Bros Mind

Another studio we had the pleasure of visiting was Brosmind, which was definitely my favourite. It was a studio owned by two brothers, they're main strength was illustration, and it was interesting how they told us that they would share a commission and each have a go at drawing sections, and then one would colour and one would outline.

 What I admired both about their work was the wide variation of 3D and many applications they applied their work to from notebooks to vinyl record sleeves, to cars. They try to build all their own things as much as possible, they created a pedal car which they built and designed themselves, which could then be used by visitors to their exhibition as they pedal around in a car with their designs on and a car deigned by them specifically.

One of my favourite pieces was the characters seen above of vegetables, which they had initially illustrated for a restaurant over in America for wallpaper, but now they are beginning to create characters for a table football table. They said it was amazing to see their drawings brought to life, and made in a 3D format and especially as they looked so cute!

 One of the thing that stuck with me, is they told us that the most important thing is to carry on doing work for yourself, even if it takes years to finish a project; always carry on a side project just for you, otherwise you may lose the love and passion you had in the first place.

Finally, the project they were focusing on at the time we were there was an exhibition in their home town celebrating their success. They had created little push bikes, which had a built in speaker which would take people around the exhibition and explain and describe the work as it goes around, creating an interactive experience. Another really amazing project was a game they had started to create, a basketball game, including themselves as characters.

 Similarly to Lo Siento, it was amazing to see what graphic design can be applied to, and not just see computers and digital designs, especially so with Brosmind, they literally placed their illustrations on anything and everything.