![]() You want the client to be 100 percent happy with what you’re delivering and you also want to be able to freely express yourself. To me, it’s very important to keep the client involved from the very beginning. STIX Depending on what kind of project we’re working on, it’s all the same. Stix design for Rolling Loud California, 2021.Ĥ8HILLS What’s your process like when you collaborate with major artists and brands? How do you take their vision and make it your own unique expression? Working with good people is key.Ĥ8HILLS How did you begin working with so many rap and R&B artists? Your work has appeared everywhere, including for Rolling Loud, Cookies, Sol Blume, and Young Nudy. Working for yourself as a visual artist is just the tip of the iceberg you have to be smart when it comes to finances and making decisions for your business. In return, when I do those things, I’ll start to feel inspired, and the work shows that. I struggle a lot with feeling inspired, so I try to do things that make “Stix” happy. I pride my work on being one-of-one and not like anything else. I’m always trying to create from scratch and not pull inspiration. I’m constantly battling creative blocks and trying to find ways to challenge myself, which in the end is just me learning and growing more as an artist and person. STIX There are challenges I deal with everyday. There was never a Plan B, as cliché as that sounds.Ĥ8HILLS What are some of the challenges you’ve faced as a visual artist over the years? ![]() Just like everything in life, nothing was smooth sailing, but it worked its way out. I was extremely fortunate to be surrounded by a lot of like-minded and genuine individuals who helped me grow as an artist. After high school, I went to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and that really changed me as a person and showed me what was possible with art and passion. I didn’t get into design until I was much older and trying to find a way to support myself off of what I loved to do, which is being creative. My grandmother is a fine artist and I was always obsessed with trying to recreate her work to try and impress her. STIX As far as I can remember, I was always hooked on drawing and painting. Stix cover art for P-Lo’s album ‘Stunna.’Ĥ8HILLS When and how did you first get into art and design? What has defined your journey as a visual artist from the Bay? Here’s what the artist behind the visuals of so many Bay Area favorites had to say for himself. But after seeing his latest project, the cover of P-Lo’s latest album STUNNA, which features the hit single, “ Good”, I had to find out who Stix was, and about his journey to this monumental point in his career. Personally, I didn’t know who he was until recently. ![]() Since he likes to work behind the scenes, you’ve likely seen Stix’s work without registering him as the creator. Originally from the Bay Area, the LA-based artist is making waves with his highly-realistic, funked-out, and splashy renditions of rappers, singers, and performers from all over the region. ![]() Often, those albums are an orchestration of numerous pieces: the musicians themselves, but also producers, writers, photographers, engineers, and in many cases, visual artists.įor many of the Bay Area’s rising generation of premier musicians (and festivals) over the past decade, one illustrating designer has often been at the center of it all: Steven Maciejewski, better known as Stix. ![]() There are certain albums that become iconic for more than just their musical merit-albums whose quality and artistry transcend their lyrics and sounds. ![]()
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