- Shanna: How did you come in contact with Shanna and the Nerd Nation?
- Dan: I answered a call for
help with the project she put out on Twitter
Dan:To create and bring to life a character to be the face of Nerd Nation
Shanna: What
motivated you to take on the project?
Dan: I love to create characters and bring them
to life, and this seemed like a really fun project to be involved with and from
the brief and ideas Shanna had had, I knew what we created would be really
cool.
Shanna:
Where did you get the inspiration to draw the character and was the description
provided helpful?
- Dan: The descriptives were the main inspiration, but I did do a little bit of research to see how 'nerds' were portrayed previously, and then started to sketch out ideas.
Shanna:
How would you describe Nygel's overall look?
Dan: To
start with I looked at Shanna's ideas and descriptions, and the very helpful
examples she sent through. I then worked up a few sketches of different styles
that I thought might work for this project - it was then very much a
collaborative project, where I would work on him a bit, email it across and then
work with Shanna's feedback to try and make Nygel as close to what was in her
mind as possible.
Shanna: How would you rate your overall experience in
working with Shanna in creating the face to the Nerd
Nation?
Dan:
She has been really great to work with, Shanna has had so many ideas, and even
though the project is so close to her and she has a very good idea where she
wanted it to go, she let me have the freedom to do what I do and create
something we are both really proud of. My perfect type of
client.
Shanna: Were there any special challenges during the
process? Any frustrations?
Dan:
Not really, I think it all ran pretty smoothly once we had the initial style and
ideas in place. I think in the end we were both working from the same page so it
worked well.
Shanna: Dan, if a perspective client wanted to reach your
studio, how would they do so? And are there any other forms of social media that
they might find you?
Dan: The best
way to contact me is by email studio@losttimedesign.com - or through my
website www.losttimedesign.com where you can see more examples of my work. As for
social media I mostly use Twitter @losttimedesign I
also have a Facebook page www.facebook.com/Shanna: Are you currently working with any other clients or any other projects with Shanna and the Nation?
Shanna: Do your friends know about Nygel?
Shanna: Nygel's
Nerd Nation is still a pretty much unknown, how do you feel about it's
perspective success and how do you feel that you had a major part in
it?
Dan: I think it really could grow, it is still
very early on in it's life but with the right care, right promotion and a strong
understanding about what it is it offers, I think it could really have
legs.
Shanna: Describe your overall artistic style.
-
Dan:
Varied, I have had the opportunity to work on lots of different projects and in
many different styles. I love to use colour and play around with ideas. I get
bored as well so always experimenting. This has actually been really good for
me, meaning I don't get put in to one box.
Shanna: Did this project take you out of your comfort
zone?
Shanna: What confidence did you have that you could
produce the character? -
Dan: I
was really confident I could, it is something I have had experience with, and
with all details and examples Shanna gave me on what she wanted - I was pretty
sure we could do it.
Shanna: You live in the UK, Shanna lives in
the Unites Stated, was this your first international client?
Would you
welcome more international clients or was this a special case?
Dan:
This actually was my first international client. I would LOVE to work with
more, especially from the US. I think there is such a huge exciting market to
get in to.
Shanna: Having never met, did you have any feelings of
apprehension doing business internationally?
Dan:
No, I was really excited about it. In this day and age I don't think there are
international barriers anymore. We both understood there was a time difference
(which would really be the only issue in this case) and we worked round it. I
can see that there could be difficulties if the cultures involved were totally
different but I think the UK/US relationship worked really
well.
Shanna: How
long did this project take?
Dan: It is
still going on - but for the first Nygel - I think in all it probably took about
a week (spread out)Well, that is a wrap for now! Dan, I appreciate all your hard work and dedication to this very special project. I could have never gotten it done without you! You are truly a gifted artist, and designer. I look forward to working with you on our other projects. If you ever need anything- recommendation-anything, drop a line! Thank you again!
I also have to thank Derwent Pencils for retweeting my request for help. You guys got the ball rolling! I hope you like the final Nygels....
Awesome job! I like what you are doing to the place!!!
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