Taylor: Hey Phillip, its going good, just ate a whole bunch of bread.Phil: So can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Taylor: Hello, my name is Taylor Russ. I am known to go by the name 'Danger' as it pairs so cleverly with my last name. I live in Michigan, the obvious hotspot of graphic design in the Midwest. I am 16 years old, nearing 17, I'm getting old. I like to draw pictures of things, most of my pictures are on my schoolwork, and none of them make any sense whatsoever. I enjoy one-liners, many bizarre and cheesy movies, and I have an unusual affinity for bread and bread products (like pasta). I don't know how much information I was supposed to list about myself, but that's plenty enough for someone to find where I live and kill me.
Phil: Yeah bread is quite the delicacy these days, and right now I'm living off ofpasta and rice I haven’t learnt to cook anything else yet.So how did you get into art?
Taylor: I've loved art since I was a wee child. I used to skip recess to stay inside and draw while the other kids played. I don't really know where it came from, though, since both of my parents are severely artistically-challenged. My parents have tried to enrol me into art classes, but I've never been a fan. I don't like drawing cubes and cones, dangit.
Phil: Yeah I always found art classes just seemed to limit creativity, the idea ofsomeone telling me I'm doing my own ideas wrong is a bit weird. So since artclasses obviously aren’t your influences, what would you say are?
Taylor: I'm influenced by a lot of different things, first of all God but mostly different people. When I see something amazing done by someone, I want to make something just as amazing. Of course, I fail, but it pushes me forward trying to achieve something that may impress those who I'm impressed with. A few people I take influence from (and have taken from in the past) are artists such as UPSO, NoPattern, Simon Noynay, Mike Perry, Leon (d3d), Christopher Buchholz and numerous others.
Phil: Cool, well it seems to be working, looking at your work over on threadless you can see the improvement, speaking of designs you recently startedselling you're own hoodies, how did that come about?
Taylor: Well, I was a bit tired of waiting for anything I've design to be printed elsewhere and I was anxious to see something go from screen to shirt, so I thought I'd try out a little project for the coming winter months. Hoodies was probably a bit of a big first bite for printing, what with costs and all as apposed to T-shirts, but I figured the people would want something to warm themselves up a bit, and thus, hoodies were made. The process was long, due to my mistake of going to a hand-printer rather than an automatic press printer, but the problem was corrected and I got them out in the time I said I would. This answer seems like I'm rambling a bit, so I'll just say: I got impatient, and really wanted to see a design of mine on clothing.
Phil: What impressed me about you was that you took that step at all, some peoplenever do it. So how has the project been going?
Taylor: So far it's been going pretty well. I sold a lot before the Christmas season, sold some to stores around here (that ended up not working out, due to how much I needed per hoody, due to low print numbers), but now sales have been a bit sluggish. However, I have a deal coming up very soon involving something very secret that'll likely boost sales for a little bit.
Phil: Bit of a cliff hanger Taylor, so whilst were on the subject, whats the plans for the future at the moment?
Taylor: I just hope to have continued success, like everyone else. I'm currently working on a project for Torso's future line (www.torso.com.au), and I just plan to keep steadily improving, learning new techniques, and just becoming everything that I can. Hope that answer wasn't too broad or cheesy for you ;)
Phil: If you were a type of cheese what would it be?
Taylor: I would be Brie cheese, because I heard it is disgusting and I want to give it some love.
Phil: What is the greatest invention of all time?
Taylor: Greatest invention...well, they keep saying how great sliced bread is, but I think I'll pick the pixel. First discovered by Neanderthal man, whom, at the time, did not know how to use it. It was then kept in a crate in a massive storage area by the name of 51, for thousands of years, until the first computer was created. At that point, the government stepped in and said "we'll take it from here." And that's why we have MS Paint.
Phil: What have you been listening to recently?
Taylor: I've been listening to Shiny Toy Guns a bit lately. I do love a good techno rave.
Phil: Twas great talking to you, any last words?
Taylor: Thanks for including me in this, and don't forget to tip your chambermaid. How much to tip a chambermaid? I can't help you there.
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