Interview by Charlie Festa

Hello there, and how are you doing today?

I'm doing pretty swell

How did you get your start in design?

My mom would try to make my brother and me read before we went to bed every night, but I would end up doing little drawings. She tried to make me stop and read, but after a while she realized it was something I enjoyed and wanted to get better. Fast forward to sophomore year of high school I accidentally signed up for a computer graphics class and loved every minute of it. I haven;t really looked back since.

What inspires your work?

I'm a big pop culture nerd. I watch too many movies and waayy too much TV. I still watch cartoons as much as i can, but they just aren't the same these days

How does it feel to have a design selected by Threadless?

I get goosebumps, its unreal.

What do you plan to spend your hard-earned cash on?

Hopefully go to Europe next summer, I've been saving up for a little while. So when the summer rolls around hopefully I should have enough saved up.

What is your favorite:

Cheese? mozzarella (in cheese stick form)
Book? Catcher in the Rye
Movie? Kill Bill 1&2
Song? Going against your mind - Built to Spill
Chef? Boyardee
Curse word? shitballs
Color? Scarlet
Television show? switches per season (probably Lost, then Heroes)
Super hero? The Flash
Drink? orange juice
Farm Animal Sound? Mooooooo
Threadless shirt? Prepare For Fight
Sport? Baseball
James Bond? Sean Connery
Smell? Brownies
Website? Other than Threadless, Flickr
Right or Left handed? Lefty!
Political? Stephen Colbert
Wine Cooler? no thanks

Speedy JVW's Process:

I spend too much time in school. So that means i have a lot of time to not listen to teachers (just kidding mom and dad) I have notebooks filled with doodles. A lot of times things start off super simple. maybe just a face or funny idea. and i just draw it about 5 or six times until I'm happy with it. i usually hand draw everything first, then scan it in at a high dpi and trace it in photoshop or illustrator. Depending on the style or technique i used then i decide if i want to bring it into photoshop or illustrator. If i want something loose, or something quick ill do it in photoshop with my drawing tablet, if i want something super clean that im going to spend a lot of time on. from there i just cross my fingers and hope it scores well!

Interview by Charlie Festa

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