J: When you are creating, how do you get into the zone?
L: When I get in the zone, I've already started with a lot of creative warm-ups. Lots of looking at inspiring images, patterns, happenings - checking out the world around me. Usually, I troll for fun color combos or shapes! I have a lot of source material that I look through to get me warmed up - lots of books, magazines, past art experiments, and album covers.
Then when I sit down to create, I work on more than one composition at a time, and I work back and forth. I move around a lot, but I do a lot of creating in my bedroom, with tons of natural light and relative sanctuary. I'm a morning jammer, and then late at night too. I listen to sometimes podcasts, and then also usually women vocalists, or singer-songwriters. Too fast the tempo of a song and get a little spun out; too slow, I nap :).
J: What are you passionate about in this world and how does that relate to the graphics you designed for the 23/24 coalition snow lineup?
L: I'm passionate about embracing new opportunities as they emerge, seeking creative partnerships and possibilities, leaning into big dreams, and trying new things, all the new things! I love acknowledging the tried and true, and embracing the new! I hope this can be seen in every piece of work I put into the universe, not just this season's graphics. As I get older, I get bolder!