As we learned about the ‘Swatercolour’ comics from the artist himself: “They sometimes approach difficult issues like mental health, but the aim of the comics is not to solve the issues but to show a different perspective on them. That new perspective often comes from the cat, who is based on my cat Ona who passed away a few years ago.”
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Bored Pandagot in touch with Hector Janse van Rensburg and asked some further questions regarding his work. Firstly, we were wondering how the artist comes up with ideas for his new strips. The comic creator shared with us: “For the cat comics, I used to do one every day. I wouldn’t get out of bed until I thought of one. The comics usually followed a similar pattern of a mental trap that is resolved over the 4 panels, so thinking of bad patterns of thought was where I began. Working through them with the involvement of my cat then led to the comic. My cat died before I started that series, but just thinking of what she might say if she could talk helped me come up with ideas.”
Asked how his style has evolved over time, and what factors influenced these changes, Hector said: “When I started, I was awful. I’d churn out about 30 paintings a day without much thought, and I’m not sure what was going through my head as I drew. As I became more popular, I think self consciousness kicked in and I felt the need to be more aware of what I was doing, and to be more proper about the whole business of anatomy and perspective and such. I’m still not very good but I practice a lot, read a lot, and look at work I admire with profound confusion. I think a lot of my style is down to the fact that I am effectively unable to visualise anything, so a lot of it amounts to groping around in the dark, relying on symbols more than form.”
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