LAB #1(40) 2008

the ones worn by Johnny Depp’s heroes in those movies. Then he discovered such magazines as ‘OZ’, ‘The Hippy Scene’, ‘Avant¬Garde Magazine’, which he was buying at the different flea markets on Seine embankment. He was watching, trying to grasp the ideas, ego tripping. The rat race of «shit-designer» took him 10 years, before he realized some stuff. «The most important thing is one should not use already existing fonts to write only a few words. You may visit ‘veer.com’ or gather a collection of old books and magazines…, do what you like, but never use million times repeated classic fonts. It is important to understand that as soon as you make several inscriptions in handwriting, you will never be able to use the ready-made fonts as it was earlier. It will be as unnatural as to shift from home-cooked dishes to fast food». Fyodor draws with the gel pens on the standard paper (details on the separate sheets). Then he scans all the elements of the future picture and combines them together with the help of Adobe Photoshop. The background is also drawn separately, but on the watercolor paper. «The most important is more hand work and no CopyPaste or filters».

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