- An feature with Hannah Stouffer
- About Hannah Stouffer:
- Since The Beginning. Los Angeles-based illustrator Hannah Stouffer finds a great deal of comfort in imagery- it's an admiration that is often times overwhelming. With an infatuation for icons and images that reflect and categorize historical eras, genres and subcultures, her work is an opulent, elegant and beautifully intricate mixture of illustration and design. Her densely-packed compositions consciously recall classical elements from our past and combine them with our modern attractions, creating cohesive yet opposing array's of imagery and embellishment. She focuses on the contrasts between periods in time, subcultures and social trends- and merges them together with a high regard for traditional decoration.
- Age:
- 27
- Location:
- Los Angeles
- URL:
- Visit Hannah Stouffer's site
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Interviewed by: Tony for MONARKH magazine on the 24/05/2009
1) How did you first get into design?
I’ve been engaged in art my whole life. My father was a cinematographer, and drawing made more sense to me than school work did. I don’t think I’ve ever stopped.
2) How you would best describe your work?
Psychedelic, satanic, classy.
3) What inspires you the most?
The darkness within the light. Human emotion and contrast.
4) How do you normally start work on a project?
I’ll accidentally spill a bunch of ink and water across my desk and onto all my nice, new clean watercolour papers then I just basically have no choice.
5) On average, how many hours a week do you spend on design?
I tend to work on 10 things at once so it’s really hard to gauge. Day in, day out- mornings, weekends, it depends. I’ve kind of stopped working late at night, unless I have a big show coming up. When I close my eyes at night I always hope that it will just all disappear.
6) What style music do you listen to when you work?
Reaaaaaallly gangster gangster rap, hip hop, dirrrty south, lots of metal, some RnB, booty bass. I’ll make playlist’s of a lot of it Mac Mall, Sabbath, Dust, R. Kelly, DJ Screw, you know.
7) Who do you admire the most and why?
Passion and drive always excite me, that’s kind of all I know.
8) Favorite website(s)?
www.google.com
9) Any words of wisdom you would like to share with us?
Don’t stop the hustle. Ever.
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