We were lucky to catch up with Robin Eisenberg recently and have shared our conversation below.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I’m an artist and animator! I’m from Los Angeles originally, and lately I’ve been spending my time back and forth between LA and the midwest. I draw a lot of hot aliens living their lives. I try to make art that feels like cozy escapism – lush and cosmic and relatable. My art has been featured in collaborations with brands including Vans, Adobe, Thrasher, Apple, and Adult Swim. I also worked as production designer and co-producer on a new Prime animated series called The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy. I published a book called Cosmic Care with Chronicle Books in 2020. I also love painting murals, animating music videos, and giving workshops and talks. I’m very inspired by nature and outer space, as well as a love of sci-fi, fantasy, road trips, dogs, and listening to songs on repeat.
You can buy prints and see more of my work on my website at robineisenberg.com, or on IG @robineisenberg!
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
One of the things that had the biggest impact super early on was getting a Wacom tablet and figuring out Photoshop. Before that, I would always draw very detailed, realistic art with just pen and paper. Tons of cross-hatching and almost no color. I loved it, but my art style didn’t feel like me exactly – I kept imagining art that I didn’t really know how to recreate. Working digitally helped me to be able to try a bunch of different styles out relatively quickly, and after experimenting a lot, I started to find a style that really felt like me.
Another thing that was very impactful is an obvious one, but just sharing my work online and also having an online shop. I was able to have a place where people (and clients) could easily find my work. I would also draw portraits of my favorite bands/models/etc and post and tag them, which sometimes led to me actually working with those people which was amazing! Having a shop was also a big turning point, and helped a lot with natural advertising for my art. People would buy pins or art and post about it, or buy stuff for their friends, etc. This was a few years ago when IG and social media felt a little different than it does now, but I do still think that however you do it, getting your art to as many eyes as you can is always helpful, especially in the beginning.
The last thing is probably just taking on opportunities even when they are out of my comfort zone. For instance, the idea of being on a panel or giving a talk used to be really terrifying for me, but it was also something I wanted to start doing. It felt like a really cool way of sharing my process and potentially helping other artists who were earlier on in their careers. So when I was asked to be on a panel for the first time, I said yes, and told myself that no matter how it goes, once it’s over I’ll probably feel glad that I did it. The first one I did went really well! So I started doing more and more of them. Sometimes they would go awesomely and other times not so awesomely (haha), but over time I felt less and less pressure and nervousness, and eventually I actually started really enjoying being on panels and talking about art.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://robineisenberg.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/robineisenberg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robineisenbergdraws
- Twitter: https://x.com/eisenbergrobin
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RobinEisenberg
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