Monday 10 May 2010

Daren Newman...

Interview I found with Daren Newman:


An interview with Daren Newman...

What moved you to be a designer / illustrator / typographer
Been into all 3 for as long as I can remember - don't have a desire or the capabilities to do anything else!

What motivates you to do what you do?
Producing what you think is right for the brief/subject

What inspires your work?
Anything and everything

What do you love the most about being a creative person?
Being aloud to be creative, having the freedom to let your mind spill onto a page!

What do you hate the most about being a creative person?
People who don't understand think your a lazy bas**rd!
Having to be creative when you just aint in the mood!

What is the happiest moment of your career so far?
Setting up Funnel Creative 7 years ago & illustrating 'Which Will' with Si Scott

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Just give it a go, you'll probably regret it if don't!

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Learning how to walk and talk as a child

What makes you happy, makes you smile?
My family
Katherine Beefheart (me misses)
Nature
Fine music
Drawing letterforms
Illustrating
10p crisps
Rotring Pens
My new Dahon bike

What makes you depressed, makes you grumpy?
Cruelty
How they've now made a lot of 10p crisps 15p!
When you just aint in the mood and you just cant get your head into a project/brief
Hangovers

Where would you most like to be right now?
In bed

What is the worst job you've done?
Making food beneath the Mc Golden Arches!

What (or who) is your favorite...

Pizza
Dave Walsh Special

Band
Pentangle

Book
Anything about nature or Attenborough preferably both

Smell
Freshly cut grass (which is a nightmare as I'm allergic!)

Movie
Wickerman (original)

Word
Balloon or Vestibule

Color
Black/white

Super Hero
Wolverine

Beer
Erdinger Dunkel

Website
Google

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