Josh Cochran an illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He is paying rent to share a studio with other practitioners, which he prefers to working from home as 'it turns you crazy'.
Through seven years of being an undergraduate, he said that much of his work has developed from using silk screen processes, which has gone to develop his style of using limited colour pallets, making dense drawings focusing on realism, characters and fantasy.
He has worked on a wide range of projects, creating children's books, murals, advertisements,and says that the best way of maintaining his practice is to keep a sketchbook and keep engaging in projects.
Advice he would give to himself as a first year includes:
- develop a community in college
- keep sketchbooks, collaborate with friends
- turn boring briefs into things YOU want to do
- get a dog...
- to de-stress, distract yourself by doing something different e.g. cooking, having a set up at home, and do some exercise!
And finally, what differentiates illustration from GREAT illustration is that has an intangible quality, has strong connections and putting your soul into it- being part of you.
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