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COLLABORATION:
WILL BROOME
The light box is the most high-tech piece of equipment Will Broome uses. His hand-drawn
works are recognizable for their quirky characters that make you want to smile.
Broome tries not to plan too much, and just waits to see where the drawing will take him; he
prefers not to do research and not to cloud his mind with an abundance of noise. “I’m not
saying I work in a total vacuum. There are things and artists that interest me and inspire me
but I prefer to just sit down and draw,” he says. For example, when working with a client he
collaborates with them through the drawing process, showing them what he’s doing, discussing
the many iterations and ideas the piece goes through, and the Ånished piece evolves from that
process. “I think that’s what a collaboration is about. It’s the way I like to work,” he says.
He will go through a phase where he works in black and white only, then will start working
with loads of color. “I’m not sure why. I think it might have to do with the weather. I hate the
winter; I don’t like the early dark nights.”
Be nice and work hard.
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Exhibited work by illustrator Will Broome.
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Exhibited work by illustrator Will Broome.
Will Broome’s success has been due
in part to undeniable talent and in
part to a bit of serendipity. The Årst
person he worked with was Marc
Jacobs, creating drawings used on
T-shirts and stickers. Broome had
just broken up with his girlfriend
at the time and was devastated.
He spent time lying on his couch
watching movies on mute while
listening to songs about heartbroken
lovers. A college friend who was
designing for Marc Jacobs asked
Broome to do some drawings for the
brand—her way, he believes, of try-
ing to lift him out of his despair. He
created a sketchbook in what he says
was a very absentminded way.
“I didn’t think ‘this is my big break’
or anything like that. I wasn’t think-
ing straight at the time, never mind
being able to plot world domination!
Besides, I think that if I’d created
the book thinking ‘this could lead
to something’ then the drawings
wouldn’t be as good.” The Marc
Jacobs brand loved the drawings and
the next thing Broome knew his work
was coming to life on the runway at
New Aork Fashion Week.
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Artist Will Broome’s studio space.
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