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As an illustrator, the most difficult thing for me is to be inspired by something I can’t really relate to. Trying to express certain ideas without being able to make them more personal is really difficult sometimes. that’s just the way I work though.

The internet was a gateway to discovering new things in the 90s and it helped me to broaden my horizons. Born in the small industrial town of Charleroi in 1972, he moved to Brussels when he was in my twenties. Entirely self taught, his style is derived from an amalgamation of interest. Becoming more refined over time, his newer work is more thought out, and far more unique. I am all for personal interpretations because it is more enriching for the person who's looking at my works. In a way, I don't even know myself or what kind of meaning I really want to express until I realise that I was communicating something true without even knowing about it at first,” he said. I more or less settled into redrawing things and started to get some editorial jobs out of the blue. Nothing is imposed but if you dig deeper maybe it will make you pose a moment and think about it. Raphaël Vicenzi, You Get Volcanoes Raphaël Vicenzi, Body RotI scan a lot of watercolours, doodles, textures and then I work the whole in PS, with very few effects, PS brushes, masks, layer modes and that's nearly it. I found that by limiting myself in this way I could work better and just try to get to the core of an idea. I admire people who possess great painting techniques though. These collage sets are his most recent works in year 2015, with elements of pop-inspired statements in crisp typography and casual scribbles. In this set, he used a pastel/bubblegum color palette for accents. TWS –Also there’s a visible connection with punk aesthetic? How does popular culture informs you and your art? Around ten years ago but it has only been these last few years that i can consider myself doing something that i really like. I just know you fell in love with Raphael’s illustrations, so you probably want to see more! Here is where you can reach him:

TWS –The human body, specially the female body, is a central element in your work. Can you tell us about this feature of your work and how do you approach the genre of portrait in your work?Step by step and very slowly but I was not aware of it. I don't even really think that I have a signature style because to me it always evolves but within certain constrains. I think it all comes down to assimilate influences and making them mine somehow.

A lot, I'll name a few, Tom Bagshaw, Banksy, Daniel Egneus, Stina Persson, David Foldvari, Muscha and on and on...The theme is of course fashion which in a sense is why the picture is of a girl as you would normal asume with in fashion. With the title I really think it gives ain-depthmeaning to the piece, as if you just had the image with no title a lot of people would just asume its a random image and has no meaning, so in away with this piece the title is really important to the piece as it gives the piece a meaning, which is of course the girl looking into a mirror and saying how she see's her self as a wolf, and this gives the view many different meanings behind the work which is great as people can say the work is more in-depth. The subject behind this I think is story based and in away the artist has become a story writer to the views who view the work, so for example I see this as a girl who see's her self as a beast and not very pretty in away and sort ofdoesn'tsee her life with much meaning, this is great to see in work these days as anyone can come up with a story behind this work and it would make sense. I think the artist has really foundinspiration from the film snow white, as it has a mirror and a woman a bit like the queen from snow white who is jealous of not being theprettiestin the landand goes to the mirror to ask who is the prettest in the land and the mirror says not you of course and maybe this is what piece is about in a way.