Artist Owen Davey on creativity, collaborations and working with kids’ drawings
We collabed with artist Owen Davey on a brand new drop. He used our Indonesian kids’ drawings as an inspiration. Go check it out!
Every Face This T-shirt is designed by famous illustrators worldwide. They are given an Indonesian kids’ drawing to work with. And Martina worked with an illustration from Rani (then 8 Years old) whom Face This met at the Darul Funun school nearby Bogor, Java. Rani drew this during our session in 2013 when we visited her school for the first time. She called her drawing Veni, a very happy girl, always seeing the positive things in life and in people. Veni has lots of energy and is full of life. Like Martina captured so beautifully in her illustration.
Illustrator Martina Paukova was born in Slovakia were she studied politics. But her creativity took lead and she moved to London to study Graphic Design and Illustration.
“I work mostly editorially and commercially, so for magazines, startups, various campaigns and only every now and then I have time and headspace for personal work. But recently I’m realizing more and more that it’s also important to make time for non-client based output. So I made creating of a personal piece part of my creative practice. I do sell my work, people email and I print it out and send it. So I totally need to get a nice online shop at some point!”
“I work both from my flat and from my creative studio. I must say I have a very comfy setup! Morning always belong to me: I get up early, tinker around, do yoga, have a long shower and breakfast and then I start working around 11. Around 14 or 15 I cycle in 20 minutes to my studio and work there till late evening. I think it’s my kitchen table at home where most of my idea generation happens and the studio is great for vectorising and coloring. And of course socializing! I share the studio with other creatives and we’re a nice bunch there.”
“I am very happy I did it. I love kids, I love kids drawings and this project was a sweet little challenge for a great cause!”
“Fun! Those little drawings were so super charming. I just had to find a way how to incorporate it into my work without each of them cheapening each other, and I think I found the way!”
“I approached it like any other brief really, pondering about it when doing something else like cycling or cooking. Trying to think of a way how to solve it. Cause every assignment from a client, or a personal project or a charity project like this, is just another puzzle that needs solving. Then the initial ideas got sketched out and eventually after a little back and forth I arrived at the final result.”
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We collabed with artist Owen Davey on a brand new drop. He used our Indonesian kids’ drawings as an inspiration. Go check it out!