Le penseur by Massala.K
A new fun and art t-shirt at laFraise with “the thinker” by Massala.K
Hi Massala.K
Could you introduce yourself to those in the community who don’t know you yet? How and why did you get into graphic design?
I am in my 30s and graphic designer. I started studying science, but I got tired of looking the other way and I stopped everything (sorry mom) to come back to art studies (sorry again mom) and then be able to live my passion. My journey is hazardous but I don’t regret anything.
Tell us the story behind “Le penseur”? What inspired you and how did you create the design? Did you encounter any difficulties? Are you a fan of Rodin or fine art in general?
I’m not especially a fan of Rodin even if I recognize lots of energy in his work. The advantage with “The Thinker” is that everyone knows it and the Rubik’s Cube idea came on its own. I got my coloured pencils back and it had been a long time since I used them. I wanted “The Thinker” to be drawn traditionally and contrast with the smooth colours of the Cube. Classical Art and pop culture!
Who is your favourite artist/designer at the moment? Why?
I have been influenced by plenty of artists in my life but I will take the opportunity to talk about Ai Weiwei, a great Chinese artist and dissident, who has been arrested in his country for phony reasons. China still does not seem concerned by the lack of freedom and liberty there, nor do the Arabic countries, and that’s sad.
How do you manage to survive fighting against blank pages?
I do not have a recipe but you have to go out, be curious and live! There are times I’m afraid that my brain isn’t working anymore but fortunately when this happens, it doesn’t last quite long.
How did you find out about laFraise and how long have you been submitting designs?
Thanks to a friend’s t-shirt I tried to steal :-) then I told myself that I should try doing shirts myself. And it gave me the opportunity to work with vectors, because before I used to find them shit. But not anymore! I think I’ve known about laFraise since 2007, if I remember correctly.
Do you like video games and which ones? And what about new technology – are you a real geek?
Oh yeah! I like adventure games the most like God of War, Assassin’s Creed etc. I do not like time-consuming things like WOW or other hard drugs. What I do is put myself into an autistic mood for a few days until I finish the game. And I’m a bad loser, ask my brothers; I even ritualized the “breaking” of the controllers. Otherwise I do not think I am a geek – new stuff, I always come to it but only after everyone else! What? Yes my Minitel is still working fine!
What scares you in life and what gives you courage?
I am afraid that I won’t be able to make my dreams come true, especially one but I’m not going to tell, I’m superstitious. What gives me courage? The fact I haven’t realized my dreams yet!
If you could change something in your life or in the world, what would you choose and why?
If I say ending world hunger, would you believe me? In an egoistic point of view, I would change my date of birth, so that I would have been 20 in the 70s and I would have experimented all kinds of drugs and I would see the Doors and Janis Joplin live in concert! Seriously I would like that we get back this care-free life that seemed to be everywhere back then.
Draw me a boat – thanks Massala.K!
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And please visit Massala.K’s website to discover his work.
