It’s Friday! And after a little hiatus due to a few projects I will be sharing soon, I am excited to introduce another episode of TheeBlog Q&A Sessions. I am always searching for new techniques and ways to interpret ideas or original artists that I can use as inspiration and Tiphanie Brooke aka Antigirl is definitely up there. This talented lady has an amazing unique style and her work, a crazy mix of screen prints, paintings, cutouts & hearts, will definitely get your creative juices going nuts!
Hello Tiphanie and thanks for taking time out of your hectic schedule to chat for a little and share some thoughts with us…
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing you and your work for some time but could you please tell us a bit about yourself?
I’m in my mid 20s. I live and work and study in phoenix. I work in all sorts of mediums and I won an award in photography (shocker!) in April.
Tiphanie or Antigirl. What do you usually prefer?
either. antigirl kind of makes me giggle. somebody was yelling it down the hallway at school and later admitted he only called me that because he couldn’t remember my real name.
I’ve shown your work to friends and colleagues and I often get a ‘why Antigirl’? is there a story behind it?
I think it happened because somebody asked me why I was so anti. I was a super young punk rocker type.
How long have you been working on the creative field for?
This makes me feel so old. When I was 8, a bus I made out of clay was casted into bronze and put on display as public art. So really, forever and ever.Professionally, 8 – 10 years.
What got you started?
I have crazy ideas. I always wanted what we already see everyday to look better.
How would you describe your style of work?
Questionable for sure. Collage, mixed with organic mixed with something that Photoshop and Illustrator cannot do.. it’s all crazy.
When did it click and what inspired you?
Really, it’s only clicking now. And I still haven’t figured out if I am a studio/fine artist or a graphic designer. I tend to think of myself as a designer’s artist.
How do you come up with concepts for your projects? Do you research or do you work on it as you go?
The moreI research something the less I wanna work on it. There is a few projects that I have researched forever. I have these all organized in folders. And maybe someday I will get to them and they will become bigger than my other projects because of how they were started. Right now all those ideas are still marinating.
Tell us a little about the process. Tools, software, preferred medium?
The methods in which I work are extremely questionable. I need to start things by hand. No tool or program is going to be as good as my hands and my eyes. I need to feel things out. Papers, glues, tapes are softly put together on actual paper. I paint, screen print, do all these processes and scan them in and than more work begins and more print outs happen and more scans happen.
Are there any designers or artists out there right now that you admire?
Ones that work every day & ones that put their name on their work. iI’m lucky to know so many talented people from all over the world the list would go on forever and ever.
What inspires you?
Taking things to all extremes. This is the good and bad part of my creative process.
What are you working on now?
Hearts hearts and more hearts. I also want to start working on my collection of women again soon as well.
What are your plans for the rest of this year and next?
I’m planning a solo show. A lot of build outs will be done of my heart pieces. I am planning to make a installation that you can completely walk around. It’s really a lot of work and I cannot wait to start on it. I also want to practice doing some large format wheat pastings, practice projector style painting, a mural is definitely coming. Oh, and also school. I’m really trying my hardest to get into motion graphics. I have no degree so I definitely am working towards that.
I’m lucky enough to have some of your work, (specially the ‘no means yes’ print that Eddie has over his bead!) but can people purchase your work online?
I’m so bad at this right now! I really need to get a shop together again. For now, the best place to find my work is a my facebook page or antigirl.com. I am going to be using a few different portfolio sites in the future so I can update things easier. I will also be selling one offs of the heart pieces in antique frames this summer.
Aaaand that’s a wrap! Thanks again Tiphanie, keep up the amazing work and good luck on all your future adventures!
I loooove this! Thank you for posting her work
She is very talented and you are right, her work is very inspiring
Nice (: Glad to know more about someone whose work I have in my house…!
Great interview. I really enjoyed her work and her perspective on things. I just checked her site and loved the huge frame installations too
I need to get some of these prints asap!
sweet work!