{"id":840,"date":"2011-10-15T02:07:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T02:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilovemega.com\/blog\/?p=840"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T15:00:04","slug":"steven-burke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/steven-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"STEVEN BURKE <br \/>Interview with the French artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Steven Burke is a French illustrator and artist I interviewed.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Steven Burke and I share the same french representative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lezilus.fr\/\">Lezilus<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\nSteven loves hand made typography, clean drawings, and always comes with fresh, simple but nice ideas. Some people are sick, his style is healthy.<br \/>\n<em>More about the <a href=\"http:\/\/stevenburke.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"steven burke\">french illustrator<\/a> Steven Burke.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4317\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-illustration.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Burke illustration Paon Paon\" title=\"steven-burke-illustration\" width=\"400\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-illustration.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-illustration-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Burke illustration Paon Paon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF<\/strong><br \/>\nSteven Burke, 29 years old. I live in Hossegor, South West of France.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a graphic designer specialized in illustration and hand made graphics, letters etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4315\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-artwork.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Burke artwork for Element skateboards\" title=\"steven-burke-artwork\" width=\"385\" height=\"539\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-artwork.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-artwork-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Burke artwork for Element skateboards<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy work consist in puting an idea under a very simple shape. I go strait to the point, and try to share something funny or sad to everyone. I love typography and drawings, particulary when they are done by someone who doesn&#8217;t know how to draw.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4316\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-frame.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Burke framed art\" title=\"steven-burke-frame\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-frame.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-frame-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-frame-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Burke framed art<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS<\/strong><br \/>\ni draw a lot on paper before starting a work and i write many words down, trying to get as much as directions possible. When i am ready, i start the job with a few guiding lines in my head but improvisation takes a big part in the process.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4319\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-sculpture.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Burke land art\" title=\"steven-burke-sculpture\" width=\"550\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-sculpture.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-sculpture-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-sculpture-485x300.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Burke land art<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe environnement i live in is very inspiring, between the ocean and the forest, very quiet, excepted in the summer. This makes me want to do simple and clear things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?<\/strong><br \/>\nI like many artist&#8217;s work like Saul Bass, Takashi Murakami, Steve Powers, Barry McGee, Gonzales and many more&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4318\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-painting.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Burke painting Connected To Myself\" title=\"steven-burke-painting\" width=\"423\" height=\"637\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-painting.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/steven-burke-painting-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Burke painting Connected To Myself<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>ANY LAST WORD?<\/strong><br \/>\nAlways classy, never ashamed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Burke is a French illustrator and artist I interviewed. 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Some people are sick, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/steven-burke\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[44,49,27],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists-interview","tag-graphic-design","tag-france","tag-slick-illustration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>STEVEN BURKE Interview with the French artist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"interview with french illustrator and graphic designer Steven Burke. 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