The Character Design Blog (a personal favorite site of mine) brings us a nice, lengthy interview with animator and illustrator Pascal Campion. Pascal has made a name for himself for his unique and highly impactful style. I find his deceptively simple character design and his saturated, monochromatic color schemes to be simply breathtaking. His work is stunning and his blog absolutely worth bookmarking.

Interestingly enough, Pascal echos some of what I discussed in a recent post concerning motivation and self development. I’d like to believe that this is an example of “great minds think alike”…yes.

He says:

LOVE what you do. Have fun doing it. Remember why you like art…if it’s for the stories, the emotions, or just the technical aspect of it.. always remember what you like and go for it.

It’s too easy to get lost by learning all these different techniques and tricks. You’re only going to use a few anyhow to do what you want to do, and chances are, you’ll have to create them yourself in order to accomplish YOUR vision.

Don’t wait for someone to give you the go ahead to do something. Just do it. I know it’s cliché, but I’ve met so many great artist that never do anything else BUT the work they are commissioned to do because they feel like they are not giving the right opportunity. I don’t believe anybody is ever going to give it to you, you just have to go and do it If you want to do a short film, make the time for it, if you want to do a graphic novel, take the time to do it.

The sooner, the better!

Enjoy the interview!