[b]INTERVIEW WITH KRYSTINE ART[/b]
[b]Krystine, your work is incredible and we have been absolutely blown away with your creativity. It’s a pleasure to be chatting with you! Our first question – Please can you tell us a bit about yourself and how long you’ve been illustrating for?[/b] [i]I’m a French traditional and self-taught artist. Even though I have always drawn, I used to work in the health sector (working with children with disabilities, and also as a medical-psychological assistant for elderly people with mental illness in an institute) but my passion for drawing was much too strong, and now I am more than happy that artist has become my full-time job.[/i] [b]How long does it normally take you to illustrate one of your iconic portraits? Can you tell us a bit about the process?[/b] [i]It takes me about 10/12 hours to complete a single 8×11″ portrait. I often share on the social media videos of my process, showing how I use charcoal in many of its forms, how I make the eyes, the details of the hair, eyelashes, how I work to create shadows and lights on faces.[/i] [b]We can see you’re a huge Control fan. Can you tell us a bit more about that?[/b] [i]Control is just another excellent video game! Remedy Entertainment’s games are so unique and special! When Control was announced, I knew I would play it the first day it was released. I was not disappointed! The gameplay is amazing especially if you like shooters with a touch of supernatural. The graphics and attention to the details simply leaves you speechless. And Jesse! one of my favorite female characters. Can’t wait for Control 2![/i]
[b]Do you have a favourite piece in your portfolio?[/b]
[i]I think my latest portrait of Jesse Faden is one of my favorites.[/i]
[b]How influential has social media been in getting your work noticed by the community?[/b]
[i]Social media has been the best thing to get my work out there. When I created my Twitter account at the beginning of the pandemic, I didn’t know anyone, 0 followers, zero visibility and it didn’t work for me. But I kept posting my drawings every day, and one day Jeff Ross, the Game director of Days Gone, saw my drawings and helped me a lot to get visibility, and after that, several studios were interested in my work. I also think that when studios share our work it helps the artists gain a lot of visibility, which is then very motivating to create new pieces![/i]
[b]What’s next? Any new character portraits we need to keep an eye out for?[/b]
[i]I have a lot of new illustrations planned! I’m also drawing Jesse Faden again.
2023 is going to be fantastic with lots of art![/i]
Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us, Krystine.
Follow Krystine over on Twitter: [url=https://twitter.com/Krystine_art]https://twitter.com/Krystine_art[/url]