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George Garrastegui Jr,
"Just start drawing … you are going to make a lot of ugly ones before you get the one you want." — Natalie Cooperman, Textile Designer, and Illustrator.
This episode's guest is Natalie Cooperman aka Nattmade (http://www.nataliecooperman.com/). She is a textile designer and an illustrator, who after being in the fashion industry for over 15 years is taking her passion and rekindling her love for making art.
Today I visit Nattmade in her apartment to discuss what has made her into the artist she is today. I learned that while working for various fashion companies, Natalie was inspired to create again, and hasn't stopped since. She has had art shows at local bars, created an ABC book (http://www.blurb.com/user/Doggie88) based on animals she has drawn for her daughter and explains her love for Jackson Pollack.
Nattmade keeps on creating because she just can't stop, it gives her peace.
Mentions / Links
Norman Rockwell: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/norman-rockwell-about-norman-rockwell/689/ Jackson Pollock: https://www.jackson-pollock.org/ Martha Stewart Project: http://www.themarthablog.com/2017/04/easter-buckets-for-my-annual-egg-hunt.html Mini Bar exhibit: https://patch.com/new-york/carrollgardens/local-artist-to-debut-50-drawings-at-mini-bar
Project / Works
50 days of drawing: https://vimeo.com/63452544 ABC Book: http://www.blurb.com/user/Doggie88 Paper Doll Project: http://blog.sktchy.com/post/100157817432/everyone-is-so-different-and-interesting-in-their
Resources / Tools
Style Careers: http://stylecareers.com/ Art Snacks: http://www.artsnacks.co/ Windsor Newton Watercolors: http://www.dickblick.com/products/winsor-and-newton-professional-watercolor-tubes/ Draft Matic mechanical pencil: https://shop.artsnacks.co/collections/drawing/products/alvin-artsnacks-5mm-draft-matic-mechanical-pencil
Where else to find Natalie:
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nattmade/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nattmade on Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/natttmade or Personal Website: http://www.nataliecooperman.com/
Visit the Works in Process website for more on this episode: http://wip.show/episode/wip-03-natalie-cooperman/
About the Works in Process Podcast:
A podcast series by George Garrastegui, Jr. — designer, educator and creative catalyst. Works In Process is a collection of discussions that exploring and demystify the creative process. I interview creative individuals to highlight and gain more insight into the way they work and the projects and/or products they produce.
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In this episode, I sit down with a colleague Eli Neugeboren (http://elineugeboren.com/). He is an illustrator and educator who teaches and reside in Brooklyn, NY. He has amassed over 1000 different illustrations from his ongoing project Drawing the News and is not stopping anytime soon.
We discuss Eli’s trajectory from a painter to retoucher, to educator and illustrator — and his collaboration with WTF Just Happened Today (https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/). Also, we find out why it’s important to have a recognizable visual drawing style, how putting in the work is the key to success, in his case anyway, and why working with your kids as your art directors is some of the most rewarding work you can do.
Great learning from your hard work, thanks Eli!
Where to connect w/ Eli:
on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enoogs/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elineugeboren on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/enoogs/ or WTFJHT: https://www.instagram.com/wtfjht/
Eli's Work:
Drawing the News: http://enoogs.tumblr.com/tagged/drawingthenews
ENOOGS on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/enoogs
WTFJustHappenedToday: https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/
Process videos: https://www.instagram.com/p/BJvrrSJjN-S/
Intro and Outro music “Gotta Get Up” courtesy of The Passion HiFi https://soundcloud.com/freehiphopbeatsforyou/free-the-passion-hifi-gotta-get-up-soulful-hip-hop-beat-instrumental
Visit the Works in Process website for more on this episode: wip.show/episode/wip-02-eli-neugeboren/
About the Works in Process Podcast:
A podcast series by George Garrastegui, Jr. — designer, educator and creative catalyst. Works In Process is a collection of discussions that exploring and demystify the creative process. I interview creative individuals to highlight and gain more insight into the way they work and the projects and/or products they produce.