling
Being sedentary as an artist
Hand and wrist pain as an illustrator
The importance of dream projects
Marissa’s dream projects- a comic series or graphic novel and editorial work
Developing the first steps of your process to facilitate creating
Nicole's website
Nicole's Instagram
Nicole's TikTok
Best Believe, written by NoNieqa Ramos and illustrated by Nicole Medina
Follow us on Instagram
Host/Marissa's Instagram
Host/Marissa's Tik Tok
Tending Creativity Tik Tok
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028 ✿ Cultivating your Artistic Style as an Illustrator ft. Nicole Medina
In this episode I spoke with the amazing illustrator Nicole Medina.
Nicole is a Latina American illustrator based in Philly who creates rich, bold , and colorful illustrations. Some of her clients include Target, Big Cartel, The Washington Post, The LA Times, and so many more.
In this interview we talk about the artwork in her middle school days that inspired her to become an illustrator before she even knew illustration was a career path, her thoughts on traditional vs digital art, her creative process, her love for the horror genre and taking care of your body, especially your hands, as an artist. And much more!
*Get a free sticker by leaving a written review for the podcast! Screenshot your review and email it along with your mailing address, to marissuelena@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram*
Topics we discuss:
Nicole introduces herself and what she does as an illustrator
Being creative as a kid growing up
Being a child of immigrants
Her parents’ support of her artistic path
Discovering illustration in art school
The art that inspired Nicole to be an illustrator
Being an emo middle schooler
The album artwork for The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
Artist James Jean
The importance of surrounding yourself with creative inspiration
How Nicole began freelancing after graduating college
2020 being the year her client list expanded
Working with Target for their Mondo Llama line
Nicole’s relationship working with digital and traditional tools
The children’s book Nicole is illustrating
How her sketchbook and personal work led to client work
The idea of traditional art being “better” than digital art
Realism
The age old question of art style
How Nicole arrived to her art style
Quantity vs. quality as an artist
Evolving as an artist
Nicole’s creative process
The importance of Nicole’s sketchbooks to her creative process
The importance of good composition
How Nicole balances the complexity of her illustrations
Nicole’s love of Horror films
The relationship between horror, comedy, politics, and the zeitgeist
Jordan Peele, Eli Roth, American Mary (2012), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Marissa’s favorite type of films
The emotional reaction films create
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), French new wave, angst in film, Roma (2018)
What else Nicole does for fun- reading, manga, and punch needling
Being sedentary as an artist
Hand and wrist pain as an illustrator
The importance of dream projects
Marissa’s dream projects- a comic series or graphic novel and editorial work
Developing the first steps of your process to facilitate creating
Nicole's website
Nicole's Instagram
Nicole's TikTok
Best Believe, written by NoNieqa Ramos and illustrated by Nicole Medina
Follow us on Instagram
Host/Marissa's Instagram
Host/Marissa's Tik Tok
Tending Creativity Tik Tok
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tendingcreativity/message
1 hr 32 min