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Featured Artist Interview - Bechira Sorin
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More than 8 years of experience has thought Bechira Sorin a lot. And his works that covers a wide spectrum visually demonstrates this clearly.
He has works across the board of every field of visual communication, such as digital mattepainting, vfx, graphic design, illustration, typography; and now takes on the role of an Art Director with the X3 Studio, which provides services in Digital Branding and Interative Media.
His personal works have been featured in Gnomonology, DesignInEurope, Future Cityscape and FairSpot, just to name drop a few; and this is a way for him to contribute to the creative industry and community.
With a goal for self improvement, Bechira Sorin is always game to explore and experiment with new possibilities of expression through his works of visually stunning works.
TAXI>>Hi Sorin. Nice having you on board The Front Seat! Tell us why do you think which art movement would best describe your style of designing?
Sorin>>Hi TAXI. Thank you for giving me the front seat.
I like to believe that my style is influenced by more than one art movement: Art Nouveau, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, Deconstructivism in my illustrations and design, and Romanticism in my digital mattepaintings.
TAXI>>You have stated that you often try to combine traditional techniques with digital ones. How do you achieve that, and do share with us why ?
Sorin>>These mediums have their advantages and disadvantages and I try to take what’s best for me from each one and combine them to get a fresh and unexpected result.
For example, the traditional mediums have the advantage of artistic freedom and uniqueness, whereas the digital medium is fast and accurate.
TAXI>>Your recent art piece "Omega Code" is amazing, and has elements of mythology in it. What inspired you to create that ? Any story behind it ?
Sorin>>It’s more art than design, because there was no planning or strategy involved in the process.
I can't tell what was my inspiration at that moment. It was an trial and error procedure. I often just combine forms and shapes until I get interesting results. It’s almost like drawing with your eyes closed. It’s very fun and creative process.
TAXI>>You also work with typography and design them; how would you describe your usual working process when it comes to designing fonts?
Sorin>>Like almost my entire works, these are experimental also. I always want to create something unique and spectacular and therefore I never stop experimenting.
I try to find unfamiliar shapes that you normally wouldn’t use as a letter body and play with them until I get a common base for all the letters. And later on, I make the details that define every group of letters that share the same propreties. (wide letters, narrow letters, letters with descends or with ascends, etc). Sometimes I repeat this process several times in order to obtain what I want.
TAXI>>What was the motivation to create "Abandoned Place", that has recently been released as a video tutorial on digital mattepainting by Gnomonology?
Sorin>>It was made for a contest at CG Society a while ago. It was a very complex project, with three major stages: people removal from a given plate, scene extension of cleaned plate and the actual digital mattepainting. The theme was to depict a far future with the London National History Museum as the main scene element.
I choose a LOTR like look and feel and placing a cemetery in the main hall of the museum invaded by vegetation, I wanted to suggest the passing of time.
Well, I hope this kind of scenery will never happen because the London National History Museum is one of the greatest buildings ever built.
It was pleasant surprise when Gnomonology contacted me to make the video tutorial for it.
TAXI>>As a designer with more than eight years of experience, what is a dream project that you hope you can achieve in the near future?
Sorin>>Never thought of a dream project. As long as a project raises a challenge, it’s a dream project for me.
TAXI>>How has your industry experience shaped your perspective in approaching each project that you take on?
Sorin>>After all these years of experience, the briefings are easier to understand and to interpret. This is the most important step of the process, being the starting point of the design process.
Therefore a better and quicker understanding of the brief creates a better design approach. Also it’s easier to see if a design it’s working or not, but one the most important thing that you learn is to listen to others' opinions, to learn to detach from your works and to analyse them in an objective manner.
TAXI>>Amongst the works you've done, which piece is your favourite? And, why?
Sorin>>I think my favourite is “Futuristic Architecture Landscapes Tryptic” created for slashTHREE art community.
I like the flow of the compositions and the movement, the rythm, the amount of detail and and the colors, the balance between negative and positive space...well, the entire look and feel.
TAXI>>Meanwhile, I'm sure everyone would love to see your current working space. How about showing it to us?
Sorin>>The future, where North America drops their censorship regulations, the world in general is beyond the anti-social lifestyles and of course a warm destination with nice beaches, beautiful women and high waves so I can learn how to surf. Thanks!
TAXI>>Thank you Sorin, for this chat. Before we end, if you had a taxi that could take you anywhere, where would like to go at this very moment?
Sorin>>As a big admirer of Gaudi, if the taxi could travel in time, it will be in the future, at Sagrada Familia, to see it completed.
