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3DTotal: Hi Michael, thanks for talking to us. Please introduce us to your beginnings in CG art…
Michael : Hi, my name is Michael van den Bosch. I studied for about two and a half years at the ‘Grafisch
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Lyceum’, in Rotterdam. During my traineeship, I was stationed at Hallmark Cards, where I saw all these freelance illustrators bring in their traditionally painted artwork and I realised that this was what I wanted to do. In this traineeship, in 1995, I decided to “drop out”, got myself registered and became self-employed, working as a Freelance Illustrator.
3DTotal : A lot of your work has been for commercial purposes. Do you think that your style lends itself well to commercial projects?
Michael : Well, I’ve always been trying to create artwork with a message. I mainly draw art that has a cute and adorable kind of look. Being in the field of greetings cards, I’ve been told that 80% of the people who buy cards are women. So, to answer your question, I don’t know.
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3DTotal : You are both 2D and 3D artist, have you found getting work easier having skills in both disciplines?
Michael : Yes, 2D will always be the traditional art clients’ need, but 3D is all around us nowadays. All the latest animations in theatres, the computer
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games industry and movies are all 3D. So, when clients see that you do 3D, they will probably
contact you sooner.
3DTotal : What are your influences?
Michael : Almost every artist out there. I sometimes spend hours searching the Internet, looking
for artists that move me with their work. I’m always looking for inspiration, which doesn’t come
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