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Issue70 / 2014
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dream… of an Illustrator
chill out area. The middle section of the
tower had a different face on every side
and a huge fibreglass elephant head with a
smoke machine billowing through its eyes,
and the top section housed a laser, which
shot into the sky. The team was a joy to work
for and the installation ended up travelling
to Shambala and Noisily festivals, where I
heard that unspeakable debauchery had
happened inside it!
So on the other side of the spectrum, what
has been the worst job you've ever done?!
Well although the festival was a joy to
work with; I guess due to pure misfortune
it would be the work I did for secret garden
party. Ross (the other member of the Fables
creations team) and I were given a week to
paint a giant yellow brick road dance-floor
in front of the amphitheatre stage, being
constantly exposed to rain and dust we
ran into countless problems. We ended up
building a makeshift tarpaulin gazebo and
varnished the entire floor once we had fully
illustrated it, only to have the stage team roll
up on the day before the festival and declare
that the concrete dance-floor was unsafe to
dance on and cover the entire artwork with
a massive black rubber safety sheet for the
duration of the festival. Not one festival-
goer got to see the fruits of our labour, but
the festival itself redeemed the experience.
What would you be doing if not this?
I have always been torn between my love for
illustration and my passion for wildlife and
zoology, I would definitely be doing work for
conservation or caretaking of endangered
animals if it weren't for my current work
as an illustrator. The key thing now Is to
find ways I can combine both my interests
and illustrate for a cause that supports the
conservation of animals and the prevention
of deforestation, there is a few projects
however that I have in the pipeline that do
just that and I'm very excited about
So, if you could be anyone else for the day,
who would you be?!
