Every month, we highlight the work of a different artist or illustrator through the title banner of our monthly newsletter - Penorama. If you don't already receive Penorama, you can subscribe here.
The artist of the month for October is Jack Knight, whose banner is inspired by October's most famous event - Halloween.
Here's the banner Jack made for us:
Here's how it appeared in our newsletter:
Cult Pens: Tell us a bit more about yourself.
Jack: I'm an illustrator and artist based in the North West city of Lancaster. I love art, drawing, creativity and making things. I work as an illustrator and artist and I also volunteer at a local school to help them with their class room art projects and wall displays.
Cult Pens: How would you describe your work?
Jack: My work is primarily hand sketched, then inked and coloured digitally but I do sometimes go old school with acrylic paint on canvas. I'd describe my work as being bright, colourful, eye-catching and bold.
Cult Pens: What got you into drawing/illustration?
Jack: I've always been passionate about drawing, ever since I was old enough to successfully hold a writing tool I've been making pictures. It just seemed natural that I would pursue it as my career.
Cult Pens: If you weren't a illustrator, what was the back-up plan?
Jack: My backup plan is working with children. I get on really well with them, I'm a qualified teaching assistant and I really enjoy being able to teach them new skills and help out around the classroom.
Cult Pens: What are your favourite subjects/topics to draw?
Jack: It varies from week to week, sometimes I'm mad keen on drawing mechanical things like complicated machinery or steam punk devices, sometimes I draw abstract surreal stuff and sometimes I prefer doing concentrated object drawings in pencil of real life items.
Cult Pens: Where do you get your ideas or inspiration from?
Jack: Out and about around Lancaster, talking to people, perusing design websites and reading magazines. I don't watch TV much, but films sometimes can inspire me.
Cult Pens: What are you currently working on?
Jack: At the moment I'm designing business re-branding images for a homoeopath, an info-graphic for a fashion retailer and some character avatars for a computer software company.
Cult Pens: How long does it normally take to complete a project?
Jack: Hard to say, it varies obviously. I guess typically, two to three days.
Cult Pens: What are your top 5 pens?
Jack:
- Parker Ballpoint
- Letraset ProMarker pens
- Staedtler 308 Pigment Liner
- Kuru Toga Mechanical Pencil
- Parker Fountain Pen and Ink
Cult Pens: What pen or pencil couldn't you live without?
Jack: A mechanical pencil with a rubber on the end. Maybe I should have put that as my #1 in the top five...
Cult Pens: Do you know when a work is finished or are you constantly tweaking?
Jack: I keep saying to myself, art is never finished, only abandoned. It's so true. I do tweak a lot and in the end I have to drag myself away.
Cult Pens: What work are you most proud of?
Jack: Had to think about this for ages! I think...I'm probably really quite pleased with "Flux". It's a really large acrylic and mixed media painting on canvas that took me 26 hours to complete.
Cult Pens: What tips do you have for aspiring artists/illustrators?
Jack: Don't undersell yourself. Be confident. Study more artistic techniques. Practice, practice, practice!
You can see more of Jack's work below or alternatively visit his website.
If you'd like to have your artwork featured on our newsletter drop a note to marketing@cultpens.com with a link to some examples of your work.
30 September 2013
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