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As a child I was only truly happy when I watched cartoons simply because, I could drown out the world around me. When my parents were still together it was almost like a war every time they spoke to each other. Now every time I look back on to those memories, it just reminds me of the verbal abuse from every one in my family, whether or not it was just simple teasing, I was not one to be able to take it nicely. Drawing was the only time I felt like got compliments from every one because it was something that I liked doing and didn't feel like I was forced to do. Cartoons and drawing were the only things that tended to make me happy so it just stuck with me through the years. Drawing cartoons is what makes me happy and like many other people out there cartoons seem to make some of the pain go away. After my senior year of high school I will be going to St. Norbert to pursue my dream of becoming an animator. I have many people tell me that my art is very unique for the cartoon style of almost everything I have done. If anything had to be realistic I would tend to incorporate cartoons or even hide some cartoon things in these pieces of work, just so I don't lose my touch.
Every time I start my work I think to myself, what can you do to make your art your's and every time the characters that I have made over the years of my life come in. Every character means something different to me and mean a major event in my life. Depending on how I'm feeling the day I start a project is what is going to inspire me and the characters or people I choose to be in it. I would have done all of my work on the computer if I had the money to get the tools but that's not cheap, so I went to the next best thing, paper. I would use paint, pencil , markers, or even oil pastels to create different types of work and to set the mood of the art work. There are two major reacquiring themes in my work. Anything evil or anything dealing with love. Evil keeps popping up because it is the part of me that I tend not to show every often because, I hold in my anger to the best of my ability. My only guess for love showing up would be the fact in the back of my head, I just feel like no one has ever loved me for who I am, Now don't get me wrong i have a family that shows me a ton of love but, I just can't feel it.
Now a days I challenge myself by trying other peoples' cartoon styles, whether it's a very common style like, Disney, or someone off the internet Like, Vivzie Pop. This allows me to explore and expand my knowledge for cartoons but, I do expand and explore my work outside my comfort zone. For example some people have asked me to draw them a tattoo that they can get or even have been asked to draw the person a outfit design. I have explored many different regions in the art field like, Design, sculpture, and drawing. I can keep challenging myself by taking requests people give me or simply explore the creativity of art.
Every time I start my work I think to myself, what can you do to make your art your's and every time the characters that I have made over the years of my life come in. Every character means something different to me and mean a major event in my life. Depending on how I'm feeling the day I start a project is what is going to inspire me and the characters or people I choose to be in it. I would have done all of my work on the computer if I had the money to get the tools but that's not cheap, so I went to the next best thing, paper. I would use paint, pencil , markers, or even oil pastels to create different types of work and to set the mood of the art work. There are two major reacquiring themes in my work. Anything evil or anything dealing with love. Evil keeps popping up because it is the part of me that I tend not to show every often because, I hold in my anger to the best of my ability. My only guess for love showing up would be the fact in the back of my head, I just feel like no one has ever loved me for who I am, Now don't get me wrong i have a family that shows me a ton of love but, I just can't feel it.
Now a days I challenge myself by trying other peoples' cartoon styles, whether it's a very common style like, Disney, or someone off the internet Like, Vivzie Pop. This allows me to explore and expand my knowledge for cartoons but, I do expand and explore my work outside my comfort zone. For example some people have asked me to draw them a tattoo that they can get or even have been asked to draw the person a outfit design. I have explored many different regions in the art field like, Design, sculpture, and drawing. I can keep challenging myself by taking requests people give me or simply explore the creativity of art.