Interview by Jimon<\/p>\n
His name is Fernando Volken Togni an artist who is in love with geometry\/color and the Brazilian culture, his work is so delectable that if you could eat it you would.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1] Where did you grow up?<\/strong> 2] Did you know you wanted to be a graphic artist as a kid? <\/strong> 3] Did you attend an art school? Which one?<\/strong> 4] What or who has had the most influence on your work?<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n 5] What do you usually start with?<\/strong> 6] In your work do you draw a line between art and graphic design or are they just <\/strong>different parts of the same creature? <\/strong> 7] What principles and rules do you use for creating your art?<\/strong> 8] Give me a<\/strong> list of five things in your studio you can not live without?<\/strong> 9] Do you have a favorite artist?<\/strong> 10] How do you choose the colors in each of your creations?<\/strong> 11] Looking at all the work you have done, do you have a favorite?<\/strong> 12] What impact would you most want to see emerge from your work? <\/strong>
\nI was born in Roca Sales, a small town in Southern Brazil and currently I live in Porto Alegre, Brazil.<\/p>\n
\nFrom the time I was a kid I liked drawing. My parents noticed that and they always gave me a lot of colored pencils, crayons and sheets.<\/p>\n
\nI attended Unisinos University where I discovered and studied art and graphic design.<\/p>\n
\nMainly vectors and geometric shapes. I couldn\u2019t tell you what is my main inspiration. I just know I like to observe the details of things, the intricate elements. I like to illustrate quotidian stuff and use some elements of cities, nature, and mystic symbols.<\/p>\n
\nGeometric vectors and a blank canvas.<\/p>\n
\nI believe they are not the same, but they can work together, both have a message to convey. Both express something. But, for me, design is a little bit more commercial and functional. However, illustration gets closer to fine art or interpretation of it. I think an illustrator could succeed as a graphic designer easier than the reverse.<\/p>\n
\nI always try to organize elements as they can live with harmony of shapes and colors. I like to use contrasts: a guide color such as black, vibrant colors to give life to the illustration and other midtone colors to reinforce the balance between the darkest and the lightest colors. I like to make shapes that fit inside each other searching for an \u201corganized chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nA computer, a window, a pencil, paper, and music.<\/p>\n
\nI love lots of artists. Jasper Goodall, Genevi\u00e8ve Gauckler, Steven Harrington, Bruno Paoli, Siggi Eggertsson, Sanna Annuka, Ryan McGinley, and the genious Marian Bantjes and Stephan Sagmeister. There are lots of others.<\/p>\n
\nI always use black to start. Then I choose three or four colors to make the composition.<\/p>\n
\nI like patterns a lot. I made a Mini Cooper car wrap (see accross), the Flash Mini. But I am currently working on new projects that I am in love with. Will be out soon.<\/p>\n
\nI would love if one sees my illustration and smiles. I think illustrating is about conveying a message or spreading a feeling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":300,"template":"","categories":[5],"class_list":["post-5942","artists","type-artists","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-illustrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/5942"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/5942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}