{"id":1633,"date":"2015-02-01T13:26:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T13:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/?post_type=beyondmetal&p=1633"},"modified":"2024-09-06T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T09:46:06","slug":"jeremy-morgan-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/jeremy-morgan-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Morgan interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremy Morgan interview<\/strong>
\nby Pete Alander<\/p>\n

Hi Jeremy, nice to have you here at the Steel Mill. First of all could you tell us how and why you started to work as a graphic designer\/illustrator?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Growing up I really enjoyed Cartoon Network showing old Hannah
\nBarbera cartoons all day like Bird Man and Johnny Quest, and in 3rd
\ngrade I got my first Superman comic. My dad, being a teenager in the
\n70’s had a collection of over 3,000 records. I used to sit all day
\nafter school and rummage through his stuff and just stare at the album
\ncovers. There would be really cool ones like Styx’s Crystal Ball
\nalbum. When I used to read Nintendo Power, I started paying close
\nattention to the design and layout. One day my dad started writing a
\nbook, and told me all about publishing. From that point on I knew what
\nI wanted to do. In school, I drew little comics, and everyone
\nincluding the teachers really supported me on it. It became who I was,
\nand my thing. Two of my uncles were excellent illustrators, and I
\nlooked up to them and tried to draw like them. So when I got old
\nenough to go to either a normal high school or a vocational one to
\nlearn a trade, I was fortunate to start at Voc-Tech and earn my trade
\nand my style.<\/p>\n

\"jhimself\"What was the first commercial design you did?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Man… my first professional paycheck came from Spinner
\nPublications on some drawings for a Portuguese Language text book.
\nIt’s one of the Bom Dia books, I can’t remember which one, I think it
\nwas the second. That was back in 2004, I think. I still work with
\nthem!<\/p>\n

\"logodesigns\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You graduated in 2004 from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational<\/strong>
\n Technical High School. How did you feel about studying for 4 years?<\/strong>
\n What do you think is the quality on today’s art schools?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studying commercial art in a vocational school were the happiest years of my life. If you can get any professional training, by all means go for it. I graduated four years ago, and my curriculum was half old school and half computer. All the old school stuff I learned
\nreally made a difference. Design is craftsmanship, there is no “creative button” on the keyboard. Getting on Photoshop doesn’t make you a good artist. In today’s time there are so many methods, styles, and tools that if you don’t have the solid training, you’re just lost.
\nI was blessed to have a teacher who really cared about my work, and went out of her way to show me stuff outside the curriculum. Things have boomed in the last four years. I went to school using Photoshop 6 and a mouse, now all the cool kids have CS4 and wacom tablets. I’m
\njealous! Quality? It really depends on the school you choose and if you get the right teacher, it also depends how willing you are to learn and draw your ass off. It all boils down to YOU. I watch tutorials and buy books still to this day to stay ahead, and I’m certified! But seriously, even great artists I follow, like Adam Hughes wished he could go to art school. I’m going to the Air Force to hopefully go back. Don’t scoff it.<\/p>\n

You have also been teaching illustration. Could you tell us something about your methods and your style?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every artist has a home, a base to begin to help a student build an understanding. My base is cartooning and comics. So I start with the three geometric shapes, then I explain organic and geometric shapes, turning those shapes into form, the design elements and principles, line quality, point perspective, anatomy, facial expressions, all that stuff. They’ll get to shading if they’re lucky. I try to teach on the level the person can understand, instead of making them feel alienated. Some kids catch on, some don’t.<\/p>\n

\"09%20-%20At%20Work\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What kind of software or equipment do you use when you design?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Damn the machines! What happened to good ol’ pencil and paper? Isn’t that rock ‘n’ roll enough?!! Well, things have changed since
\n2004, so I gotta stay on top of things. I use Adobe CS3 products, Toon Boom Studio 4.5, a bit of Corel if I’m feeling saucy, and a Wacom
\nIntuos3 Special Edition 6×8. My current computer is a Mac 10.4 with a 1920×1200 resolution monitor. I still use a light box, t-square, and triangle if the project needs it. I’m not buying anything new until my shit breaks!<\/p>\n