© 2003 - 2009 by TAXI Design Network. All rights reserved.
He has works across the board of every field of visual communication, such as digital mattepainting, vfx, graphic design, illustration, typography; and now takes on the role of an Art Director with the X3 Studio, which provides services in Digital Branding and Interative Media.
His personal works have been featured in Gnomonology, DesignInEurope, Future Cityscape and FairSpot, just to name drop a few; and this is a way for him to contribute to the creative industry and community.
With a goal for self improvement, Bechira Sorin is always game to explore and experiment with new possibilities of expression through his works of visually stunning works.
TAXI>>Hi Sorin. Nice having you on board The Front Seat! Tell us why do you think which art movement would best describe your style of designing?
Sorin>>Hi TAXI. Thank you for giving me the front seat.
I like to believe that my style is influenced by more than one art movement: Art Nouveau, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, Deconstructivism in my illustrations and design, and Romanticism in my digital mattepaintings.
TAXI>>You have stated that you often try to combine traditional techniques with digital ones. How do you achieve that, and do share with us why ?
Sorin>>These mediums have their advantages and disadvantages and I try to take what’s best for me from each one and combine them to get a fresh and unexpected result.
For example, the traditional mediums have the advantage of artistic freedom and uniqueness, whereas the digital medium is fast and accurate.
TAXI>>Your recent art piece "Omega Code" is amazing, and has elements of mythology in it. What inspired you to create that ? Any story behind it ?
Sorin>>It’s more art than design, because there was no planning or strategy involved in the process.
I can't tell what was my inspiration at that moment. It was an trial and error procedure. I often just combine forms and shapes until I get interesting results. It’s almost like drawing with your eyes closed. It’s very fun and creative process.
TAXI>>You also work with typography and design them; how would you describe your usual working process when it comes to designing fonts?
Sorin>>Like almost my entire works, these are experimental also. I always want to create something unique and spectacular and therefore I never stop experimenting.
I try to find unfamiliar shapes that you normally wouldn’t use as a letter body and play with them until I get a common base for all the letters. And later on, I make the details that define every group of letters that share the same propreties. (wide letters, narrow letters, letters with descends or with ascends, etc). Sometimes I repeat this process several times in order to obtain what I want.
TAXI>>What was the motivation to create "Abandoned Place", that has recently been released as a video tutorial on digital mattepainting by Gnomonology?
Sorin>>It was made for a contest at CG Society a while ago. It was a very complex project, with three major stages: people removal from a given plate, scene extension of cleaned plate and the actual digital mattepainting. The theme was to depict a far future with the London National History Museum as the main scene element.
I choose a LOTR like look and feel and placing a cemetery in the main hall of the museum invaded by vegetation, I wanted to suggest the passing of time.
Well, I hope this kind of scenery will never happen because the London National History Museum is one of the greatest buildings ever built.
It was pleasant surprise when Gnomonology contacted me to make the video tutorial for it.
TAXI>>As a designer with more than eight years of experience, what is a dream project that you hope you can achieve in the near future?
Sorin>>Never thought of a dream project. As long as a project raises a challenge, it’s a dream project for me.
TAXI>>How has your industry experience shaped your perspective in approaching each project that you take on?
Sorin>>After all these years of experience, the briefings are easier to understand and to interpret. This is the most important step of the process, being the starting point of the design process.
Therefore a better and quicker understanding of the brief creates a better design approach. Also it’s easier to see if a design it’s working or not, but one the most important thing that you learn is to listen to others' opinions, to learn to detach from your works and to analyse them in an objective manner.
TAXI>>Amongst the works you've done, which piece is your favourite? And, why?
Sorin>>I think my favourite is “Futuristic Architecture Landscapes Tryptic” created for slashTHREE art community.
I like the flow of the compositions and the movement, the rythm, the amount of detail and and the colors, the balance between negative and positive space...well, the entire look and feel.
TAXI>>Meanwhile, I'm sure everyone would love to see your current working space. How about showing it to us?
Sorin>>The future, where North America drops their censorship regulations, the world in general is beyond the anti-social lifestyles and of course a warm destination with nice beaches, beautiful women and high waves so I can learn how to surf. Thanks!
TAXI>>Thank you Sorin, for this chat. Before we end, if you had a taxi that could take you anywhere, where would like to go at this very moment?
Sorin>>As a big admirer of Gaudi, if the taxi could travel in time, it will be in the future, at Sagrada Familia, to see it completed.
© 2003 - 2009 by TAXI Design Network. All rights reserved.