Sebastian Timpe, artist of “Deep Sea Baby” and cover artist of The Future Fire #71, joins us for this week’s microinterview.
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| Art © Sebastian Timpe 2024 |
TFF: How did you go about illustrating “Deep Sea Baby”?
Sebastian Timpe: This was a very interesting piece to approach from a visual perspective, it had two stories going in it and one of them is a conversation with no visual elements attached. After reading it once I knew the first illustration had to be the white flowers in the lungs. It was such a striking visual. For the second illustration I decided to do a travel poster because the vacation aspect of the location seemed very important to the story.
TFF: How do you go about visualizing the truly alien?
ST: I use a lot of reference material in my work so visualizing something outside our world is very difficult. I prefer to play with strange versions of our reality, like the jellied mushrooms or the indigo sky.
TFF: Is there a difference for you between creating artwork to order, and composing purely from your own imagination?
ST: For me the deadline is the largest difference. Working on my own projects I'll often pick them up and put them down on a whim/when the inspiration strikes. Creating artwork to order means I have to actually finish it!
TFF: What or who would you most like to draw, paint, sculpt or photograph?
ST: I've just gotten into Dragon Age so I will probably be doing some fan art in the future.
Reminder: You can comment on any of the writing or art in this issue at http://press.futurefire.net/2024/10/new-issue-202471.html.
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