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In that process, a form of improvisation takes over as I start to come up with new and better ideas that work for the pieces as I’m still sketching it out. After some thought goes into it, I do usually start off with some very rough sketching, with the idea of getting the outlines of shapes and elements in the positions I have already thought up. Essentially it is just a period of brainstorming ideas. I will usually spend some time and just think about the general direction I want to take with the drawing. How do you usually go about drawing a piece? Do you start with a rough sketch, toss that and draw it again for real…or do you improvise as you go? Nowadays, I’m inspired by illustrators and street artists such as, Kim Jung Gi, Arthur Adams, Joe Vriens, CLOG, Seth McFarlane, Alex Pardee, SCRIBE….
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Todd McFarlane was another huge inspiration through his Spawn comics and toys. As I went into middle school I was a big fan of the shows on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, so to this day I am still inspired by the drawing styles seen on Angry Beavers, CatDog, Fairly Odd Parents, Spongebob, “Ed, Edd, and Eddy”, Dexter’s Lab, etc. My father and grandfather (and a lot of others in my family) were very artistic in many ways, which I think rubbed off on me as a young kid. If you had to name a few sources of inspiration, what would you say they were starting out and now?
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At the moment I am actually teaching myself how to make rubber molds and resin casts of my own small sculptures. I do like that, when I do try something new, I might not love what I end up with, but I definitely take away something new I can use when it comes to my own style and future projects down the line. Have you ever tried venturing completely outside of your “comfort zone” art-wise?Įvery once in awhile I do like to try other styles of illustrating or painting, but it ultimately comes back to this sort of cartoony style that’s been inspired by the Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network shows I loved growing up. Looking through your portfolio, your style is pretty unique and consistent throughout. Having an endless stream of killer artwork to look at really helped with pushing myself to do more with it. Actually, Instagram played a huge part with inspiring and motivating me, as I would follow dozens of comic book and cartoon illustrators. Until then I hadn’t pursued it as anything more than a boredom hobby, but I knew I wanted to do more with it and take it further. It wasn’t until about 2012 when I decided to start pushing myself with my art. I was pretty artistic from a young age, so I always had a knack for doodling and making cartoony drawings. If we rewind a few years, how and when did your interest in art and design take shape?
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At the end of the day, I think a being a pretty chill dude from Chicago sums it up! And, of course, I do enjoy creating my own music when the mood strikes! Being in the Chicagoland area I’m close to a ton of great breweries, restaurants, and other tasty shops, so I like to get out and try new things when I can. So, who is Mike Shragal?Īside from the illustration work I do, I love to create through other mediums, such as sculpture, paint, and I’ve been working on writing/drawing my own story book I want to complete soon! I just love creating things and having fun with it. So, everyone here at Toontrack knows that you’re a chill dude from Chicago…but the general Toontrack customer of course doesn’t. I happened to be visiting the Toontrack HQ in Sweden when I found out, and the next day I immediately bugged the art director about having a shot at doing the art for this product! A few years back I heard Toontrack was finally going to start a pop punk library- with John Feldmann! So, I was super excited to learn that, since he had produced some of my favorite albums by some of my favorite bands. Well, pop punk was one of the first genres to help inspire me to start playing guitar as a teenager, so a pop punk drum library was something I started asking about (and hoping for) early on into my Toontrack career. How come you ended up illustrating the cover art for this product?
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First off, you’re the artist behind the Pop Punk EZX illustration…but your day-to-day gig at Toontrack is handling technical support.