Kaleidoscopic Inscriptions

I think I’m falling in love with you.

so abstract, a work of art.

only an artist will understand how beautiful chaotic you are.

a walking contradict, and you own it so well.

I love how you are learning you. With each layer being peeled back, you’re no longer afraid to swim the deepest of the deep, releasing things that no longer fit you.

I feel you feeling.

I feel you greeting your light while acknowledging your darkness with empathy and not fear.

We’ve come a long way, something you should be proud of.

ART PRINTS BY SCOTT LISTFIELD

Men’s Room 

The Coke Machine 

The Parking Ticket 

Hollywood Prime 

In the Laundromat with Boba Fett 

Mooninite 

The Iceberg 

Mars Go Home 

Mug Shot 

Flying Cars to the Right 

I didn’t have an interest at first, but it was likely a lack of knowledge about the field. I interned for illustrator Bill Mayer for two years. He has a large variety of clients from different markets. I fell in love with editorial in specific. The projects he got from magazines and newspapers were exciting and quick. There was no time to get bored with them. So I gave it a shot. 

My first big job was for Tor.com, art directed by Irene Gallo. Through a few degrees of separation, she took notice of my work and commented something very positive about it publicly. By coincidence, I was flying to NY a weekend or two after that happened. We met at a Society of Illustrators student show and I gave her my card along with a questionable first impression. She called me for a job a week later. I got very dizzy.

From that point on, more art directors started noting my work and projects started flowing. And now, to answer your question, I’ll list the few things that have worked for me:

1- Lose the fear of putting yourself out there. You’re an artist and a communicator. If you’re afraid of expressing yourself, you’re afraid of doing your job! 

2- Be polite, friendly, and responsible. Nobody wants to work with an illustrator that’s either rude or irresponsible. That illustrator will make any art director look bad.

3- Pick your clients wisely. Self awareness of your abilities will help you find a market where those skills are necessary. Then target that market like your life depends on it… cuz it kinda does.

4- Develop a healthy web presence (this follows #1). Talk about your art and allow people to get to know you and your work. Be aware of and fervently express where you stand as an artist.

5- Get social. Going to events and meeting artists will help people remember you. It increases the probabilities of art directors calling you when they need a problem solved. 

The brief for this commission was along the lines of “just make him hot.”

Love it.