{"id":64421,"date":"2023-10-25T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=64421"},"modified":"2023-11-06T08:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:45:41","slug":"creativity-demands-more-than-just-canvas-an-interview-with-emmy-winning-artist-mike-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/creativity-demands-more-than-just-canvas-interview-emmy-winning-artist-mike-perry-samsung-viewfinity-s9\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity Demands More Than Just Canvas: An Interview With Emmy-Winning Artist Mike Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creativity lies at the heart of everything we do. It transcends borders and redefines limitations, while cultivating new ideas and bringing them into life. Creatives demand tools that can fuel their artistic pursuits. Tools that translate their dreams and vision into reality. Enter the ViewFinity S9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of the ViewFinity S9 Story series (see part 1 with\u00a0DEVSISTERS<\/a>\u00a0and part 2 with\u00a0OIMU<\/a>\u00a0here), Samsung Newsroom<\/a> sat down with Emmy-winning artist Mike Perry, whose artistic explorations cover a broad spectrum, from the vivid and colorful paintings to whimsical animations and beyond, to talk about how his ViewFinity S9<\/a> fits into his creative process.<\/p>\n

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Mike Perry is an Emmy-winning multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is known for his vibrant and imaginative paintings that often encourages viewers to see the world from a fresh perspective. His works often feature playful characters, fluorescent color palettes and intricate patterns, transforming everyday reality into a dreamlike landscape that pushes the boundaries of creativity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n
Q: Could you tell us a bit about yourself?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Oh, hi. I\u2019m Mike Perry. I\u2019m an artist based in New York. I make all kinds of crazy, fun, colorful things\u00a0\u2014\u00a0paintings, drawings, animations\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and work with incredible clients. I\u2019m living the dream. It\u2019s bright here, but not as bright as this beautiful monitor. Welcome to my studio!<\/p>\n

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Q: What role does your monitor play in your creative process?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The monitor is everything. I use it constantly. It\u2019s like a part of my eyeballs. It allows you to see the things you\u2019re making. You can see how they come to life. And you just want them to be as beautiful and true to what\u2019s actually there in the real world.<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m making a painting, I use it for the final step in the process. Basically, you know, color correcting and taking different elements to make sure my images feel as rich and true as possible. When I work digitally, the monitor is basically just the same thing as the canvas. The monitor is essential. It\u2019s everything.<\/p>\n

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Q: What\u2019s the first thing that stood out when you saw the ViewFinity S9<\/a>?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The first thing that popped out with the ViewFinity S9<\/a> was immediately just the color itself. It\u2019s just bananas. I\u2019m kind of obsessed with fluorescent colors. I can\u2019t stop using them. Color is such an important part of my existence. Just look at how rich and bright, lush and gooey the beautiful monitor is. It was just incredible to turn the thing on and just watch it, poof, glow.<\/p>\n

I was also impressed with how easy it was to just turn on and use. The benefit of making paintings and being a painter is that I\u2019m not always in front of a computer, so when I just popped it open out of the box, it was easy to put together and turn it on. And it just works.<\/p>\n

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Q: What does a Pantone Validated\u21221<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0monitor mean to creatives?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

I love Pantone colors. It\u2019s been really great to see how true to life the Pantone Swatches are to the monitor. I mean, the Pantone book is definitely like a color bible. It\u2019s essential. But then, you\u2019re always dealing with the reality of what\u2019s on screen versus what you\u2019re going to print with. You always have to take a leap of faith that it\u2019s going to match up because the digital to print world is so mysterious. So, it\u2019s just been really lovely to know that what I\u2019m looking at is the same as the color on the swatches. It\u2019s incredible.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Q: Speaking of color accuracy, have you tried the Smart Calibration feature? What did you think of it?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

I love the Smart Calibration feature.2<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0It was so easy to use, and the app is so straightforward. You want things to represent themselves in the truest form so that you know what you\u2019re creating is going to translate across multiple platforms and different mediums. I love that I\u2019m able to make sure that the colors are represented the way that I want them to be. That\u2019s such a nice guarantee.<\/p>\n

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Q: What other features help bring your artistic visions to life?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

One of the headaches that is given to digital artists is working widescreen versus 9:16. In normal screens, you can only see a little bit of 9:16 so it\u2019s such a bummer. So, being able to turn the screen and see the image the way it\u2019s supposed to is just amazing!<\/p>\n

The Matte Display has been so lovely. The sun comes in the morning and pops through the windows, and it\u2019s my favorite part of the day but it just smashes right into my screen. It\u2019s just been lovely to not have sunlight disrupt my process and not have to step away from my computer while the sun is doing its beautiful thing. I also have The Frame TV<\/a> at home, so I\u2019m quite used to the Matte Display at this point.<\/p>\n

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Q. Would you recommend ViewFinity S9<\/a> to other designers?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

I find it incredibly important to have a beautiful monitor. Something with a lot of resolution, something that\u2019s going to give me the best that I can get and need for what I\u2019m working on. I\u2019ll just say about ViewFinity S9<\/a> that color is good.<\/p>\n