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Upon returning home after living in Australia for a few years (where I'd begun to step away from animating) I decided I needed a change in my artistic pursuit. I began to realise that I found illustrating far more satisfying as a creative process

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2019-08-02


I love commissions of many areas when clients come to you with a loose idea but want you to do your own thing - full artistic freedom as long as you tick a couple of boxes. They make my heart sing.

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2019-07-07


I want to come up with images that have a bit of life & energy to them. I want to walk a tight-rope just a bit. So: I still prefer to use traditional media like paint, pencil, pens, ink, colouring pencils, and then get it into the computer

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2019-06-23


I’m a full-time illustrator from Galway, currently working in Bordeaux, the sunny SW of France. I work digitally, & love to experiment w different tones & textures which I pair with hand lettering to create distinctive & whimsical illustrations

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2019-06-06


What do you do to maintain a good work/life balance?
Well, I don’t really have a healthy balance. It all merges into one. Working from home means I end up flitting from the computer to the washing machine or walking the dog.

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2019-02-17


How do you keep a good work/life balance?
For me, the best thing ever is exercise, swimming in particular. I swam when I was younger and got back into it about 10 years ago.

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2019-02-03



Where do you find inspiration?

Inspiration comes from all around. I’m an observer and an absorber. I usually see things around me with a humorous twist, so my work tends to reflect that.

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2019-01-28



How do I go about commissioning you as an illustrator?
Just email robtorrans.ie
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2018-12-19


Explain your process
Over the years my image making process has developed gradually & I become more sure of myself & better at understanding my particular tastes as well as figuring out what process was best for me to adopt for each project. [..]

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2018-12-08


How has your upbringing shaped your work?
My parents encouraged my interest in art at a young age. I was quite a hyperactive child & painting or drawing pictures would focus me. My mother painted so there was always plenty of art materials around

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2018-12-07


Who, outside illustration, inspires you?
A: At the moment I've been reading about Leonora Carrington, and also her book 'The Hearing Trumpet' which is fantastical, weird and funny. [..]
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2018-12-05


[..]And then fate pushed me in the direction of illustration - shortly after leaving art school I got an illustration job to do the cover of a book (Turas go bun na Spéire by Rita Kelly) and some interior illustrations along with my partner [..]

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2018-12-01


What illustration are you most proud of?
Through my illustrations, I try to bring out a little bit of joy and positivity. One of my recent projects was working on the book 'Adventures in Philosophy' by author Brendan O'Donoghue. [..]
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2018-11-20

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Tell us a little about yourself
I was born in Granada (Spain). Although I studied and worked as an industrial engineer, my passion always was comics. That took me to eventually quit my job with a major corporation [..]
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2018-10-25



"Don't take a picture when you can draw it.
Anyone can push a button on a phone, but your drawing will be your very own personal reaction. And as Poi Dog Pondering says, “you get to know things better when they go by slow”."

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2018-10-16


What do you think makes a good illustrator?
A good illustrator =
– will show you a unique vision of the world through her eyes.
– puts some of his heart into their work.
– Has something to say through a picture.
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2018-10-15


Margaret Anne works by hand, with traditional tools such as pencils, pens, inks and watercolours to create intricate, heartfelt illustrations that are sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy, but always delightful.
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2018-10-12


For quite some time I had been working as Head of Art & Design in an agency in Melbourne, & just had my son. I felt I had to find a way to spend as much time with my son as possible [..]
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2018-09-29


My dream job would be to illustrate a children's picture book, my biggest influences are the children's illustrators Miroslav Sasek, Mary Blair and the Provensens, so to be asked to do a book in a similar vein to them would be amazing.

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2018-09-25


Q: Do you enjoy / or specialise in a particular area of illustration?
A: I enjoy illustration.
Q: Where do you find inspiration?
A: I find inside and outside my head.
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2018-09-17