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Kiri Leonard is a freelance illustrator who captures the beauty of art in her fairy tale style. As you look at her images you get lost in the little world she has created.  Apart from her client work she has created a number of personal works and is writing a book called Montague Mouse which you can go have a look at over  here .  Juggling all of these tasks at once, and maintaining the self discipline to keep working hard each day is a task in itself, but one that can be very rewarding.  So, I interviewed Kiri herself to learn her secrets on how she stays on top of things and how she stays inspired!   As a freelancer, how do you motivate yourself to get everything done that you need to within that day.  I use a lot of to do lists to stay on point during my day. I find if I don't write everything that needs to be done down, I too easily forget or get sidetracked. When you work freelance it's also important to be accountable to yourself,...

Reece is a South African artist based in Potchefstroom. His art has inspired many, and today I am going to find out what keeps him going in the creative field. 1: What kind of environment do you create for yourself in order to be creative? "I create a sort of order capable of easily moving to chaos. I have to clean up from my last piece, rearrange my tools, prepare the colours and brushes I plan on using (which I never adhere to) and adjust the height of my canvas or drawing. Then step two is closing the curtains, windows and putting on some Mumford and sons on very loudly. Then I begin... " 2: What in your personal life has influenced you to choose your career? "I always knew that I would make art. From being a toddler until now still, I haven't stopped drawing. In school, however, I thought I'll go on to study a degree in astronomy and work at Nasa and do art on the side, that changed around in 2012 when I had visual arts as a subject for ...