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In depth Experimental art
Artist
proFile
Sean Sevestre
location: England
Sean is an artist of many
disciplines. He’s worked
as an illustrator and
concept artist in games,
TV and films for
companies such as
Blizzard and Netflix.
www.seansevestre.com
Why do you paint?
What excites you
about making art?
Personally I love
the idea of creative
freedom – being able to draw or paint
whatever idea you choose to pursue.
There’s no right or wrong way to
make a painting; this process is one
I like to use when I want to challenge
myself. It requires me to be open
to new visual ideas and solutions,
experimenting from start to finish
and hopefully coming away with a
greater knowledge of how to tackle
visual problems, thus increasing that
creative freedom I’m looking for.
A good starting point for this type
of challenge is to make some of your
weaknesses the focus of the image.
This is a great way to push your visual
comfort zone and train your problem
solving abilities. Artificial structures
and material contrasts were areas
I felt I needed to work on, so I based
this image around a highly reflective
object in a man-made environment.
We learn so much from our
mistakes – that’s why I think
exploring uncharted waters and
looking for new solutions is so
worthwhile. In fact I believe all
creative disciplines are linked and we
can transfer what we learn from one
discipline to another, to create more
interesting and unique results.
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