Interviewing: seventhstar

What is your name?

Stefanie, but I go by Stef.

Examples of your work:

Why did you join wattpad?

Strange reasons. I joined because my friend forced me to create an account so I could read AFTER ( gave up two paragraphs in) and so that I could vote on her story and hence, here I am!

How long have you been making graphics?Ever since March 2015. I got Photoshop on March 2015. Before digital art, I did traditional art.

How did you get into graphic designing?Graphic designing is a broad term, so I'll say digital graphic designing. I got into it by admiring the covers in the MDC and decided that I really wanted to learn how.

A couple of my first covers:

What type of graphics do you make, and which do you prefer?

I make almost anything, but my favorite will forever be book covers and photomanipulations.

What is your favourite part of graphic making?

You can create anything, ANYTHING your little heart desires!

How long does it usually take you to make a graphic?

It depends. A minimum of 4 hours for a photomanipulation and a minimum of an hour for a cover, it's all to the complexity and how much changes the author wants.

What program(s) do you use for making your graphics?

Photoshop cs6, Illustrator cs6 and Blender.

Where do you get your inspiration from/who inspires you?

Carlos Quevedo, Lingdum, Sakimi Chan, Sam Green and many others!

Do you have any tips for aspiring graphic designers?

Don't give up and keep on striving to improve! Stalement will only drag you down so don't ever stop!