Loud Splash by Carolina Molina
Females are always requesting more female designs on Cameesa. They want to see designs that are more appealing to themselves, and their taste in clothing.
We got a chance to interview Carolina Molina (aka Cmolina) from The Dominican Republic, a female artist who answers many questions that we have had from day 1. Carolina is a great artist with designs that literally scream out at you.
Could you please give us a window into your background, and personal life?
I come from the a little island called Dominican Republic, though most of the time I think I come from LALA Land. Ive been painting since I was 7 years old, and I just loved colouring and making things from scratch. I love all forms of art, music, theatre, plastic, you name it, I probably love it.
I think of myself as unique, just like everyone else. My native language is Spanish, though Ive been speaking English since I was four. I attended a private British school owned by the sugar factor in my town. I moved to the United States when I was 18 yrs old and stayed there for about a year and half. I try to go as often as I can, at least once a year, though I plan to move there in a year or so.
Describe your typical day.
Carolina Molina
I wouldn’t say typical day, because I create at night. Basically I’m like Superman, I live a normal life during the day and create t-shirts by night. Unfortunately I cant fly, working on it though. I sleep three or four hours a day, and work during the morning and design at night.
Where else can we find your artwork, other sites, stores etc.?
Well I am working on a project right now called Unique 909, and you can find it in zazzle. There is not much to look at right now, but soon I will post many designs Ive been working on. I guess I want to post them all at once. In addition, I have started a new group on MySpace, called Tees and T-shirts. Come by and check it out.
How did you get into design, and what do you like most about it?
I haven’t been designing t-shirts for very long, but design has always been part of my life. I started designing t-shirts for 5th and Ocean in Dominican Republic. And found out it was something I wanted to do, and I learnt as much as I could about the printing process, and all of that good stuff. They were not too creative, or aloud us to have a voice in the designs so I quit and decided to fly solo.
Favorites
Carolina’s Inspiration, her backyard
TV show: When it comes to TV, I watch whatever is on…I love TV.
Magazine: I don’t really read magazines, I rather read blogs, and I read many different ones, not one in particular.
Artist: Ha. These are my favourite questions. Let me say Jason Mraz is playing wildly in my ipod, I usually play it when am designing, that and The Doors.
Favorite course in school: In school I loved math, yes I did, I still do.
About 10% of our artists are female, do you encounter any challenges being a female artist? If so, what are they and how have you overcome them?
I think the biggest difference is that although a lot of girls wear t-shirts, they don’t wear them as often as guys, so the main audience people want to target are guys. Guys don’t want to wear flower and cute designs, so some girls might find it hard to create designs guys will like.
So far I haven’t encounter that problem because I started by making t-shirts with slogans instead of designs, and I take pride in being a tom-boy, so thinking about phrases that dudes would like on t-shirts was not hard.
We have had numerous requests for more girly designs on Cameesa, do you think of this when designing or do you just go with what your hear tells you?
It is possible to make designs that girls and guys could both wear. If you mean butterflies and flowers on a t-shirt, then that might be challenging. I think of things I want to say, or wish I could say, or moods I am in. Its nice to have t-shirts that represent the mood you’re in or that says something about you.
Carolina’s Workplace
In your opinion, what is the difference between a male and female artist? What is the difference in their art?
See, Ive seen a lot of t-shirts designed by girls that you would not imagine it came from a girl, or the concept that girls like girly things. Maybe not too many female artists are recognized, but people assume they are guys because they don’t see rainbows and unicorns. Not that there is anything wrong with unicorns, I like them.
How did you find Cameesa?
I came across Camessa in the Pop culture t-shirt blog.
Being a new Artist on Cameesa, what advice do you for other artists out there?
I remember reading the comments on the first t-shirt and using it as fuel for my next design. The first one might not be the one, or maybe the 20th, but if you read the comments you will be able to produce better designs.
Cameesa is a site were the comments are usually constructive, not destructive. They will always find a thing you did right and point out what can be improved. So don’t give up!
What are you most proud of?
Im proud of being a free spirit, it takes a long time to able disconnect from the real world.
What is your advice in Life?
Everything comes on its own time, no need to rush.
Her by Cmolina
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Thank you very much for you great insight Carolina, we look forward to seeing more of your art very soon.
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