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Frequently asked questions

As an artist, I pride myself on telling people everything I know about art, history, and even general information like "where the bathrooms are." I’m always willing to help others no matter the subject. Here are some questions that people have asked me over the years.

When did you start making art?

I've been doing art since I was 5 years old, starting with a simple eye tutorial, and that love for art and learning everything about it has just grown throughout the years.

What are your career goals?

My career goals are to go into animation and hopefully get into a postion where I can make my own show. However, I am also willing to go into other fields of work like conservation, historian, graphic design, pattern maker, just any field that has to do with art I'll be happy in.

What's your favorite medium to work with?

My favorite medium to work with has to be markers, it can be as cheap as Crayola or as expecive has Ohuhu it just has to be something that can colorfully put down my ideas. Traditional would be the best word to describe it.

What does art mean to you?

Art, for me, is the physical representation of the human experience, and we can go even farther and say art is the physical representation of life itself. The way we live, our experiences, and our beliefs influence the art that we make. This means that anything and everything around us is art because it was made with the intention of someone living to interact with it.

What got you into doing art?

One day, when I was around 5, my papa took my sister and me to Numero Uno, a grocery store, and after we were done shopping and waiting in line, my older sister was looking around and saw a DVD titled Yu Yu Hakusho and asked my papa if we could get it. In my mind, I thought she was crazy, getting things and putting them in the cart. He said yes, and he brought the DVD. After that, on a Saturday, my sister put the DVD in our DVD player, and we watched the show. It was amazing. When the “movie” ended, my sister wanted to see if there were more episodes of the show, and she found all of them on YouTube. We started the series from the very beginning, unlike the “movie” that had a random assortment of episodes. Sometime midway through the series, I started to daydream and thought of two characters of my own and then soon after two more. I thought to myself I wanted to make something like Yu Yu Hakusho, and that’s when I started to learn how to draw, and I’ve been obsessed with art ever since.

Who's your favorite artist?

My favorite artist is Georgia O'Keeffe; I love the way she paints skulls and how she incorporates them into the scenery. She also has a masterful hand when it comes to painting close-ups of flowers, showing the beauty life can have, even after they pass.

Where do you get your inspiration from?

I get inspiration from all parts of the internet, whether it’s shows, books, cultures, or social media. I'm always getting inspired by all the media I consume. But my main inspiration would have to be body horror. One of the main themes that I tend to explore is the mental state of a person, and I show their mental health in physical form. If you see someone's arm cut off, would you think that person is ok? By physically showing what a person is going through, people will have a better understanding of what’s going on without flat-out telling the viewers what’s happening. I love exploring the beautiful and the grotesque and showing the body in different forms. The human body or bodies in general should not be seen as taboo but something to be embraced. Plus, horror is a good way to talk about social and political issues that are happening currently or in the past. But my art is meant to scare you; it's meant to make you feel uncomfortable, to see beauty in the grotesque and see something grotesque in the beauty.

How do you feel about showing work in progress online?

I don’t think much of it. Whenever I’m working on something, I always like to take pictures of my progress and share them online. I am always posting my progress, whether it looks good or not. I find the beauty in whatever I make and want to show it to the world.

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