![]() A lot more mistakes happen and I think that's kind of where the fun is for me.” “I like the unpredictability of pen and paper particularly. Starting off with analog tools allows a certain creative freedom, and most importantly mistakes can’t be two-finger tapped away. With ideas driving the visual conversation, Cari’s process begins where a lot of creatives do - away from the screen. Less is more to a certain degree, especially when you're depending on the story.” The less detail that you put into something, the more people can fill in the gaps. Perspective, that's the first thing you avoid.” Getting serious Cari continues, “When it comes to spot illustration, you can really just lay little indicators of an environment around that will always make it more relatable. Don't like drawing buildings? Don't draw any. ![]() Half jokingly she reveals, “Your first step is to dislike drawing any environment. When quizzed as to why she chose to translate her ideas through spot illustration, her response is surprising. And to a certain degree, it'll always kind of have your essence to it.”Ĭari’s illustrations and animations are hyper-focussed works that center around a figure or object to do the storytelling. I like to noodle around with a bunch of different styles, but I think at the end of the day, for most of us, we have a certain way we naturally want to draw. I think that there's still room to keep exploring, which is fun – tripping and stumbling along the way. “I did make a concerted effort to figure out, and I am still trying to figure out how to make a picture look as funny as possible. This simplicity is as deliberate as it is charming, “At a certain point I was like, what's the most efficient way to communicate a humorous idea? And so I've been trying to gradually strip it back to figure out the most economic way of explaining an idea, while still making it an interesting image to look at – which is hard, because there's no right way of doing it either.” But it’s all open and I love it.”ĭeceptively simple in style but overflowing with ideas and humor, Cari’s work is immediate and instantly satisfying. And then we each have our own separate desk spaces, which are essentially our studios. ![]() We've got big sheets of paper that we'll put out to just chill out and talk. “There's a big communal table that we eat lunch at and do collaborative drawings on sometimes. “It's very intimidating because they're all extremely talented,” she jokingly says. Sharing a space with fine artists, kid's book illustrators, and editorial illustrators means Cari is never short of inspiration and professional opinions when she needs them. But we do have a tons of packets from all the hamburgers we order here.” “I share an old ketchup factory with four other illustrators. Not one for sitting still physically or metaphorically, we were lucky enough to catch up with Cari during some rare downtime in her Brooklyn based studio. Cari Vander Yacht’s energy, much like her work, is instantly infectious and endearing.
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