...to my personal site. Its not full of tricks, traps or any of that rubbish, but it is just a simple art showcase courtesy of wix.com I hope you will enjoy.
I have been drawing since 1998 at the age of 5 years old. However, this website is not designed in the fashion of where my artwork originated from; I am focusing on new work, which I think is better. Friends who want to discover my not-so humble beginnings will find some here as well. For better... or for worse.
Born in 1993 in Chillicothe, Ohio. I Started drawing, creating my own attempts at comic books and graphic design at the age of 5 (before I had a computer that wasn't strictly for games). I was always enthused about drawing from various kinds of mediums. Whether it is pen, pencil, markers, airbrush-or even by means of digital artwork. It isn't the tools where the best art comes from... it is skill, and it will ALWAYS be skill until the very end of time.
My very young childhood was during the era of what I deem: " the infancy of graphic design", when designers were using 3D rendering, and portable network graphic images with the aide of a computer. Whether it is exorbitantly high cost of Apple computers, the dying days of the Amiga family of computers, and when Microsoft was becoming more geared toward professional art thanks in part to Macromedia a.k.a. Adobe. Hey-you can find that in Nairobi nowadays, Luigi!
Who am I you might be asking?
I graduated from DeVry University (Columbus, OH), then took a few self-seminars in art while beginning a freelance art and writing career.
I graduated in December 2015, I tried to find a job that was in my field; but I had no such luck. I work at Lowe's in Chillicothe-not just as a means of finding work experience and developing my people skills, but also to help earn me some better equipment for my career.
Doing everything I could, I wasn't particular. I Wrote and drew comic books and comic strips. It was a challenging time, but at the end of the day, it was always a fun one. Just like the video games I played in my youth: if the game lacks any at all challenge, what's the point in even playing at all?
As an artist, I am a firm believer in trying to step out of my comfort zone for the sake of doing something weird-yet experimental. In regards to art being my passion, I want to continuously expand my knowledge.
"You got the knowledge-Use it, or Lose it!"
so sayeth one of those voices in my head.......
Labor on Snowy & Andy comics allowed me to garner the courage to publish a simple little website for it, anxious by prospects of a more healthful existence. My first job as a seasonal loader for my local Lowe's has not only given me more job experience, and that new computer over there, but it has actually helped build my people skills much more naturally-even in the roughest of conditions; whether it is rain, sleet, hail, the fog, blistering cold, or scorching humidity!
Growing up, I was a big-time gamer (and still am to this very day). I took a look at the scenes of all my games, and occasionally use them as my muse. The different camera angles in 3D platformers, the pixel art of 2D platformers, and why even stop there? I collect the manuals of games as a point in reference for helping mold, and shape my art into a brighter (if not more professional) tomorrow.
"Refusal to criticism is an artist's shame."
-Greg Shope, 2016
You can also chalk that one right up there Mark Kistler's "Your imagination is your limitation" and that one quote that states, "Your never too old to learn something new".
I believe that art is omnipresent. And sometimes with mathematics (which I am VERY bad at) they help mold, and shape us into the individuals that we are today-for better or for worse. Consider this: without both of them-not only would there be no video games, but we would all be stuck in the Palaeolithic Era, eating absolutely NOTHING but mud from our hands! Just remember...
Welcome...
Yes, this is what I look like... 100% stock.
My Work Environment. Nifty is it not? This is where all the magic happens!