\"02%20-%20Portrait\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You have done the artwork for Beyond Fear’s album and it’s really good. How did you get the job?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My favorite band was Judas Priest, and still is (Nostradamus was killer!). Ripper Owens sang on two of my favorite albums, and when he was let go I got curious. I went on Google and found his website. It was so under the radar I barely found it. It wasn’t designed by a professional either. He didn’t have a record label or management at the time, so I guess my timing was perfect. He put up his email address for advice from fans on his new solo album; He didn’t even have a name for his new band yet. Most of the guestbook comments were rude things like “Halford is GOD, FUCK RIPPER!” or “You sucked anyway” and a bunch of stuff like that. I like ol’ Rob, but I’m also a Ripper fan, so I said nice things. Being positive is a good professional career perk. I sent him nice drawings of my ideas. I worked a lot for free before we actually sealed a deal. He not only ended up being my
\nbest client for that year, he became my friend! I was in the album booklet twice, and the first successful design he agreed on was the t-shirt before Beyond Fear was even signed!<\/p>\n

Could you tell us about the creative process on that one?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah. I drew a bunch of duds until Ripper saw one he liked. Then,
\nI edited the living crap out of it in Photoshop. The skull wasn’t
\npresketched, it was luck. I just fooled around with digital ink and it
\ncame out heavy. I thought to myself “well… damn.” He really liked
\nit. I guess the ingredients for that were prayer and Pantera. But
\nseriously, the skull was luck. Then I colored\/shaded it, made a layer
\nbehind it using a color scheme he really liked. The background was a
\nmix of painting and photo manipulation. The logo was a bunch of layers
\non its own. Its a tweaked version of a font called Pirate Keg that Lou
\nSt. Paul found, that Ripper really liked. I just pulled here and
\nsnipped there until it was perfected into an original logo. Oh, more
\nknowledge for the Ripper fans, the Beyond Fear logo on the first set
\nof printed shirts with my skull was designed by Bill Dawson of
\nsouthsidegraphics.net.<\/p>\n

\"Beyond%20Fear%20Unedited%20Cover\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Any particular band or musician you’d like to work for in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now I’m doing some really rewarding work for a band called
\nMercury Wings. But man, I get the pins and needles thinking about it.
\nIts hard to get work for a band, because the label usually has an
\nartist in mind, or that band is already close to one. See I could say
\nJudas Priest, but then Mark Wilkinson would outdraw me and make me
\nlook like a sissy! I think The Misfits would be fun, or maybe if Dio
\ngave me a chance. I liked the cover of Yngwie’s album with him
\nfighting the dragon with a laser beam from his guitar, I’d love to
\ntake a spin on that. I get nervous thinking about working with anybody
\ntoo big, though. Matter of fact, aside from the previously mentioned
\nband I haven’t done a massive CD cover in a while. I’m almost done
\nwith some drawings for Night of the Living Dead: ReAnimated though!<\/p>\n

\"Mercury%20Wings\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"cd\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In your opinion, what is the state of graphic design in the Music<\/strong>
\n Business nowadays? How much will the industry change within 10 years<\/strong>
\n or so?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dammit it’s scary, and it’s a part of why I’m making the decisions
\nI’m making. Everybody is downloading albums now from iTunes, and
\nreally nobody cares about album art like they used to. With technology
\nhappening and everybody pushing the “Go Green” thing I imagine a
\npackaged CD will eventually become obsolete. Give it time. They’ll be
\nout like vinyl records. Websites are one thing, but its not like every
\nband wants one, or people visit everyone. I’m either listening to the
\nPower Metal station on AOL radio or Rue Morgue’s station while I’m
\nworking, and I see a lot of bands I want to check out, but I’m so busy
\nI never have time to surf all their sites and buy their stuff. It
\nmight be desired, but the pay involved may end up becoming just an
\noption.<\/p>\n

\"Satan's%20Might\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Is there a piece of work you are particularly proud of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a growing boy, and I get better after I draw something I’m proud of. There was this assignment back in Junior Year where I drew Santa Claus and colored it all day with a mouse. I skipped lunch. Yes that’s right. Santa Claus. That picture still makes me smile. I didn’t even know how to use Multiply in Photoshop yet.<\/p>\n

\"santa\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you enjoy most as a designer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When or if the artwork looks awesome when it’s done, then seeing it on the shelf, printed in a book, or on TV. Seeing my name in the credits and knowing I might work with that client again. I also love fan mail. My work doesn’t get that commercial most the time. I would say because I can just sit and draw all day, but I’ve learned its much more involving than that. I gaze out the window during a sunny day and sometimes despise my Mac, wishing I was outside grilling or hiking. A friend of mine said that cartoonists get more groupies than rock stars. He’s a damned liar!<\/p>\n

