Interviewing pieces of art/joelhustak

The story behind the artwork.

We will try to show the story behind the artwork.
Many times all of us we are wondering how a piece of art was created.

Here is a good chance to learn some information about techniques, the artist's feelings who is being interviewed and many more.

We will be picking one artwork,and the selected artist will have the chance to choose 3 of his own works to be featured.

If you want to be interviewed,send a note to /Litavis or /JurgenDoe . We will be happy to give you an interview about your work.

joelhustak

The chosen piece

1.What is special about this piece?

This piece features some iconic imagery such as the vesica piscis, which is all about duality. In front of the ‘entrance’ you will find a dark figured statue and a light figured statue, which is also a play on duality.You will also find subtle foreboding skulls within the patterns of the leaves, this gives you the sense that there is death and darkness within this tree which is so colorful and full of life.

2.Did you choose, or were you chosen to create this artwork?

I chose to create this piece. It was a personal painting that I completed in between freelance gigs.

3.Tell us about your techniques.What steps do you follow when you create a new artwork? Do you have a real plan or set up?

This piece was very experimental and spontaneous.It actually started out as a photoshop document where I was simply testing the texture of a new brush I had created. Something about the pattern in this ‘test’ canvas spoke to me and it just evolved from there.

4.Where did you found your inspiration about this artwork?

At the time I was recalling a sacred geometry class I took a year earlier in college and that is what inspired the vesica piscis idea.The idea for the large tree came out of the randomness of the texture, similar to rorschach ink blot tests. This was also created during the fall, so that must have fed a lot of the inspiration, subliminally at least.

5.How do you feel about the feedback and the response you received? Do you care? Or do you like to figure it out all by yourself?

I always enjoy feedback when I’m creating artwork.It allows me to get another set of eyes looking at the piece and to see what an outsiders opinion might be.I feel that my feedback and overall response was very positive with this piece in mind.I’m certain that this piece in particular played a key role in me getting work with one of my current clients.

6.What is the strangest or funniest comment or question you've ever gotten about this artwork?Do you keep previous comments or critiques in mind for your future works or do you just go your own way?

The most common question I get goes something like this “I don't know whether it's me but are there meant to be skulls made from leaves?”.I think that is obvious that there are subtle skulls in the tree, but because they are not defined and form a sort of illusion some people often question if they are meant to be there.

I always keep critiques in mind. I showed this painting to a handful of professional artists, which I highly admire, and revisited the piece once I was able to. The image you currently see is the revised version.

7.What are your biggest doubts (assuming you have any), about your artwork?

My biggest doubts probably lie within my draughtsmanship qualities.
I know there is still a lot of ground I need to cover within technical drawing skills.

8.Share with us 3 pieces of your gallery to admire.

Joel Hustak
Illustration and Concept Art
http://www.joelhustak.com/

Oct 12th