Last several months i illustrate blog of norwegian politician Ola Kristian Johansen. So, he decided it is time to make interview with me. When i got to know about his plans, i was both surprised and pleased :)
Here you can see the original article in Ola Kristian`s blog.
Your full name?
Starostina Alexandra Sergejevna
Age?
22 years old
Where do you live and
with whom?
I`m living in flat (3 sleeping rooms), with my parents, greatgrandmother, dog and three cats. As you
see, company is huge and all the time something happens here : )
What is your favorite
food?
I prefer to eat fruits, vegs, kasha, cheese,
fish, simple veg-soups. And… as almost
every girl i also like to eat cookies and cakes : )) Favorite food- is that one
which is made by our own hands.
And favorite drink?
Water, green or herbal tea, coffee~
Favorite music?
For my dad is fan of
rock-music, I was raised on this since childhood. Lots of old western rock
bands I like… Mother gave me love to instrumental classics such as Rimsky- Korsakov,
Grieg, Schubert, Paganini, Bach and so
on. My `own` love are Pink Floyd, Nephew, Grinderman, the Myrrors and Rammstein
: )
All what I listen gives me kind of inspiration,
so I can feel new wave of power and urge to draw or make smth. I guess,
everybody can get such feelings while listening to favorite music?
Do you read books?
I read lots of books,
especially energized reading was at school. So I have plenty of favorite books
for now… But,i guess book which i`ll never forget is Mary Shelley`s `Story of
Frankenstein`. I was too impressed with how nice and kind, open-hearted the
monster was, and how rude, cruel and blind were people around him. From russian
classics i`d name `Karamazovs brothers` (by Dostoyevsky), `Master and
Margarita` (by Bulgakov) and collection of poems by Mayakovsky. From not-novels
I like V. Zeland`s `Transurfing of Reality` series.
Oh, I can`t name only one favorite book, as i`m
almost bookworm! ; )
What education do you
have?
Through whole life my education was connected
with art and creativity. Art-schools in childhood. At school i was studying in
art-oriented class (graduated with silver medal). Not long ago i`ve
successfully graduated from Volgograd
state university of architecture and building
construction (and now my speciality is Designer of architectural environment). Also
I have additional high education as Translator/ interpreter of professional
texts (rus/eng).
Tell me about your
interests?
Drawing (now i`m more oriented to illustration);
learning languages (across my life have passed english, german, serbian, norwegian,
japanese, but for this moment I`ve put my chose on english and norwegian, later
i plan to better my german); history of the world, of illustration, design,
architecture and so on; getting to know other cultures; I love to get know new
things; travelling; being on nature; cooking; watching anime; old things,
antiquities; selfimprovement and selfeducation; philosophy of living, transurfing
of reality; astronomy, psychology; mystique things, symbolism, theory of esoteric
and shamanism; myths of different
countries and epochs.
What are your
political views?
Concerning this question…. I can`t see into
politics well enough to define any of my own political views.
Do you believe in God?
I`m not religious in common meaning of this
notion. Though I believe in several things: 1) Nature`s spirit is in and around
everything; 2) every person has power to make, to get what he wants, to change
himself or life around him. Only real wish, motivation and correct actions are
needed; 3) I believe in small kind mythological nature`s creatures, like elves,
trolls and so on : )
Why are you
illustrating this blog?
At first steps my goal was only to help Ola
Kristian- to make work with blog easier for him (he will not need to search for
proper illustrations and waste time for it); to make blog look more individual.
But then I understood that it is very good chance for myself to polish my
drawing skills, to define my individual style in it. Working with blog, i also
get know new things about Norway which are not told in Russia. Letting me to
illustrate blog, Ola Kristian helps me to make and collect portfolio, which
would be very useful when I find my dreamjob.
What is your dreamjob?
So, here`s favorite topic for my thoughts : ) I
want to be illustrator of books , magazines, internet pages and of everything
what needs to be decorated or explained with pictures. Part of this dream has
already came into reality, thanks to Ola Kristian!
If you`re interested
in Alexandra`s work, have some questions or just want to add as a friend, you
can find her in Internet:
Deviantart -here you can find her unsorted drawings of different ages and themes;
Behance -this is her portfolio which Alexandra prefers to show to employers;
