Otto Schmidt

So Greta introduced me to the artist/illustrator Otto Schmidt. I really like his work, it's often very sexualised but I don't see that as a bad thing. It's not like the imagery he produces is sexist, at least not in my eyes. The characters in his work are to me very bold and hard hitting. His work kind of reminds me of Jamie Hewlett's, in particular his style of drawing women, and drawing in general, using sharp lines and bright vibrant colours.

A lot of his illustrations I don't really understand, for example the below illustration Jewel in the Skull. I feel like it is supposed to be inspired by Macbeth but I'm not really sure, maybe that doesn't really matter, yet like Greta said to me when she told me it's one of her favourites, it's provocative. Perhaps that's why I like his work so much.

I take inspiration from Schmidt's work, when there's nothing provocative about an image that's fine but I find sometimes putting that into my work makes it more fun. I like to incorporate things like sex, drugs, anger and violence into my work because it stimulates a reaction from an audience. It's also a great way of taking my own anger out.