Artist of the Day: Erik Svetoft

Erik Svetoft

LOCATION: Gothenburg, Sweden
PRIMARY MEDIA: Ink, markers, pencils, digital [Photoshop, After Effects]
EDUCATION: HDK School of Design and Crafts [bachelor degree in design 2015]; two years of preparatory art school prior to that
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Illustrations for Gothenburg Film Festival [2017]
Animated music video “Vamenarom” for Random Bastards [2016]
Hakken sequential art/comic book [2016]
WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF ARTISTIC ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED, AND FROM WHO?
“Drawing has always been my primary way to express myself so maybe ‘draw things from real life.’ That one is really cliché and basic, but still solid advice; it helped me a lot when starting out. ‘Draw the space between objects instead of the objects themselves’ is also a good one. I mostly remember the technical tips and tricks like these that I picked up from my teachers during art school. For a while it felt important to be able to draw things the way they look.”
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