I’m continuing stage and scenic design for theatrical productions in Japan and Dubai, and I’m also trying my hand as playwright for an upcoming musical. There’s lots of writing and storyboarding to do for some, and lots of hand-drawn cel frames to finish in Photoshop for others. What are you working on now?Ĭurrently I’m completing the next wave of animated commercials for Skechers. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to slip my laptop, drawing tablet, and latest issue of Layers into a backpack and take my office with me around the world. Plus, it’s just a great resource to have. Each issue always opens my eyes to new methods, techniques, tips, and ways to approach my work. I really enjoy the tutorials in Layers magazine. He was a brilliant Renaissance man who thought “outside of the box” every day. My artistic influences, in no particular order: Windsor McKay, Walt Disney, Franco Dragone, Beethoven, coffee, overseas travel, Japanese cartoons, and my father, Jean Charles Massé. Without reference or limitations, I get to explore an original concept without boundaries. It’s wonderful when you can find it, like a parking space up front or a spot to lay your blanket on a busy beach. It is a hole in the creative and/or marketing world. It’s go time!Ī void is a wonderful discovery, professionally speaking. If I know where the finish line is, it makes the journey that much more fun. There’s nothing like a deadline to get my creative spirit moving. Needless to say, if I am not using a pressure-sensitive drawing tablet, I feel I am missing out on about 40% of Photoshop’s firepower.įor logo and graphic design, or for crisp vector-based artwork, I look no further than Illustrator. I have tried to remain a “purist,” artistically speaking, so I rely heavily on customizing my brush palettes and avoiding plug-ins as much as possible. Not a week goes by that I don’t discover something new about it, or a new way to approach a familiar problem. It is hands down the most amazing program ever made. I like to leave the “dirt” and rough edges in as often as I can to keep the “humanity” in my work. What’s the “method to your madness?”Įverything I do begins the old fashioned way with pencil and paper. Instant Inspiration is a new feature where we showcase an established commercial designer and pick their brain in an effort to gain insights on the creative process and inspiration in general.
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