People get everything wrong.” - LUIS PEREZĭiscussing his collaborative relationship with Tyler, Perez points out, “We work well together because I believe in what he wants to create, and part of any collaboration is to trust each other in the journey.” He adds, “Nothing has really changed his confidence in himself. “ is a true artist in every sense of the word. So it's surreal to know that Tyler had a big hand in the piece.” I get a different feeling from this than any of my other work because I can see somebody else's thoughts through it. Whereas I feel like this is more 70-30, where Tyler really gave me a lot of great suggestions. Almost all of the work I do is all me.” He adds, “I'm doing my own drawings for myself, and everything I put up is 100% me. Reflecting on the experience of working so closely with Tyler, Rossignol says, “It's cool to look at the piece and know how much of a collaboration it was, because of how much input he had in it. While the two had been in communication for months, Rossignol says he didn’t find out that his work would be used as cover artwork for IGOR until three days before it was unveiled to the rest of the world. He said, ‘If you want to work this into the piece, you can, but you don't have to.’ So some of the stuff in the piece is actually Tyler.” He actually sent me some stuff from his sketchbook. “And then in the top there's some little stars that he drew. “If you look at the piece, in the jacket, there are some notes that Tyler actually wrote,” Rossignol reveals. I like to keep things almost unfinished in a way.”Īfter the initial DMs, Rossignol’s communication with Tyler slowed-until three weeks ago.Īlthough the piece was created by Rossignol, some of Tyler’s sketches made it into the final image, as well. I always viewed sketching as the finished piece itself.
“I like to draw stream of consciousness, and as free as possible. “I like to work with charcoal and I work really loosely,” Rossignol says of his creative approach. Rossignol remembers Tyler referring to his work as “hard and dirty” and complimenting the artist on his raw, sketch-driven style. When he first messaged me, he said he was interested in collaborating, but he wasn't really that specific.” “Instagram drives probably 95% of my business. “That’s pretty much how everybody finds my work,” Rossignol says. The 39-year-old illustrator tells Complex that his collaborative relationship with Tyler began six months ago via an Instagram DM. One of the images he shared on Monday afternoon was an abstract portrait of Tyler, drawn by Lewis Rossignol. This week, Tyler, the Creator announced his fifth studio album, IGOR, by unveiling two pieces of artwork.