I had Instapapered this Interview with Frank Chimero a while back and finally found time to read it. Here are some of my favorite lines:
I try to keep a mobile studio. I like moving around. It keeps me curious and “on.”
I just bought a Panasonic Lumix GF1 a few months ago and I love it. It makes me feel skilled rather than like an idiot. That’s what good technology does.
I like Muji notebooks and Muji pens because they work well, yet don’t feel precious. In my case, the more I treasure a tool, the less likely I am to use it. I always scribble all over the first page because there’s no way I can make anything worse than that. So, we’re off to the races.
I have a brain and some hands and every once in a while it feels like they’re working together. Those are the best moments.
Read the full interview here.
I remember reading his Setup article a while back and it was really quite inspiring. A good read.
May 19th, 2011 / 1:01 pm
the only real interesting thing that would have been worth to quote, given that we are talking about an illustrator is:
“I have a 13” Macbook Air. No other machines. […] but the computational requirements of my work hasn’t fundamentally changed in the past few years. So why wouldn’t it work?”
who care if it has a crappy/entry level digital camera?
May 19th, 2011 / 4:18 pm
I like to move around as well.
I have 3 Desks in 3 offices and 10 coffee shops in New Orleans I like.
If clients want to meet we can do it on their turf.
May 23rd, 2011 / 12:31 pm
I like moving around too. It’s always nice to make a website in the garden. And that quote about the notebook is so true, I used to hate doing the first page in a notebook, but that’s not really the point of sketching. Scribbling on the first page is a great idea!
May 24th, 2011 / 4:00 am