Biography:
You want something to go with your words? Ask Eric to draw it. He's worked for a wide range of clients including individuals like yourself.
An illustrator born and educated in the original dairy state with a BFA in Illustration. Venturing playfully into worlds of magical realism, the work is heavily influenced by classic fairy tales and mythologies as well as components of cinema. From his earliest memories begging his mother to take him to see Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi standing eye level with a table covered in movie listings, a table which he draws on to this day.
Currently working from a modest apartment in the heart of suburban Milwaukee, Eric continues to visualize all the fantastic and mundane worlds his brain can squeeze out for editorials, narrative stories and advertisements. On some occasions with the paint, most times with the pencil.
Illustration Blog: www.roguemeat.com
Online Store ( Where you already are ): www.digitalsnowmen.com
Some Common Questions:
Q: Why is it you draw soo small?
A: I use the bits that are left over from creating larger works in a sort of recycling/getting the most out of my materials sort of way. Plus they are more approachable for those who are unable to afford larger pieces but want something original!
Q: Do you show your work anywhere?
A: I have pieces all over in different places. Some local here in Milwaukee, some abroad like in England. In Germany throughout 2010, one of my pieces moved in a traveling exhibition with the folks from Style Needs No Color.
Q: What is an archival print?
A: A lot of standard home inkjet printers use dye-based ink which typically has a shorter life span. Archival based inks use pigments. Pigments are what gives oil paint, watercolour and pastels their vivid color and lifespan derived from natural and occasionally man-made compounds. My printer at WallBlank is located in Rockford, IL and uses such high quality processes to ensure longevity. Granted any original or printed art placed in direct sunlight will fade quicker.
Q: Where do you find work that you'd like on your walls?
A: As an artist, its hard to look around your room at your own walls with only your work on it so I reach out to various resources and places that inspire me.
Favorite artists:
James Jean
Esao Andrews
Audrey Kawasaki
Jay Ryan
Favorite Design sites:
WallBlank
OMG Posters!
NOTCOT
Illustration Mundo