1 - Introduce yourself:
My name is Oscar Moctezuma, I’m a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator from Monterrey, México.
I’m the cofounder and partner at Heritage Design Studio where I run the role of Creative Director. One of my biggest passions is to be an illustrator and take my illustrations into new boundaries, such as 3D printing or a real product.
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2 - Which artists inspire you and why?
One of my biggest inspirations is an artist called Greg Simkins A.K.A “Craola”.
I love the context of the worlds he creates where he plays a lot between the realistic and the abstract with a touch of spookiness sometimes.
He has taken his work not only into paintings but to art-toys and a lot of stuff and I just find his work magnificent and ultra-inspiring.
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3 - What’s the most important thing to know about you? (3 most important things, not necessarily related to work)
I like to help people who are starting 3D modeling or design. I find a lot of joy into helping and putting my knowledge to the service of others. So if you are one of those people looking for some advice just send me a message over Instagram!
I am also a front-end developer. I do a lot of code sometimes to balance between pure creativity and pure logic, I think that the future of design is not in the design itself, but into the tools you can use to achieve better results.
I play a lot of videogames, one of my biggest dreams is to create and develop one of my own.
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4 - What qualities and skills should a designer have?
My recipe to be a good designer is something that sounds like Master Yoda in Star Wars:
Curiosity leads to Creativity, Creativity leads to Opportunities, Opportunities leads to better ways to approach projects.
Be Curious and always look for new tools and new ways to do stuff.
Be Creative: Curiosity will open a field where you will be able to put into test all the tools you have at hand. Give yourself the chance to use them in ways that break the common logic.
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5 - What are you most proud of?
Talking about work, I am proud to have the chance to work with important people from all around the world since the very beginning of my career. That gave me a lot of insight about the type of designer I want to be and the type of designer I do not want to be.
Talking about my day to day, I am immensely proud that people approach me asking for advice or tips about 3D modeling or design. It is very satisfying to put the knowledge at the service of others and see how they grow and do better work.
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6 - What advice would you give for a young designer?
Doesn’t matter what discipline you’re into, never stop practicing and trying.
Allow yourself to fail. Fail as many times as you need because in failure lays the opportunity to succeed.
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