\"03%20-%20NexGen%20Pulp's%20The%20Exhibit\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s the most challenging part of your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything. Because the next thing has to be different from the
\nlast. At the core I’m a cartoonist. I have my own style and a system
\nof doing things. I have to break that system so “Uncle Joe’s” project
\ndoesn’t look like a rip off of “Cousin Phil’s”. Being a graphic
\ndesigner is a love\/hate relationship for me. I enjoy the challenge of
\ndoing stuff beyond my set skills, but I hate not getting to just draw
\nand just accepting that in its own greatness. Last but not least, I
\nalways got a boss telling me my great ideas need to be edited. One
\ntime I had to design an anti-violence shirt for some youth, and my
\ninitial sketch was a crate of knives, bullets, and grenades being
\npoured into a toilet bowl with the shirt saying “FLUSH THE VIOLENCE!”.
\nNope, I got stuck drawing a bunch of people holding books and stuff.<\/p>\n

Have you had any exhibitions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was in school I had some stuff up at Gallery X, when I
\nlived in Mooresville I had access to their artists guild, but I never
\ntook advantage of it. I was in the newspaper a few times for different
\nthings, that’s exhibition enough for me. Maybe when my artwork becomes
\nso good people’s eyes melt I’ll exhibit.<\/p>\n

\"07%20-%20Magazine%20Cover\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Right now you work as an Art Director for Brick By Brick. What<\/strong>
\n does your work include?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything I guess. I embrace my flaws all day. Promotional work,
\ncommercial work, publication stuff, teaching youth, and lots of
\npaperwork with deadlines. I clean the bathroom sometimes. I have a
\ngreat boss and coworkers. It’s a neat job because you meet all sorts
\nof interesting people, observe politics, and get freebies for things
\nin the city.<\/p>\n

You are about to join United States Air Force. What is the story<\/strong>
\n behind that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m so happy you asked this question. I want every artist reading
\nthis out there to know that I came from nothing. I was poor and
\nwithout any skills, whatsoever. When I was 17 I told myself that I was
\neither going to be a professional artist or join the Marines. Well,
\nI’ve changed a lot since I first embarked on my career. I’ve learned a
\ngreat deal about what I do, and I’ve made some great accomplishments.
\nHowever, I’m not satisfied with the quality of my living, or the
\nquality of myself. I’m an Art Director, getting paid alright and all,
\nbut I emphasize that I’m not satisfied. I’ve done some serious
\nmeditating, and I’ll be the first artist to tell you I’m not the best,
\nand my work used to look REALLY BAD! I got into the whole mess because
\nI wanted to do my own thing, I want my own comic book label, to design
\nmy own video games, to direct my own cartoons, make something huge.
\nNot start out like a little indie thing and flop like many do, this is
\nsomething I must save tons tons of money for and build. There is a
\nGeorge Lucas quality I envision when I work on my material, and my
\ncareer doing “professional” work is an obstacle. Lets face it, I have
\nto go back to school and hide in the shadows to refine my skills. I
\nneed to go back to a regular day job to focus my creative energies.
\nI’m glad I led a clean and healthy life, and was mentally prepared
\nenough to join the Air Force. Unlike other branches, the United States
\nAir Force prides itself on education and having better technology than
\nthe enemy, not just “kill, kill, kill.” Its the hardest branch to
\njoin, and swearing the Oath of Enlistment was the manliest thing I’ve
\never done in my life. This new day job is going to be the groundwork
\nfor me building what I really want out of life. Sometimes in order to
\nbe Batman, you have to be Bruce Wayne. I know I’m blabbing a lot, but
\nI also have always been intrigued by the military. I’ve always been
\nallured by the challenge of whether or not I can get through boot
\ncamp. Something else I want every artist to know reading this, you can
\npay me a $1,000 an hour to work at NickelodeDisnePixarsaurus X and it
\nwill not change my mind about what I’m doing!!! I’m prouder of myself
\nnow more than ever. I’d like to see a lot of nay-sayers get through
\nthe challenges I’m about to face!<\/p>\n

What are your other main hobbies when you’re not designing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Video games and cartoons ranging from the beginning of time up to
\nthe 90’s. I have just about every game SquareSoft has ever made for
\nthe Super Nintendo, not emulated. I veg out on a lot of Mega Man and
\nclassic Mario too. I read comics and eat pizza like a 12 year old. I
\nlove eating, thank goodness I’m not fat. My favorite restaurant is No
\nProblemo. I go places when the weather is nice, I’m loving the beach
\nup here in Massachusetts. When I’m in my hometown back in Georgia I go
\nhiking and fishing during the summer. I sing power metal when I have
\nthe right friends around. I wanna learn to play bass, but I never have
\ntime. I have an awesome girlfriend who can really color artwork! Life
\nis good.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the interview and all the best in the future!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for having me around!<\/p>\n

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