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As a kid I loved biology and science. In the school I was thorn between extracurricular activities in art and biology. My mathematical skills are unfortunately very low so art prevailed eventually
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DAVOR PAVELIC - ILLUSTRATOR | USA
I am an illustrator based in Croatia but I also work for global market. My work is both traditional and digital. I have diverse interests in the field of illustration, from corporate and advertising to newspaper and children illustrations. I like playing with ideas, concepts and textures Tell us about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects? I am constantly working on my portfolio. If I don't have a commission I am doing self-initiated projects. The holiday season is slowly approaching so I have a commission for a web application with holiday theme and after that I will continue to work on series of posters for self promotion and limited edition prints. "What is Art?" is certainly too big of a question to ask here, but what do you hope your audience takes away from your art? What statement do you hope to make? I started to do illustrations when I gradually began to abandon fine art and conceptual art which I was
doing for 15 years. There is a difference between this two areas. I think that in Europe illustrators are called illustrators and in USA they are artists. Illustration is interpretative. It depends on text or an assignment you are commissioned to do so it is hard to make a statement with the whole body of work like in fine arts. Maybe there is not one general statement or point of view shown through my work yet lots of different ones. For me, conceptual approach is a starting point of doing an illustration. Rarely my illustrations are just decorative. Editorial illustrations are my first choice because they give me a really large range of topics, problems and themes which I can comment or make a statement on.
I like that range and space which illustrations gives me to express my ideas and my interpretations, and I can react relatively quicker to a broader audience then within the fine art. 
 What was the best advice given to you as an artist? I can not recall any specific, sorry. There was lots of small ones through the times of learning and developing as an artist and there are still some. You learn as you live. Tell us about your work space and your creative process. My process is half traditional and half digital. I began with an elaborated sketches and then scan those sketches into a computer and work