My dad was a big inspiration. He was a graphic designer before the first Apple computers started to take over the graphic design industry. He worked with his hands to create everything, so I seem to have inherited his drawing and layout skills.

I remember making collages with him on his work desk when I was very young. I think this helped to develop the collage style of work I now create.

My cousin is also a full time illustrator, watching him create all his amazing illustrations in my younger days inspired me to follow in his footsteps and to take on university education; where I learnt to use the Adobe suite and to start taking design and illustration more seriously. 

A big shout out to my dad, Fraser Cullen and my cousin, Jamie Cullen.

I might of answered it a little in my previous answer but my dad and my cousin started it off. 

However, I really enjoy creating clean lines and bold patterns large scale. I take a lot of inspiration from the natural world and plant foliage within the patterns also. I like using the shapes of leaves to create unique patterns. 

I usually play around with colour schemes and shapes in Illustrator and Procreate and just hope something comes together that I think will work.

Keep it simple. 

I think when becoming an artist, especially in this day and age you need almost a gimmick or some sort of brand identity to get somewhere. Maybe I am talking about more of the mural artists but I see alot of artists using the same process or artist effect and apply it to every mural - I see alot of people painting glitchy effects over every piece of their work or 3D blue and red glasses effects. I think I thought I had to find my own niche or identity within my work that I can apply to every mural. It stressed me out for ages until I stopped worrying about all of this and just kept it simple and chose to paint clean simple lines. It is just something I naturally enjoyed.

I love tape. It creates a clean look that you cannot create by hand.

There is always an arguments between artist, painters and decorators.

Alot of people say you can just do it by hand but it is just impossible to get the straightest and cleanest line. It is something I naturally enjoy looking at and creating.

Just to go with the flow and do not listen to peoples ideas and opinions.

Make mistakes and learn from them yourself. 

I spent alot of time stressing myself out over what people had to say over becoming a certain type of artist or having a completely unique type of style that might help me become a cool commercial artist.

Just keep it simple and enjoy your own process. 

I still sketch out everything with a pen - whether it be a large mural or a piece on canvas.

I feel I am still starting out. I have only been painting murals the last 4 years and still have a lot to learn and alot more different creative approaches to try out. But I am not looking to force anything when it comes to style. It will all evolve naturally when the time is right. 

I enjoy painting on different surfaces and objects. I am not sure why but I would be keen to paint something on the side of a canal boat. I am always walking past them in Manchester and would love to paint something bold and bright on one. 

I moved here in 2017 for university and I remember being recommended Fred Aldous by my lecturers as the best place to get art supplies from. One of my lecturers, Vanessa Scott, is also a great mural artist in Manchester, and we bumped into each other at a paint jam a few years down the line. Both her and my lecturer Paolo Feroleo gave me several nudges to try and jump over to the mural world as I used to a paint alot of my graphic design ideas and designs onto Canvases for my university projects. ( yes, the canvases were purchased from the one and only, Fred Aldous)