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Hethe Srodawa is a 26 year old concept artist that works in the game/film industry for about 2 years. Before that he was a graphic designer and sometimes an Illustrator. He lives and works in Southern California.

I'm not at all amazed that Hethe found work in the game/film industry because his work/style makes me immediately think about it. He is very skilled in character designs! The expressions on their faces and the attention to details are stunning. Character design is not easy believe me, I can learn a thing or two from these.

What inspires you?

That's got to be the question I've been asked the most and it's always hard to answer. I look at it this way, what drives me to want to create art and do this for a living? It's a mixture of other art and life. I've always loved art. I love it to death and I found that with this love came a desire to make it myself. So work by other artists constantly inspire me. Also life inspires me. Life inspires art essentially. Without life there would be no art. The people I see and meet, the places I go, the way light trickles through the leaves of a tree, all these things inspire me. I love to tell stories with art, to capture the emotions of life in what I create. It's a wonderful thing.

Percentage wise what is the balance between sketching on paper and working on the computer?

That balance is probably about 50/50 in my case. I draw a lot on paper before I pick a sketch, scan it and paint it up in photoshop. However, at work I've been painting directly in photoshop with no sketch for the last year now. It sort of depends on what effect I am trying to achieve and also what style.

More examples in Hethe Srodawa's portfolio.