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Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Ashley L. Williams (ALW) for A’ Design Award and Competition. You can access the full profile of Ashley L. Williams by clicking here.
FS: Can you talk a little about your design process?
ALW: When I first started out, I was doing all of my designs in one go. No sketching, research, or redrawing. Now, I've developed a system: Step 1: Do warm-up squilly drawings. Step 2: Look up facial expressions and mouths either on Google or in one of my books Step 3: Create a shape and then make a character based on an expression that caught my eye. Step 4: Color it in using either markers or paint.
FS: Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
ALW: When it comes to traditional art, I use pencil, pens, markers, acrylic paint, paper, and canvas. As for digital art, I use programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and Google SketchUp.
FS: What was your most important job experience?
ALW: Even though this job has nothing to do with art, I would say Starbucks. I say this because it's more than just brewing coffee all day. During my time there, I learned how to help customers who have never set foot into the store before to figure out what drink they might want. I start by asking them questions about things such as preferences towards taste, temperature, and even caffeine levels. I apply those same skills whenever I have clients who are also unsure as to what they want but still allow me to use my expertise to help bring their ideas to life.
FS: What are your future plans? What is next for you?
ALW: What I want to do is create a series with my drawings. Right now, I have one book that is out and I will have a second one printed out October 2nd, 2020. When I first started doing these, I was only doing them as a form of a exercise just to keep my hand moving. But the more that draw and the more that people react to them, the more that I see potential to do more with them. The way that I see it, I can use these characters as a ways to bring much needed awareness to emotional intelligence and mental health because I have noticed that these things have been overlooked for far too long and are only brought up when something horrible happens and it's too late to fix anything. I want to try and change the attitude towards how people think about their feelings which hopefully can be passed down the upcoming generation.
FS: Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
ALW: I do everything all by myself! The artwork, the marketing, and finances, the planning, everything!
FS: How can people contact you?
ALW: Feel free to text me at 404-561-1142 or email me at williamaashley@yahoo.com.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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