We here at EarthQuaker love to interact with the high-quality people who use our high-quality effects. We also appreciate hearing from musicians, fans, customers, nerds and collectors. We welcome every one from the hardcore pedal effects fetishists to the innocent, doe-eyed, pedal curious. To help prove that actual humans work and twerk at EQD (along with one very cute dog), and to keep the conversations flowing along the World Wide Web, we offer our Q&A feature called ASK EQD. This month for your digital interrogation we have Matthew Horak, professional artist. You know Matt’s work from many of your favorite EarthQuaker pedals (dude really knows how to draw a wizard, amirite?) and a lot of EQD merch items. Oh, he also has a gig drawing for major and indie comic book publications including Marvel’s Deadpool, Punisher and Iron Age, as well as the Dark Horse Comics Norse Mythology series written by Neil Gaiman and Doctor Crowe from 215 Ink. Every time I drive and I see someone carrying a skateboard I want to yell out “You’re doing it wrong!,” But I’ve gotten away from yelling at people out of my car : Hey Matt! What's your usual thought / creative process when it comes to designing the pedal or brand graphics? Also, what are your go-to sources for illustration style and subject inspiration? Let’s see what happens, shall : Rollerblading. MH: For the pedals, usually Jamie will tell me the name. It usually has a name by the time I get it but not always. I always know what type of pedal it is but I don’t always hear them ahead of the art. I used to hear them because Jamie was always testing them down the hall. Sometimes I’ll have an idea for the art right away, sometimes Jamie will have an idea. Jamie’s really good at naming things and he’s good at coming up with names that don’t exist anywhere else and are easily searchable. The Afterneath isn’t a thing except for.ours. So, I’ll go off the name and if I don’t have any ideas, I’ll punch the name into Google image search, apply a couple of filters and see if something there jumps out at me and gives me an idea. I keep my Instagram to only artists so I can scroll through them. I got rid of all my actual friends and baby pictures and stuff, they stay on Facebook and Instagram is only art. I have a bunch of tumblrs that I follow so once in a while I’ll open Tumblr and start looking around. I’m in my own head a lot, so I take a lot from there too. Then I’ll do some sketches and show them to Julie and Jamie. For the Astral Destiny, I actually did a version which was just the singularity black hole image and it was.fine. But then ended up needing some extra work. So, when I revisited it, I did the streaks and the starburst effect in the background and redid the singularity on top. On all of the designs, the area at the top where the knobs are, is solid with the rounded corners and then an open bleed at the bottom. Some other people have done some that stray from that design a little : Digital or physical media? They all hold to that, at least all the ones that Jamie and I have done. MH: I assume they mean, like records and books? Well, Records and books until I moved recently, and now digital is fine (laughs). I definitely like physical in general, but I realize how much of it I just don’t use. I’m never going to reread all the books I have, let alone all the ones I bought that I didn’t read, so why am I moving them multiple times and why are they taking up space? Vinyl’s fun. I like flipping a record, especially with a group of people. I've used it myself for a few years and love it.It’s nice to play a record, it’s not the same as just playing your playlist, no one cares.įor drawing, I draw digitally and physically with ink and paper. It may be worth while stopping by your local electronics store, picking up a $10 stylus for an iPad, and using that for drawing instead of the trackpad itself. If you have an iPad, there are a slew of apps that will allow you to use your iPad as a mouse or a pseudo-trackpad. The programs listed above will certainly get you the desired results without much trouble. In other words, it may be necessary to understand that the trackpad isn't specifically built for "drawing objects and shapes," although a Wacom tablet is. The trackpad is great for a lot of things, but it certainly ain't no Wacom Bamboo tablet. To be honest, when you say "fully optimized for the trackpad," I think you'll find that there isn't much for that. It is fully optimized for the Mac as well. If that's not what you're looking for, then maybe Pixelmator is more your cup of tea. Check it out if you haven't had a chance. Not to mention, iCloud sync and iOS apps to go along with it. Works well if you have an iPad stylus and use it on the trackpad too. Notability is pretty optimized for the trackpad.
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