Marc Royce
How did you come up with the idea to do multimedia collages?
I was actually asked to do a book, and I knew that I wanted to do something different from what you normally see. I'm not an interior designer, but people assume that I am because I studied it in school. I had this idea of following the trail of inspiration and wanted to focus on the finished product without ignoring the journey getting to it. It's meant to really show people what goes on in the mind while you're creating and inspire others to create.
I'm such a creature of journaling, photography, and sketching and have so many journals from my travels. It just so happened that I had gone to Southeast Asia to find the inspiration behind the book when-completely jet-lagged at my desk-I had all my research piled up all around me and I saw one thing over here match another thing over there and I saw a textile match a photograph. So I just started cutting everything out and pasting it together, and that's kind of where the collages started; then I couldn't stop. I didn't leave my kitchen floor for months. It took three years to do the whole book, so it was definitely a process.Where do you get your inspiration?
The book is kind of broken up by chapter in what really are the highlights of my inspiration-whether it is my childhood or places I was brought up, or travel or love or romance, there's a chapter for each one. Travel allows you to free your mind from a regular day. These collages represent all of those things, bound together in one place, in one form.
How do you think the book could influence other creatives?
I think it can influence a lot of people. It's a visual journey, a journey to creativity. The book will intrigue anyone who is creative or artistic or who loves color. I know magazines inspire me; whether it's a little pattern or design, the smallest thing can inspire us. This book is so jam-packed with ways to inspire others to live out their dreams. Sometimes we get stuck thinking we can't complete something, but I've never been a writer and I have a book now. You just need a little kick now and then.
What do you want readers to take away from your book?
A smile. A lot of times people are very restricted, but I wasn't when I did the book. I was in such a good place. If suddenly I felt like putting a red frog in the corner, I did it and it was very liberating. If anyone can take inspiration from it, I'd want him or her to think they can do it all. It's very personal for me-in fact, I'm naked in one of the pictures. I think it's refreshing for people, because they think they need to be something all the time, but when you see someone vulnerable and expressing themselves, you remember that you can be that way, too.
I was actually asked to do a book, and I knew that I wanted to do something different from what you normally see. I'm not an interior designer, but people assume that I am because I studied it in school. I had this idea of following the trail of inspiration and wanted to focus on the finished product without ignoring the journey getting to it. It's meant to really show people what goes on in the mind while you're creating and inspire others to create.
I'm such a creature of journaling, photography, and sketching and have so many journals from my travels. It just so happened that I had gone to Southeast Asia to find the inspiration behind the book when-completely jet-lagged at my desk-I had all my research piled up all around me and I saw one thing over here match another thing over there and I saw a textile match a photograph. So I just started cutting everything out and pasting it together, and that's kind of where the collages started; then I couldn't stop. I didn't leave my kitchen floor for months. It took three years to do the whole book, so it was definitely a process.Where do you get your inspiration?
The book is kind of broken up by chapter in what really are the highlights of my inspiration-whether it is my childhood or places I was brought up, or travel or love or romance, there's a chapter for each one. Travel allows you to free your mind from a regular day. These collages represent all of those things, bound together in one place, in one form.
How do you think the book could influence other creatives?
I think it can influence a lot of people. It's a visual journey, a journey to creativity. The book will intrigue anyone who is creative or artistic or who loves color. I know magazines inspire me; whether it's a little pattern or design, the smallest thing can inspire us. This book is so jam-packed with ways to inspire others to live out their dreams. Sometimes we get stuck thinking we can't complete something, but I've never been a writer and I have a book now. You just need a little kick now and then.
What do you want readers to take away from your book?
A smile. A lot of times people are very restricted, but I wasn't when I did the book. I was in such a good place. If suddenly I felt like putting a red frog in the corner, I did it and it was very liberating. If anyone can take inspiration from it, I'd want him or her to think they can do it all. It's very personal for me-in fact, I'm naked in one of the pictures. I think it's refreshing for people, because they think they need to be something all the time, but when you see someone vulnerable and expressing themselves, you remember that you can be that way, too.
