Interview with Tash Willcocks

Interview with Tash Willcocks

Today our group interviews Tash Willcocks from Hyper Island and we asked her all the questions from out previous research. She gave us a lot of really useful information that will hopefully help us develop ourselves and our creative minds. The key piece of information that she gave us was the film that we has to watch and recreate the poster for. She gave us the film How to Draw a Bunny, which was a documentary about the late Ray Johnson and his final exhibition which was his own death. This was a very interesting documentary and I look forward to designing this poster with his work in mind. 

Here is a list of the answers and information she gave us during the talk:

1. Internet

• Pros
• Reach out to other people around the world
• There is no right or wrong
• Get your work seen by others
• Share your ideas

• Cons
• Makes us crazy
• Follow people that you don't agree with, not ones you do
• Tech is not the answer

    2. Become a master at what you do

• Turn your phone off and go for a walk
• Bus stops and chip shops
• Allow yourself to be bored
• Explore, go out of your comfort zones
• Do things you wouldn't normally do

    3. Presenting

• Used to be shy
• Always been chatty
• Never use notes
• Enjoy what you're talking about
• Interactive
• Drawing your slides
• Be passionate

    4. Other mentionable comments

• Likes receiving likes but don't live your life by it
• Also judges success on talking to people and their reaction
• Don't think about things too much
• Start things straight away
• Find something that inspires you
• Don't solve the problem, elongate it
• No right or wrong
• Keep practising
• If it scares you do it
• Don't worry about what other people think