Talk By Illustrator Roderick Mills, ''Say No To No''.

University has arranged artist talk by Roderick Mills for MA Illustration students. Illustrator Roderick Mills was going to be talk on his work and work process. "Say no to no!" this quote I found really inspirational and with deep meaning. Wow! it was such a great start of his talk. He talked about his contemporary illustration practise and how his work is referenced based. He told us really important tips such as observe what do you enjoy as a person, experience the world through media-film-television. Think about your time which is going to be reflected in your world. Understand your work. Understand what you are doing and why you are doing. No matter which material do you use, always focus on drawings. Roderick used to use cheap materials that anyone can afford easily. He said always work in different medias. Exhibit your work through gallerias, blogs, Facebook, tweeter etc. Talk about your work. Make a timeline of your work. That will help you to improve your work. Timeline is really great for narrative. One more quote he said that I really got impressed by the thought, "you must know,'what you know'! ". Those simple words really made me think over what I really know about myself. And once you come to know what you know about yourself, it becomes easy to figure out what you do not know. He expressed his thoughts regarding stylization that it is not a style, it is your voice. Draw in your interests, not in style. Practice makes you realize what is you and what is your style.

Some of his work I liked from his blog  http://roderickmills.blogspot.co.uk/ are as below:

I really like the way he executed his idea. These illustrations are inspired by bamboo curtains and he stylized his illustrations that way the bamboo curtains look like.