Vol 12. Edition 2
News from CannaTown
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CannaTown Lifestyle
How do you think social media and technology have in uenced the art world? Any thoughts about AI trying to recreate what you do? Social media is killing art, all these artists saying the same shit, doing the same videos to try and boost their careers on those apps as a video tells them that thats what the algorithm wants. I try to keep my social media to just fo- cus on images of my artwork and the culture. Any advice to give aspiring artists? Learn what makes the artists you look up to great. Are there any upcoming projects or exhibi- tions you’re excited about? My good friend Charlie Strackbein contacted me the other day about working on the new poster for Monroe Street Fair / Hashbash in Michigan. at excited me--my heads got all kinds of ideas and concepts oating around right now trying to gure out what we are doing to do on that poster. It's one of my favourite ones I get to do each year. Do you see your work evolving in the future? Hopefully not evolving much, just staying true to what my art is and the culture behind it. I like being that artist who still uses paper and ink and does it by hand, drawing is an artform, keep it an artform not an app. If you could collaborate with any artist who would it be–and how do their vibes align or contrast with yours? If we could time travel I would de nitely like to go back in time and put some of my artworks into ZAP COMIX. What do you hope people take away from your work? I hope it makes them happy, they enjoy look- ing at it and makes them smile. Find more of Trog's work and prints at ArtOfTrog.com or Instagram @artorog
Can you share a project or piece that holds special or deeper meaning? e canvas artwork called “HEAVENS FULL” (page 11) . I had actually drawn it before--like I hadn’t but I had if that makes sense--when doing it I knew I had already done it, hard to describe. What has been the most rewarding moment of your journey so far? On a personal level I had the opportunity to draw a live canvas at Seattle Hempfest in 2013, from the hempfest booth right in front of the main stage. at was probably one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me in my career. A lot of the older Hempfest sta compared my work to the artists who I'm in uenced by, so that was a really cool thing to hear in person. On a commercial level, the most rewarding moment was probably when a major USA publisher approached me to draw a coloring book. at book ended up in some of the largest bookstores around the world, so that was de nitely cool.
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