{"id":7230,"date":"2019-11-22T16:58:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:58:55","slug":"community-focus-kyle-platts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/community-focus-kyle-platts\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Focus: Kyle Platts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Kyle Platts, it all started with the first South Park episode in 1997 \u2013 \u201cIt really made me want to start drawing characters and trying to make people laugh with them,\u201d he told us. It wasn\u2019t until he started studying a fashion BTEC as a teenager, though, that he discovered that illustration was a possible career. \u201cI enjoyed drawing much more than making clothes,\u201d he said. \u201cMy tutor said I should just study illustration and I was like, \u201cWhat&#8217;s that? I actually didn&#8217;t know back then that you could just draw pictures for a living.\u201d He ended up on Camberwell\u2019s BA Illustration course, and since graduating back in 2011 he\u2019s become one of the best in the industry, with his instantly-recognisable cartoonish visuals a firm favourite here at Everpress and beyond. For Kyle&#8217;s insights, in his own words, read on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 1778px;\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVPaUus_Br0?rel=0\" style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media; accelerometer; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>ON THE JUMP FROM IN-HOUSE TO FREELANCE<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I graduated from Camberwell College of Arts my future was uncertain. I wanted to be an illustrator but I wasn&#8217;t sure I could get enough work, so I started interning in a design studio. It was a program for young people at Tate and I worked in the studio helping to design posters and flyers. This in-house prospect seemed more secure to me than freelance life, even if it wasn&#8217;t exactly what I wanted to do. However, after six months I realised that I just had to take the risk and be an illustrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an Everpress campaign, I&#8217;m making something with no boundaries or brand guidelines<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>ON THE FAST-FASHION INDUSTRY<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our shopping habits are really under the microscope right now, and for good reason. I think fast-fashion is at risk of getting worse, people are buying stuff now just take wear in one post on social media. But at the same time I know a lot of people who are really conscious about making things last and choosing carefully what they buy and where from. There are many movements now that are successfully getting the message across, but unfortunately I can&#8217;t see global consumer habits changing anytime soon. I think people are going to have to put a lot more pressure on brands to make adequate progress in sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7280\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7280 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts6.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts6-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts6-768x944.jpg 768w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts6-833x1024.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration courtesy of Kyle Platts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the sustainability issues we are facing, I don&#8217;t think we need to look like the cast of The Walking Dead. I still enjoy fashion and occasionally have my Jared Leto looking at the Gucci jacket moments, but I&#8217;ve slowed right down in that department. I don&#8217;t buy clothes that often, and when I do they are built to last, second hand, or something an independent designer has created. Also, I am familiar with how fast the feeling of buying an impulse item wears off, I engage with fashion more carefully now.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>ON WHY HE STARTED SELLING T-SHIRTS<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a unique challenge in creating an illustration for a T-shirt graphic, and I think that is what got me interested and keeps me interested in making shirts. The truth is, just because you like an image, it doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s going to look good on a shirt, this is especially true with illustration. I find it incredibly hard to design a shirt that I could actually imagine myself wearing, and that&#8217;s the challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The money I get from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">campaigns funds a mini sabbatical<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bu_Ry__HYND\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bu_Ry__HYND\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bu_Ry__HYND\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by kyleplatts (@kyleplatts)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-03-14T12:28:02+00:00\">Mar 14, 2019 at 5:28am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>ON HOW HIS CAMPAIGNS SUPPORT WHAT HE DOES<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The money I get from these Everpress campaigns essentially funds a mini sabbatical. When I&#8217;m working on commercial jobs I&#8217;m required to answer a brief based on the style that I am known for. It&#8217;s safe and reliable, they know what they are getting. Those are not the moments in which I develop creatively, because I can&#8217;t take any risks. When I create an Everpress campaign I&#8217;m making something with no boundaries or brand guidelines. That&#8217;s why the shirts are often more experimental and might not even look like the work that people are familiar with, but in the long run these experiments are important for creative development.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7278\" style=\"width: 1013px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyleplatts4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1013\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyleplatts4.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyleplatts4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyleplatts4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyleplatts4-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Platts&#8217; sketchbook, photographed by Dean Martindale (@deanmartindale)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>ON SEEING PEOPLE IN HIS T-SHIRTS<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me and my friend Sam Taylor screen-printed shirts at Camberwell and it blew my mind when I saw people wearing them. It just made me feel like my work might actually have a place in the world, and I suppose it still gives me that feeling. I often see my work online but to see people wearing it out IRL is still a trip. I&#8217;ve even had someone tell me that an X-Factor contestant was wearing my shirt while they performed, I thought that was kind of funny.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7271\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7271 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts3-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts3-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/kyle-platts3-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Platts, photographed by Dean Martindale (@deanmartindale)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take your time finding your style<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>SOME WORDS OF ADVICE&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you&#8217;re doing it for the right reasons, you&#8217;ve got to be an actual nerd. You have to be the type of person that can sit and work on one image day and night and not get distracted. Working that hard has to be something that you naturally enjoy, if it feels like a job in the beginning then maybe try something else. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4VWcO7HBN-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by kyleplatts (@kyleplatts)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-11-01T18:54:28+00:00\">Nov 1, 2019 at 11:54am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0Our series has seen us speak to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/everpress.com\/blog\/community-focus-joey-yu\/\">Joey Yu<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dvujanic\/?hl=en\">David Vujani\u0107<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/murkagedave\/?hl=en\">Murkage Dave,<\/a>\u00a0so be sure to check out the other interviews. 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