ARTIST SPOTLIGHT – Kyle Robert Willis

This week we welcome Kyle Robert Willis to the Artist Spotlight!

Q. Where are you from?

A. I was born in Camden New Jersey but grew up in Homestead Florida.

Q. How long have you been drawing?

A. I’ve been drawing since I was five years old and came across a folder my mother had kept of my older brother Daren’s illustrations from when he was younger.

Q. What materials do prefer to do your art with?

A. The materials I use for creating vary wildly from year to year I illustrate on Bristol, sometimes I tear up comic books plaster them onto a canvas before painting over them and sometimes I repurpose action figures and paint them as other characters.

Q. Character you love to draw?

A. I love to draw Venom and sinister characters like the Joker

Q. What Character would you want to draw that you haven’t drawn yet?

A. Character that I want to draw more of is my character Pouches who I will debut in my upcoming comic!

Q. What artist inspires you the most and why?

A. I’m inspired by so many artists it’s really hard to just choose one. If I had to boil it down to one I would say Frank Frazetta continues to inspire me the most.

Q. What was your first published work?

A. My first published work was a ballpoint pen illustration of Biggie Smalls that was printed in Spin Magazine in October of 2008.

Q. Which artist would you love to do a collaboration piece with?

A. I want to collaborate with so many artists I can name a few, I’d love to do something with Kevin Joseph, the author of the incredible indie comic book “Tart”, I would love to illustrate for authors like Armand Rosamilia. I would love to do some more video if I process and use music by bands that I love like Dissever for the soundtrack.

Thanks Kyle for taking the time to answer a few of our questions! Be sure to give him a follow!

Don’t forget to check back next week for our next Artist Spotlight! If you’re an artist and are looking to be featured on our page please hit me up here. I’d love to hear from you.

-Chris