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Eric Peterson is a veteran cartoonist & artist who worked across a variety of industries and niches, through advertising & commercial art, and now as a independent artist. Eric has developed a signature style, based in abstraction and surrealism, and referencing silkscreen and printing techniques of centuries past.

Catch up with Eric and see some of his work on his Facebook page.

The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 57 with Cartoonist & Illustrator Eric Peterson
2015.05.11/0 Comments/in Podcast Episodes /by Prescott Perez-Fox

Eric Peterson is a veteran cartoonist & artist who worked across a variety of industries and niches, through advertising & commercial art, and now as a independent artist. Eric has developed a signature style, based in abstraction and surrealism, and referencing silkscreen and printing techniques of centuries past.

Catch up with Eric and see some of his work on his Facebook page.

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THE BUSY CREATOR PODCAST WITH PRESCOTT PEREZ-FOX

Ep. 57 w/Eric Peterson
 
 
   

Eric Peterson’s artwork

Eric Peterson’s artwork

Eric Peterson’s artwork

Eric Peterson’s artwork

 

Eric drawing a character, without formal sketching

Show Notes & Links
  • Eric describes his work as strange, surreal
  • Eric’s influences were comic books and book illustration
  • Dr. Seuss
  • Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak On Amazon and On Audible
  • Block-printing and engraving, methods of reproducing illustration in centuries past

    • Example of an engraving illustration

  • Cross-hatching, a shading technique

    • Crosshatch styles

  • Gray’s Anatomy, originally published 1858
  • Dr. Henry Vandyke Carter, the unsung illustrator for Gray’s Anatomy
  • Eric worked in advertising in the 80s, but didn’t find creative satisfaction
  • Stream of consciousness
  • Zen
  • Canadian publisher taking on Eric’s next comic project

    • “A true artist does things that are organic or abstract.”

    —Eric Peterson

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    • Silkscreen

      • “There’s something that happens in spontaneity that lends a huge visual aspect that fine-tuning just doesn’t have.”

      —Eric Peterson

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      • Joel Duggan, cartoonist & illustrator, appeared on The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 2

        • “Coffee and drawing is perfect.”

        —Eric Peterson

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        • Art methods of old
        • The Learners by Chip Kidd On Amazon and On Audible
        • Brazil, The movie, written by Terry Gilliam
        •  Eric Peterson on Facebook
          • Tools
          • Drafting table
          • India Ink
          • No. 2 or No. 4 Watercolor brush
          • Japanese brush pens
          • Red photo pencil
            • Techniques
            • Allow the writing to lead the art, as well as the art lead the writing
            • Take a break — perhaps even months or years
            • Keep your pencil sketching loose, let the inking process take the lead
            • Procrastinate on purpose, to take meaningful break
            • Embrace creative distraction
              • Habits
              • Sketch ideas as they pop into your head, don’t let them vanish
              • Wake up with coffee and enjoy the rituals of all its sensory aspects
              • Carry a sketchbook at all times!
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