JARNO KETTUNEN / GO FIGURE It is a constant and very organic process, which started already in art school. The first characters looked very different and more abstract, but you can clearly see it is the same concept. During the years I picked up more materials and learned new techniques, which made the drawings more refined [...]
SABINE PIEPER / GO FIGURE There are a wide range of starting points for my ideas. It can be an emotion, a face I see, a fashion piece or just a colour I have in mind. For me the process of creating isn’t a conceptual one but rather an emotional one. By trying to transport a [...]
EUGENIA ALEJOS / GO FIGURE Two years ago I began to develop something that really connects or identifies me. It all started through loneliness on leaving my home town. I started to develop a 2D universe that I identified with. Usually I might develop the sense of an illustration in my head for hours and [...]
TARA DOUGANS / GO FIGURE I find great value in creating things with my hands. A pencil line is very honest. It can be gritty, beautiful, basic, precise. Straight from hand to paper, it immediately establishes a personality of its own. Working with pencil is not a choice or interest, but pivotal to the way I [...]
LESLEY BARNES / GO FIGURE I like the idea that fashion starts off as a sketch by the designer, before becoming a physical garment, and for me, fashion illustration takes this process full circle interpreting the clothes back to an image. The fabrics, patterns and colours are what I want to explore rather than the figure. I [...]
ARTAKSINIYA / GO FIGURE I think we all try to express our inner world by different means. It`s a matter of disposition. I show my entity by drawing. I love it because it helps to incarnate bodiless ideas swarming in my head into something palpable. I draw until my eyes tell me to stop. You know this [...]