William Ismael
http://www.williamismael.com Biography
William Ismael is a French born Motion Director / Artist / Designer who believes in expressing himself through sound and visuals. He grew up in Paris, Toulon (South of France), Milan, New York, and Los Angeles. He created his first website to showcase his music, and in the process started discovering a whole new world – one of visuals that move with sound. He has been obsessed with graphics + motion ever since.
Where do you work? What do you do there?
I work at Joshua Davis Studios as JD's assistant.
How long have you been in this field?
13 months. Ever since I graduated.
What role did (are) you play(ing) in the project?
Line Flow is an exhibition of selected projects created by myself. I am the director, designer, animator, curator, installer, PR person...
What was (is) your inspiration for this project?
Line Flow is inspired by curves. I love curves. I love flow. I love lines that have perfect curves. So I'm on a mission to draw perfect curves! After drawing curves for a little while, I started adding them to words. Special thanks to Doyald Young who taught me how to draw curves by hand at Art Center College of Design because his teaching are a huge inspiration not just in the realm of design but in the realm of life.
What is in your equipment/gear setup?
I used a MacBook Pro! I love it!! OS X is a part of me.
Other:
- 23 inch Apple Display to get two screens.
- a wireless mouse and a wacom tablet.
- bose noise reduction headphones
- loud M-Audio speakers
- Nikon D70 + Nikon coolPix
- 1 table for digital equipment
- 1 table for analog tools like a black lead holder, markers, brushes, rulers, blades, glue, black tape.
- a microphone for recordings
- keyboard to score my motion projects
Software: illustrator, flash, photoshop, after affects, Cinema 4D, Garage Band
What are some websites you visit daily?
http://www.me.com
http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/
http://watch-dragonball.com/
http://www.aplatventre.com/
http://www.vimeo.com/
http://flickr.com
http://twitter.com
http://www.rue89.com/
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/directions/subwaymap.pdf
http://facebook.com
http://google.com
http://www.wikipedia.org/
Who's work do you most enjoy?
N.E.R.D.
Robert De Niro
Justine Ashbee
strangeThingsHappen
kara walker
Ernst Haeckel
What advice can you share to people just getting into this field?
Trust your heart. Have fun! if not what's the point???? Don't let companies pimp you!! Get your overtime money! Read contracts! All this goes for me too!!!!!!!!!!
Any other comments?
Thank you for reading.
