What is the average time you spend on your artworks?

I think it's relative depends on the details and concept. Maybe the longest I ever did is about 5 hours accumulated.

What is your biggest break as a designer?

I think I don't have the biggest one yet, maybe working with some of famous band like Bring Me The Horizon, INK, etc is just fun experience to me, it's not a biggest break. I hope sometime I will work for some popular brands in the future.

Do you have any signature style? If so, how did you develop it?

Sure, my own favourite signature style is combination of blackletter and flourish ornament, people called it a modern calligraphy style. Also, my speciality style is spontaneous hand writing/calligraphy that makes natural strokes and sometimes its cause unique splashes. And they are unrepeatable, not able to be done or made again in the exactly same as each other. I think that's why it is very exclusive.

Where does your inspiration come from?

My experiments, daily practice, also from another artist's work sometimes.

Is there a time in your life that you want to give up your passion as an artist? If so, how did you overcome it?

Yes of course I've been through it and in fact it did not happen just once. There was one time I became so sick, depressed and almost gave up on what I do. It was one of my darkest moments in career, I didn't have any income at all, so terrible and I did not know what to do. That was scary moment to remember. I think every artist has experienced it at least once in his/her career. Then I started to distance myself from this field, avoiding any arts and design stuff and start to find another non-art job. But I realized I wasn't happy. In the end, something in me told me to keep doing what I do best, because everyone is born with their own abilities and skills. Finally, I went back to what I did before; my real job, which is to create amazing things as an artist.

More about Bhima Bagaskara

Bhima has an open commission for freelance job in graphic design or illustration for apparel, advertisement, and bands merchandise. Visit his Behance profile for more of his works.