Sunday, February 12, 2012

Interview with Dalia Tenenbaum, aka yarijik


Deborah Miller 
Dalia Tenenbaum, aka yarijik


Rico:
What's Your Name?


My name is Dalia Tenenbaum, aka yarijik

Rico:
List your shop(s) -


Dalia Tenenbaum :

Beautiful Things for Beautiful People gift shop

"Beautiful things for beautiful people" is all about photography, mainly nature and animals from all over the world. Some of them where taken by me and some - by my spouse.

Graphiking gift shop

"Graphiking" is about Illustrations. I love to draw and this is where I let my creativity burst out. There are monsters, holidays illustrations, romance and loads of other cute images.

Rico:
How long have you been at Zazzle?


Dalia Tenenbaum :
Since 2009, if I'm correct, but I really started seriously using it only a year ago.

Rico: Are you a ProSeller?

Dalia Tenenbaum :
I am and it happened only recently... i guess you cant really get there if it's not a goal.

Rico:
What's the best advise you got when you were starting out?


Dalia Tenenbaum :
Do, do, do, create, create, create!

Rico:
What medium/tools do you use to create your designs?


Dalia Tenenbaum :
It is mainly a Photoshop for my photos; Pen and paper + Illustrator for my graphics.

Rico:
Who or what inspires you?


Dalia Tenenbaum :
Nature, animals, special events like annual holidays, kids and their toys; cartoons and colors.

Rico:
How much time a week to you spend on Zazzle?


Dalia Tenenbaum :
It is usually depends on the everyday events. Up untill now I would spent an hour or two a week... and that was the best case scenario :)

A few months ago I became a full time freelance illustrator and it gave me an opportunity to invest some more time in Zazzle too, so right now it stand on 2-3 hours a day, not including image creation itself.

Rico:
What's the best advise you can give someone just starting out on Zazzle?


Dalia Tenenbaum :
Read the forum before you do anything. It can save a newbie a lot of extra and unnecessary work in the future.

Rico:
What do you like to do when you are not creating art?


Dalia Tenenbaum :
I love watching movies!!! And usually I watch something while creating or uploading. Also I love traveling and hiking; I live in Israel, it's a beautiful county and I try walk it as much as possible.

Rico:
Tell me 5 random things everyone should know about you?


Dalia Tenenbaum :

1. I always look at the full half of the glass.

2. I have a natural blond-reddish hair.

3. I love to figure skate.

4. I want to illustrate a children book next year.

5. I prefer to be.

Rico:
List 3 of your favorite designs you want me to feature. Tell me something about each design.


Dalia Tenenbaum :


Illustration of a Cute round creature with flowers Cat Water Bowl



I created this one as an exercise to see what can be possibly created from a simple circle. Can't help it, I think this creature is absolutely adorable, it makes me smile each time I see it.




Singing chick coffee mugs



This cute singing bird is one of the first images I ever uploaded to Zazzle. It;s just so positive and cute!!!



Jack o’lantern with dry tree and a moon bag



This Jack o'lantern with a dry tree was created,obviously, for Halloween. Somehow it looks just right to me.

Rico:
This is one of my personal favorite designs from your shop




Mushrooms and blue butterfly t-shirt



Rico: This is adorable! I love the colors.

Rico:
Where else can our readers find you online?


Dalia Tenenbaum :

You can find me on Weekly Doodles Blog , where I write about illustration and report y development as one.

See my additional work on Flicker

This is my ShutterStock gallery Shutterstock

And of course, the Twitter

1 comment:

  1. Interesting interview and some lovely designs. especially the pet bowl!

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