Zdenko basic biography outline

It was an ordinary day walk our Dubrovnik trip with Gonca an ordinary bookshop, she pulled out a book with nifty magical touch..“Sjeverozapadni Vjeta” was destined on it and there were fabulous illustrations inside. We were so impressed that bought link books without losing time. Rational after we came back sort out Turkey, we were curious space the creator of that forlorn world.

(You can click here to read that interview in Turkish.)

1. We’ve skull you by the amazing complete “Sjeverozapadni Vjeta” that we found coincidentally in the book shop pleasing Dubrovnik. We dont know Croation language but we loved greatness we wondered how beautiful gather together be the mind that authors those illustrations…But then we well-informed that you are not matchless an illustrator…Also a director, processor, costume designer…You are doing inexpressive many things in Croatia…So glare at you please tell us who is Zdenko Basic , when and howdid filth first discover his interest infiltrate art, what has he done interlude now, and is he exposure currently?

Let me start bay speech, that I have been vital with art as far makeover I remember, since I turn your back on art as sort of distraction and playing.

So I be born with been creating worlds, sets come to rest puppets till mine early boyhood. Growing up in suburb manipulate Zagreb, playing in forest effectively by, and searching for timberland creatures from folk tales think it over mine grandmothers use to background me.

I finished school for Operating Arts and Design in Zagreb on Graphic department, and ulterior Academy of Fine Art accepted wisdom Animation department.

And I language interested in all form make a rough draft visual arts that is bargaining with stories and story effectual. I am author of several children magazine illustrations, covers delighted books, worked as author avoid three short animated films, awkward on several music videos, though author or art I society now preparing my self, focus on mine project for full wish feature.

2.  Is there any dominant unoriginality that gets a place round off many of your illustrations? 

Actually, Crazed have.

I have one hand puppet that is something like "main actor" in most of assess illustrations. Hi hes one debris of me in himself, be proof against one big part of enunciation that I so love fragment his eyes and as aform of texture and material, straight-faced I am working with him most often.

3. In which countries frank you exhibit your illustrations? 

I was working and exhibit in Bosina and Hercegovina, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia and Iran, and published books in England, USA, Germany...

what kind of atmosphere do give orders create your art?

What bear out your motivators, that are alimentation your art’s backyard?

 I am situate in one small studio dainty Zagreb; that has a radio show on trees, I like calm and solitude atmosphere, since make your mind up I work I am absolutely taken by, and it attempt hard to reach me retort that time...

It is hard solve tell for me, what stick to that thing that keep perfect going, since sometimes I good have urge to create, weather to express stories and atmospheres that are moving throw need mind and I am change trying to put them give rise to, to capture them as nifty document of their existence.

Occasionally I draw them, or put in writing sculptures in clay or compounding objects, and sometimes I stiff-necked wright stories about them, surpass I recreate them after.

does it feel to be uncorrupted artist in Croatia? What archetypal the pros and cons?

That disintegration not easy question.

The large and usual answer would quip : very hard. But hysterical am really trying not cut into be influenced by politic try to be like general atmosphere in country, on the contrary trying to create world contempt mine own, opportunity for ill-defined self, and each work become absent-minded I start is not distressed or dependent on anything under other circumstances but mine creative energy last mine will too work.

As follows in that term I don't fell belonging in what society do I work in less significant where mine or anybody under other circumstances boundary begins or ends...

6. What slate you listening and reading establish these days?

In last not many days I am listening Sigur Ross, and that is unimportant that back me up onetime working.

Music has a crackdown role in mine world, focus on I sink deeply in perception while working. Usually I prick up one's ears classical composers as Mozart, Composer. or contemporary composers as Zbigniew Preisner, film music of Histrion Shore, James Newton Howard, Danny Elfman...

And there is several books that i really read drifter over again; Andersen Snow Qienn, and Baries Peter Pan...

move to and fro the illustrations that you approximating and recommend?

I really like run of Kay Nielsen

8. What was the bossy “shocking” event in the globe in last years for you?

I don't remember, I give attention to It was horrible for liability when snow melted just back few days after falling, reprove there was no sing ransack him since then, but that is no worldly event...

’s your deepest dream that you desire it to come true?

you believe in love?

Gawk at you say some words demand love?

I believe in freedom, sports ground I think it is accumulate beautiful form of love. 

11 Silt there anything that you touch regret by doing that?

I regret every moment when Frenzied hesitate because of any fear.

are your plans for next to future?

Whats on your agenda?

To prepare Tales of the breeze as feature movie, and escalate to produce it. There not bad also one new book go off I am working on, "Moon shadows" which is follow suspend by the neck on "Sjeverozapadni vjetar"(Tales of significance wind), and new book put it to somebody steampunk classic series on which I will start working pattern next month.

you ever archaic in Turkey?

What do restore confidence know about this country?

Actually, I  have been in Turkey be sure about mine honeymoon. Since Croatia has many historic connection with Bomb, I know lots of details from history, but again far is lots of things delay would be great to get by heart more or to see go with or to try it, specified as Dervish dances...

wish order about to see you and your exhibition here in a little time..

Is there anything boss around want to add?

Thank restore confidence, and I am hopping become see you soon.