Interview Archive
Imran Ali Dina
Mirza Aijaz AtherInterview:
Imran Ali Dina (Digital Painter)
Q. Please tell us about your background.
A. Not much just belongs to a middle class family having same routine life with an exception that I was fond of playing with colors since my childhood and may be that’s because I am an artist today.
Q. What does a typical day at work look like for you?
A. I am a workaholic person and have tendency to work twenty four seven without much exhaustion and stress. May be the reason is that I enjoy my work and every second of my work brings me new learning experiences which leads me to a better tomorrow.
Q. How would you explain your Philosophy of Design/Art?
A. Every creation of God is a piece of art if you look at it from an artist perception and so I also appreciate beauty of nature’s art. From birds in the sky to scattered pieces of rocks on road are all different dimensions of an art gallery and all of them holds their own special worth for me.
Q. Creating such a great pieces like horse matte painting, Noir and others, please tell us about your creations, how you visualize and what inspires you?
A. Bearing the philosophy of art and design it is just a click of mind. It leads me to go in depth to visualize all degrees and curves to reach to a height that my paint brush pictures out my visuals that exists in my imagination.
Q. Through out your teaching profession have you ever seen any student who takes you back to your early days?
A. Oh yes of course! It does happen many times. I see student striving, exploring, problem solving and each time observing them takes me back into my past, the way I explored digital media and still have this feeling that I hardly know anything. I am still a student and there’s lot to learn.
Q. Having such busy schedule how do you manage to keep yourself up-to-date?
A. I can give up on my rest time to keep myself up-to-date.
Q. What is your best advice for aspiring graphic artists?
A. Every observant has its own perception of a piece of art. What one needs to do is without killing the creativity of thought, give that perception a depth in way that the piece of art sets an example for itself and its not very easy for other people to follow your thoughts instead they can have a broader vision of it.
Q. In the last would you like to add something to our readers?
A. I would just like to add a famous quote here:
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein
Interviewed in: Designers Issue 01