I was born in Arkansas, before the 'rents split and we setted in Kentucky. I had to lead a life fighting the raging injustices of elementary school, a battle destined to fail. By the time I crawled across the New York State border I was a man with chiseled abs, a long zuzu beard, and some conte crayons. Attending college has had its advantages and disadvantages. On one hand, I can't do math anymore, on the other, discussions on Gilgamesh can go on for hours. Sometimes I wonder what it all means.
Hometown:
Niskayuna
About Me:
At the risk of sounding too boring, I am a typical fine arts student in the body of a literature major. I aspire to someday produce something with "artistic merit"... after I define what that means...
Favorite Cartoons:
Batman (the original animated series), Hey! Arnold, Captain Planet, Voltron, The Thunder Cats, Teen Titans (like the Breakfast Club with super powers), Ah! Real Monsters, Kim Possible, Sheep in the Big City, Samurai Jack, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Rocko's Modern Life, Adventure Time.
Favorite Films:
Anything by Miyazaki, The Matrix, Hell Boy, Batman The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones I-III, The Godfather, Garden State, Sean of the Dead, The Emporer's New Groove, Memento, Princess Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Wallace and Gromit, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Wall-E.
Favorite TV Shows:
House, Heroes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Unbeatable Banzuke, Dr. Who, Medium, CSI, Scrubs, MythBusters.
Favorite Comics:
V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Sandman, Marvel Zombies, Halo and Sprocket, Nodwick, Maus, Epileptic, JTHM, Squee, Serenity Rose, The New Warriors, Runaways, Flight.
Favorite Books:
American Gods, The Doomsday Effect, Coraline, I Robot, Dragons of Pern, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Hobbit, Ender's Game, Don Quixote, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Farenheit 451, Baertemus.
Favorite Artists or Illustrators:
Scottie Young, Jhonen Vasquez, Hayao Miyazaki, Claude Monet, Dave McKean, Mike Mignola, Robert Crumb, Salvador Dali, Jamie Hewlett, Roy Lichtenstein, Theodore Guissel.
Favorite Music:
Gorillaz, Fatboy Slim, The Flobots, Dismemberment Plan, The Decemberists, Elelctrofalcon, Splashdown, Cake, Cirque du Soleil, anything Putumayo, Sting, The Flaming Lips, The Magnetic Fields, Beck, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Jonathan Coulton.
Favorite Robots:
Frederator, Frederator 2.0, Geeky Frederator, Old School Frederator, Cowboy Frederator, Frederina, Breterator, Voltron.
Alex:
It is not the art school that defines the artist; it is the artist who defines him or herself.
Strive to constantly and consistently improve your abilities. Work on it everyday, even if it's only 10 minutes, that time adds up. I try to spe...