Interview with Marta Dahlig
Q. Hello Marta, can you give our readers a short introduction please; age, location, employment etc?
 Hello! :) I am 23 years old and live in Warsaw, Poland. For my official employment, a “regular” full time job – I currently work as a media planner at MPG media agency. I know – not too artsy... In fact, it’s an extremely analytic, number-crunching job. Maybe it doesn’t fit well with the image but I like the challenge the contrast is giving me…
Illustrating I do out of passion. Currently I work as a cover illustrator for a few German publishing houses as well as prepare tutorials for Future Publishing’s ImagineFX magazine on a nearly monthly basis.
Q. You are doing a professional painting from many years, so you started it just as a hobby or did you see the potential for your career?
I started painting since my early childhood and treated it as a hobby for many years, never seeing it as a potential career path. At the age of 15, I moved into digital media out of curiosity and will to experiment, still with no intention to become professional. However, soon after I discovered all the possibilities standing before a CG artist and became tempted At the same time, however, I still wanted to try other things, such as something connected to advertising or marketing. In the end, I decided to take the middle path and am doing both things at once.
Q. As you are self taught young artist, so you have any specific drawing techniques or tips for us? If yes, then please share with us.
Basically every artist has their own specific way of working. I work mainly in Photoshop, with highly transparent brushes and apply layers of paint gradually, as it lets me control the outcome from the very beginning. Aside from that, I always paint on 4-5 layers tops and try to stick to as few basic custom brushes in Photoshop. Basically, my main tools is a regular airbrush and a Hard Round brush with its edges ragged. Depending on the occasion, I can also use more detail-oriented custom brushes, such as photo textures and the like.
Q. Looking at your portfolio you have painted mostly the women’s, there is any specific reason of this, men’s are not so bad :-)
There is no hidden message about it really, I just find women a much more graceful subject to paint! Lately I have been expanding my horizons a bit, however, painting not only men, but also animalistic characters. Some of that art should soon be uploaded to my online galleries!
Q. After more than a year, we get a chance to view your new personal work, so where are you busy before that?
I know it must’ve seemed I was lazy but in reality it has been the most intense year ever! I spent my whole painting time on commercial assignments, such as various cover illustrations and already mentioned ImagineFX tutorials. During that time I was also preparing my part of D’Artiste: Digital Painting 2 book as well as handles a few still developing projects. All of that has left me with no time to really do anything just for myself.
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