Justin Winslow
This week on Tuesday Tours I’m featuring illustrator Justin Winslow. Not long into my freshman year at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, I was lucky enough to meet Justin Winslow, who was a bright burst of color in my world. We became fast friends, going out dancing at the Hippo in Baltimore, taking late-night walks to the City Diner, and of course, sharing our art with one another. Our work was very different — me a Fiber major doing some ‘art-school-esqe’ performance art, and Justin an illustration major who created amazing illustrations, some of which I even got to star in. He nicknamed me the flower doodler, because that’s all I seemed to be able to illustrate :). There was never a doubt in my mind that Justin would become a force in the illustration world after graduation. He has worked for clients like Animal Planet, Cartoon Network, HBOfamily, HGTV, MTV, Nickelodeon and PBSkids. Just take a look at his portfolio and you’ll see what I mean.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your creative medium.
I’m a full time graphic designer by day at Noise New York. When I’m not creating digital illustrations or infographics at work, I like to unwind at home in my room/art studio in Brooklyn, New York. Usually, “unwinding” might involve some wine and some new ink brush pens, microns, and watercolor paints. By day I’m digital, by night I’m hands on. Either way it’s a fun challenge to arrive at something visually compelling.
I have my ways of unwinding, usually it involves a little self meditation and listening to music or enjoying just sitting around and goofing off and wasting time. I get the best ideas when I’m happy and enjoying a diversion. For me it can’t be all work, work, work, work. There needs to be inspiration breaks.
