{"id":1584014,"date":"2023-08-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/18\/curtistappenden\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T09:00:00","slug":"curtistappenden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/18\/curtistappenden\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask an Artist: Interview with Dr Curtis Tappenden, Illustrator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Season 5, Episode 6: Interview with Dr Curtis Tappenden, Illustrator<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In this episode, Peter and Tom <\/em><\/strong>interview Dr Curtis Tappenden about his 30+ year career as a professional illustrator.<\/p>\n

In the first part of the episode, Curtis talks about his love of art and drawing in childhood and how creativity has always been at the heart of what he wanted to do. His support from his family and key teachers was fundamental in fostering his early interest and talent and ultimately this led him to art school. Once at art school and introduced to illustration, he was hooked!<\/p>\n

Curtis recalls stories from his early career, which helped him to build experience and expertise and how his curiosity was potentially the key to garnering further opportunities to grow, build his business and develop his practice. He shares some of his artistic influences from past and present and talks about why he has a passion for reportage illustration.<\/p>\n

In the second part of the episode, Curtis talks about the qualities needed to be a good illustrator and explains the different clients you may find yourself working for in the profession. Through stories and examples, Curtis explains what his working day or week can look like, from initial conversation to being given a brief, through working roughs to a finished piece of work.<\/p>\n

Peter, Tom and Curtis conclude the episode by talking about the illustrator\u2019s role, relevance and importance in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s takeaway\u2026 find out more about Curtis on his website: https:\/\/curtistappenden.com\/<\/a>
Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curtis.tappenden\/?hl=en-gb<\/a>
Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/curtis.tappenden\/?locale=en_GB<\/a><\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Curtis Tappenden<\/p>\n