Interview and work of Tiago Hoisel

Tiago Hoisel is a illustrator with a distinct style of his own. His humor based illustration work is dynamic, inspiring and filled with story telling expressions in his work. I've included snippets from a great interview he did with CG Arena and a link to the original interview to get the full dose.

CG Arena Interview:

CG Arena: Hello Tiago, could you tell us a bit about yourself and your background in this CG world?

Tiago: Hi folks. I am graduated in Graphic Design, but even before starting the college, I was already directing my studies for humor illustrations, especially to caricatures. During college that direction didn’t change and I continued to focus on humorous illustrations more than the graphic design itself. Thanks to that focus, my career naturally headed for the illustrations field. Gradually my personal work started to have an identity and began to gain some projection as it was turning into professional work.

What’s the reason or what motivates you to choose this industry?

Tiago: I grew up in Ilheus, a small city in the Brazilian coast, about 400km from Salvador. During my childhood I used to do lots of things like play football, fishing, raising fishes and crabs and also

loved to draw. When I was 14, I discovered the caricatures world though the work of a caricaturist named Ique, who used to have his work published in Veja, which is the major circulation magazine in Brazil. I got really delighted for caricatures and from there I started to draw every day. I started by copying Ique’s cartoons and gradually got to know other references and developed my own style. When I started studying Graphic Design, I still had no idea that one day I would live as a Professional illustrator. I have drawn just because I liked too. Curiously, 10 years after my first contact with the Iques caricatures in Veja magazine, I was invited by the same magazine to publish my work there.

Which hardware and software you use for your painting?

I work on Photoshop CS3 with a large size Intuos 3 tablet. I am kind of ignorant in the field of computing, and have to admit I do not know the exact configurations of my computer at work. I know it is a PC with Windows XP 64, with 6 gigs of ram. At home working on an iMac.

Any tips for the upcoming artists which like to start career as illustrator!

I always say that someone who wants to start a career has to respect their personal interests and that’s not different for illustrators. I say that because it takes great dedication to be a good artist, and if you don’t like or are not comfortable with what you are doing, you will not be able to devote yourself enough and will end up giving away.

For the full interview you can find it on:

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/tiago/tiago.html