I'm influenced by anyone who I come across that can make magic, people who make really amazing work look effortless and beautiful (designers, musicians, filmers, artists, surfers, lovers, bakers...). Anything that strikes my eye, a vintage chair, a bold color, and lately anything neon!

It's hard to narrow down the list of artists I admire, but the work from the following artists, I'd say, are the ones that make my heart pitter patter: Paul Gauguin, Lisa Yuskavage, Chuck Close, Banksy, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Alfred Stiegletz, Henri Cartier Bresson & Banksy. In terms of designers, Dieter Rams, Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld, & Tom Ford.

Some of my favorite websites and blogs when I'm cruising the web are thesartorialist.com, garancedore.fr/en, refinery29.com, bleachblack.com, fashiontoast.com, hedislimane.com, natalieoffduty, volcommunity.com, and designspiration.net.

For my FLORA wedding designs I was loosely inspired by a multicolor floral print on my favorite travel bag. I've rocked that thing across many seas and square states so, to me it evoked thoughts & memories of taking off on new adventures. Art and Design are really different I think. Design needs to be very focused and specific, while Art is only as limited as one's imagination. So I'd say with Design, it's easiest to get carried away with many different ideas and do too much. The most difficult part is editing and finding balance.

I didn't have a very traditional career path to become a designer (she is a Senior Designer at Volcom and work on the Girl's Collection), so the fact that I'm here doing what I love is really rewarding. I always thought I was going to be a doctor, but my heart was always into art and design, so I took a risk and left behind all my pre-med studies in pursuit of a more creative cause.

I guess you can say my design style is somewhat aggressive/ bold in a way. Even when there is a strong contrast from my designs and art pieces, my work can still be identified as my style. I feel I achieve that in a raw/ urban sense of style. Trying to set myself apart in this industry will always give you a advantage with refining the design style.

Artists that have inspired my work are Andy Warhol, Evan Hecox, O.G. Abel, Marc Mckee, Banksy, Michael Leon and all street artist to name a few…all the Beautiful Losers.

My initial inspiration for my Play Vinyl wedding design was music. I have a diverse taste that I am not even going to into but that brought me to think about the record/ record sleeve design for LVD. Music will remind you of the most important things in life. Love, special moments, people and can change your feeling with just a beat or lyric. The LVD artwork is like that album or track that can bring up those feeling of someone. C'mon who doesn't like music...

I don't know if there is a easy or difficult aspect of the design process in my opinion…from concept to completion of a design I encounter different situations that are easy or challenging. The thing is that they constantly cross paths. The concept can be easy when the actual work and be difficult…and vice versa.

Some accomplishments I’m proud of is not going crazy this far in my career. Working with the people that I want to from artist to photographers. Being able to share my artwork in public exhibitions and galleries. Of course, my beautiful daughter Desiree Medina.

The hardest part is actually starting the project hands on and then knowing when to say when. Having the confidence to look at a project and say its done.

Some of my favorite blogs are Jeff Soto, Brandi Milne, Mark Dean Veca, Jeremy Fish and Camille Rose Gracia to name just a few. I really love visual blogs, sites like them-thangs.com, thefarleftca.com, thedayafteryoudie.blogspot.com

Sounds cheesy and cliche, but honestly - being able to make a living doing what I love. That is my number one accomplishment.

To stay semi up-to-date to what Doug is up to, check out frnsc.com. He promises to plan on updating the site sometime soon.