In this episode, I interview Ramon Deslauriers (ramon_d on Instagram), an artist who enjoys manipulating and taking photos for digital media.
Ramon’s ethereal approach to imagery is both trippy and mesmerizing, and he’s heavily influenced by his 1980’s childhood and love of fantasy. His cell phone is often his medium of choice, and Ramon admits that he’s constantly consuming and producing imagery. Want to know what it’s like to be an artist in a digital medium? This is the episode for you.
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During our chat, we discuss;
- How Ramon creates music with his phone.
- What it was like growing up in a musical family and also being interested in art.
- Why Ramon took a 10-year break from his creativity after college and then got back into art and music.
- Why Ramon thinks finding your voice as an artist is a continual process.
- How Ramon finds inspiration by consuming other imagery and videos.
- How listening to academic lectures on YouTube inspired Ramon to start painting again.
- How fantasy in the 80’s inspired Ramon visually.
- The challenges of doing image manipulation for social media, and how that experience differs from print imagery that someone can buy or hang on a wall.
- Why Ramon uses Instagram to distribute his work.
In addition to Instagram, you can see Ramon’s work on his website and his Facebook page.