drfranken – 7 design questions interview

Designer – drfranken
Website – nastplas.com
Blog – nastplas.com/blog
Twitter – @nastplas

1. How much time do you dedicate to learning design every day?
Currently I work as a computer programmer for in electric ingeniería since eight years ago. The free time I have left is dedicated to my illustrations and to update my website and my blog. Normally I spend at day three or four hours but sometimes much more.

2. What other designers do you have contact with on a regular basis?
I have contact with many very good designers and illustrators. Many of them have his portfolios in Deviantart and other communities. With new technologies and social networks you can meet many artists and establish good relationships

3. Who are the top 2-3 designers that you respect and why?
The truth, is that there are many I like. I can not say only two names. There are many very good artist in all artistic disciplines and is a difficult choice, though I can tell you that I love the dark illustrators.

4. What’s your favorite website or design you ever made and why?
It is difficult to choose a single site, but I’ll tell you some that I like not only by design but by the quality of its content. Some of the ones I like are Deviantart, Abduzeedo, CGart, Behance, cgSociety… although there are many more that I like and I often visit.

5. Have you ever been published in a book or magazine? What books or magazines?
I have several artworks published in various magazines like IconEye, Revolutionart, and Visual Arts Illustrated.

6. What’s your favorite color in hexadecimal? How often do you find yourself leaning towards it with design projects?
My favorite color is always the #000000 black. Maybe because I love the dark and the dark art. I’m not much of color, but in my work I try to avoid this somehow.

7. What’s your most recent project we can look at?
My latest project is “Necrom.” It is a work in 3d and you can see at this links.
drfranken 3d
Behance Gallery
deviantart – drfranken