Today we get the privilege to talk with a young talented artist. After viewing his portfolio on Deviant Art I must say I see a lot of raw talent from this individual, so without any delay let's get into the interview and learn more about what inspires him.
.Omega : It's great to have this opportunity to speak with you today. To start out can you tell us a little bit more about yourself?
Khalil : My name is Khalil ( my famous username in forums is : .liL-k! ), I'm 16 and I'm from Morocoo, i have a lot of hobbies like going out with my friends, football and also Design. I began gfx 1 years and half ago, i started by doing small size art like signatures and avatars, during the days, weeks and months, i started to work more on my stuff by adding my own techniques and also the techniques i have found in the tutorials or something like that. In the summer 2009 i did my first manip
http://liil-k.deviantart.com/art/MotoFari-128742684 and i get comments in forums & in deviantart too and i improved in each manip. After the summer, i did a break, 5 months. When i started doing gfx again , i started by doing digital arts
http://liil-k.deviantart.com/gallery/#Digital-Art- you can take a look here. In those last weeks, i started doing advertising works like for the HUGOBOSS Contest, take a look here :
http://liil-k.deviantart.com/gallery/#Advertising . That's all.
.Omega : Wow from your art I wouldn't have thought you began doing this only a year ago, so what inspired you to get into designing?
Khalil : When i was kid, i was a fan and a lover of technology and when i get a computer, i always tried to find and download software for edit pictures and add colors... For first i wanted to do video compilation and i found a forum and i see a category " Graphic " and i enter there and i see some awesome works and from this time i started photoshop for gfx.
.Omega : It's funny I started getting into designing almost the same way, so do you have any long term plans involving digital art?
Khalil : Maybe, maybe not, because i still in the year before last in High school, but I'm doing this because it's one my Hobbies.
.Omega : Well you have to keep us posted on how art evolves for you. What programs do you currently use?
Khalil : I'm using Photoshop cs3
.Omega : You know I can't remember life before Photoshop. Alright here's the part where you pick your 5 favorite designs. Ready Set Go..
.Omega : Those are some outstanding pieces. What artists do you get inspiration off of and what do you like about their art?
Khalil : For being honest, inspiration sometimes get from my hand or T.V when i see something who is creative and cool it inspires me and i want to do something who looks like. Also i have some artist from i get inspiration like mosk, he1z, Rachides, archanN.
.Omega : It's been a privilege to talk to you about today. Do you have any final words to our readers?
Khalil : Thanks for this interview, it was my first and i hope if i did well. If you want to follow me this is my personal portfolio : http://benihoudkhalil.com/ . Here are also some of the web designs I've worked on. http://www.imagebam.com/image/868db684857990 http://www.imagebam.com/image/e7faea84857994
Greetings,
B.Khalil
