Timeouts are lightning-quick interviews. Five questions to help you get to know the players holding court at Dribbble. Many thanks to Pam for being today’s interviewee.
Who are you? Let us know where you hail from and what you do.
My name is Pam Wishbow, I live in Seattle, Washington after bouncing around the country for the past few years. I’m a freelance illustrator and stay-at-home cat parent.
What are you working on?
Right now, lots of painting commissions but my secret exciting project is one for a stationery company where I get to draw a whole ton of witch things that my inner eight year old is completely freaking out over. Skulls, spiders, and eyeballs everywhere.
Choose a favorite shot of yours. Why is it a favorite?
Ink Paintings. This guy is probably one of my favorites. I’m really proud of getting over my fear of ink and this is one of the first times I felt confident enough to just go to town with ink and have it come out looking pretty awesome. I’ve looked at it a bunch since I posted it as visual courage for other projects I’ve been working on.
Tell us about your setup. What tools did you use to create the shot (e.g. hardware, software, pens, paper, blowtorch)?
This was done on wood board that I’ve painted on a couple of times now, never being very happy with what was there before. So wood board, a couple of roughly sanded layers of paint, a lot of ink and some of the faintest pencil lines I could get were all I really used. I discovered sandpaper and pigments can create some beautiful textures because of this piece. It helps that my desk is at a window because of all of the sanding, it still means everything I own is usually covered in dust though. The picture of my clean desk is a total lie.
Choose a favorite shot from another Player. Why do you dig it?
My life by Allison Kerek. I’m in love with this shot, I’m pretty enthralled with everything this girl does, to be honest. This piece is less bizarre than some of her work, but it gets to the point. I love when people can show a person when all of the human proportions are messed up and crazy. It makes me laugh, it’s well done and super creative. I distinctly remember sending it to friends when it showed up on my homepage.
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