Collette Turner The 7 Deadly Questions have been watching you…..

Name:
Collette Turner
Creative Position:
Artist
Contact Info:
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FAVORITE COMIC BOOK:
Growing up:
Donald Duck mostly, used to read a lot of Disney stuff as a kid.
and now:
Anything I can get my hands on when time permits. I have a good collection of comics, but sometimes the problem is finding time in the day to read them. At the moment I’m getting caught up on the Image title Monstress.
The 1 Superpower you want:
Um, flying would be cool, as long as I got some sort of force field thing to keep bugs out of my teeth at high speeds…
Location:
Canada.
Website:
Instagram: @colletteturnerart
Facebook: Art of Collette Turner
Your Credits: See No Gravity Studios for her work

The7Deadly Questions

have been watching Collette and they are very impressed by her art!

What is so far your best work and why?

I don’t think I can say I have a best work. I’m really proud of a little indie comic called Badassical that I’m doing, but even so I’m growing as an artist along the way. Hopefully my best work is always going to be my next one.

What artists have inspired you ?

Luis Royo, Tetsuya Nomura, Tim Burton

Do you think the demand for artists will lessen as computers get more advanced??

Oh no, I think computers are an amazingly powerful tool and while they might change how we see art and how it’s made, the artist is still extremely important in the process.

When it comes to drawing women do and your creative team try to make the proportions more human and less plastic?

Not sure about the term plastic. Some people have a style for drawing people, men and women, which is very different than either gender may appear in life, but it is identifiable as their work. I respect that. At the same time I personally have a line regarding how comfortable I feel sexualizing women. I don’t cross that line.

Has anyone one ever stolen your art and claimed it was there and if so how did you handle it?

I’ve had a few minor problems thus far, I have someone I have who takes care of those for me, so I’ll confess I don’t know what he does with it. 🙂

Do you think fan art is ok to sell at cons or does it cheapen the work of original concept artist??

This is a challenging question. It’s a balance between the need of the artist to sell work to support themselves and the need to respect intellectual property. As long as a character is treated respectfully, in the spirit it was created in, it bothers me less, though personally I’m trying to focus on licensed material I’m allowed to sell.

When do you think it is ok for an artist to expect an average page rate? What do they have to have accomplished first in your opinion

It’s all about the quality of work and the professionalism of the person in question. A person needs both the skill (with comes from practice) and the work ethic to complete a job well, and on time.

Well done Collette Turner you have proven worthy of the fandom of The 7 deadly Questions, and as such they ask you to tell us whats next:

“Currently I’m working on a couple comics, both from independent publishers. Badassical is a book that something I’m working on with a couple friends. It’s being funded via crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The first issue raised 400% of what we’d aimed for which was cool. Besides that I’m honoured to be working on Southern Nightgown, a Rothic book, written by JP Roth and distributed with Diamond. I’m excited to be seeing it in local comic shops.

“As for Conventions I can be found at; Mostly I’ll be visiting a lot of Canadian shows, Fan Expo, Saskatoon/Edmonton Entertainment Expo, C4 (Winnipeg) and even a little one in Halifax (DCAF) through the rest of the year. Will also be doing a few overseas, booked in for ‘Thought bubble’ in Leeds, UK and Vienna Comic Con.”

-Collette Turner