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" When I'm working on something, if I went to an exhibition of an artist I respect, then I usually come home quite depressed and look at what I'm doing and throw it all away and start again. "

Jamie Hewlett

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Away

Artist

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Jamie Hewlett

Collaborating

Much

" My mum was into pottery and embroidery, very artistic, and she knew some people from the college, which I think was how I got into it. My dad, who was a head-hunter, was also an incredible artist, and when he was very young, he was a really good cartoonist. "

" The more you draw, the better you get. "

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" I can't see anybody wanting to go to 'Tank Girl: The Musical!' "

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" I am in that position where I finish something, it goes out, and I'm onto the next thing. I finish it, it goes out, onto the next thing. "

Jamie Hewlett

Position

I Am

" If you're going to pretend to be somebody you're not - which is the whole point of being a rock star - then why not just invent fake characters and have them do it all for you? "

" I'm always having ideas. I'd like to continue being able to realise the ideas I have. "

Jamie Hewlett

Being

Always

" I want to do stuff that excites me and is enjoyable. "

Jamie Hewlett

Want

Stuff

" I love zombie films. "

" I'm all about doing things myself because I find it hard to trust other people. Not trust, but I know exactly what I want to do, and I know exactly how it's supposed to look. "

" That was always my dream as a kid: to draw comic books. "

" I love to draw and paint - that's what makes me happy. "

Jamie Hewlett

Love

Paint

" I see the 'z' in 'Humanz' as referring to robots, AI, programming, brainwashing, indoctrination. And it's a question to us: are we human, or are we humanz? Have we lost the ability to think for ourselves? Do we just believe what we're told? That's how I see it. "

" Look at someone like Kanye West - ego is the death of a lot of art. To believe in yourself that much is to stop being an artist. "

" I don't go to enough exhibitions, purely because it intimidates me. "

Jamie Hewlett

Because

Enough

" I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes. "

" I grew up doubting myself. It was a very spotty, frustrating, worrying time. "

Jamie Hewlett

Doubting

Myself

" Some comic artists I've known are better than most contemporary artists with work hanging in Tate Modern. "

" I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes out quite right - usually a bit better than my mental picture. "

" I took a lot of influences from Studio Ghibli, which is the Japanese animation studio that made 'Spirited Away' and 'Castle in the Sky.' They're like the Japanese version of Disney - but without all the schmaltz. "

" To be an artist is to doubt yourself and try harder. "