Friday Fives: Loveis Wise
November 29, 2019
Every Friday we give #highfives to a different designer from our extended family of PNCA students, faculty, alumni, and guest lecturers. 🙌🏾🙌🏻🙌🏽 We ask them five questions. They send us five images.
Loveis Wise (she/her/they/them) is an Illustrator, Designer, and Capricorn based in LA from Washington, DC. Her work often speaks from themes of joy, self-love, Black culture, and mental health. Within her 3 year span of freelancing, she has worked with clients such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Instagram, Doc Martens, REI, and Google, to name a few. Here in Portland she has worked with Bitch Media and Weiden + Kennedy, and was a keynote speaker at WeMake’s DISRUPT conference in 2018, shining a light on what being young, black, and hungry for the work means.
Loveis is with us for a special PNCA Illustration-sponsored night of our Design Lecture Series on December 4, 2019.
Q: What or who inspires you?
A: People who can practice mindfulness and presence in every moment! Also, witnessing and participating in joy inspires me creatively.
Q: What do you geek out about?
A: MUSIC and experiencing great art and design.
Q: What do you do to get “unstuck?”
A: Stepping out of my patterns and comfort zone helps me to get unstuck. I love pulling from nostalgia and memory in my work, so it's always helpful to channel my inner child and take field trips to recenter my mind.
It's always helpful to channel my inner child and take field trips to recenter my mind.
Q: What music (or podcasts) are you listening to, or what are you reading right now?
A: Currently...
Music: Noname's Telefone album and lots of Stevie Wonder, Amel Larrieux, Jon Bap, Nina Simone, Haitus Kaiyote, and Erykah Badu.
Podcasts: Creative Pep Talk, The Friend Zone, and Tarot for the Wild Soul.
Reading: Toni Morrison's God Help the Child.
Q: Is there anything you wish you had known just starting out, that you know now?
A: It's important to have boundaries in all parts of your life and to protect them fiercely. Feel free to say no when you need to, and trust your intuition always!
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Come to this special Illustration edition of our PNCA Design Lecture Series on 12/4/19to see Loveis’ talk and get inspired. We can’t wait!
See more from Loveis or follow her on instagram @loveiswiseillu.
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