Niki Pilkington email reply

In response to your questions:



What inspires your illustrations?

It may sound obvious, but the person I'm drawing is the biggest

inspiration on what I'm drawing. Whether I'm working from found images, or

on personal commissions, for me, the most important part of my work is

that I portray certain personality traits of the girl that I'm drawing and

allow the viewer to get an insight of what she's all about. I draw these

girls because they lure me in for some reason, and I want the person

looking at the picture to feel the same way. If you're going to tell a

story, I believe you should tell it right.



...the use of the pencil drawings with the coloured cut outs and coloured

sections what made you decide to do this?

It's just a style which has evolved over time I guess. I've always wanted

to find new ways to try to bring my pictures to life and I feel like this

is the best way for me to do that. I like combining the different

dimensions - it's fun to make and hopefully fun to look at too. I don't

take my work too seriously, which makes mixing my detailed pencil drawings

and all these childlike materials and techniques easy.