Frequently Asked Questions
- Graphic Design
- Aaron Draplin
- Bold style
- Very colorful
- David Carson
- Organized chaos
- Neville Brody
- Utilizes typography in unique ways
- Büro Destruct
- Bright, colorful
- Functional/instructional as well as artistic
- Aaron Draplin
- Printmaking
- Kirchner
- I tend toward an angular style reminiscent of his work
- I love Die Brücke as a collective
- Kirchner
- Sculpture
- Dustin Yellin
- Miniatures are fascinating re perspective
- Félix Gonzalez-Torres
- Activism through public sculptural displays
- Dustin Yellin
- Painting
- Caravaggio
- Stark contrasts between figure and ground
- Very active subject matter)
- Stark contrasts between figure and ground
- Van Gogh
- Both as an artist and his life story
- Debunking misconceptions about him
- Leonora Carrington
- Surrealism, but deeply personal
- Weird bordering on macabre
- “I didn’t have time to be anyone’s muse…I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.”
- Caravaggio
- Misc
- Ana Mendieta
- She studied at the University of Iowa
- Passion for women’s rights and identity politics
- Tony Fitzpatrick
- Multimedia artwork is something I want to explore further
- David Lynch
- Because, well, David Lynch
- Films as well as artworks
- Destroy All Monsters magazine
- All kinds of artistic styles in one zine
- Tied closely to the band of the same name, served as insight into them as artists
- Tomislav Jagnijć
- Concept artist and illustrator
- His titles are magnificent, and the pieces themselves are very much something I admire stylistically
- Ana Mendieta
I primarily focus on activism, as well as all things weird!
- Mental health awareness
- I’ve struggled with anxiety since childhood, and depression since 2016
- Disability awareness
- I was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus at birth
- LGBTQ+ Pride
- I strongly believe in people being able to love who/when/where they want, and being able to express themselves fully if given a safe environment to do so
- Black Lives Matter
- Because they do. Full stop. As a white person, I’ve even more responsibility to do what I can
- Immigrants
- Inspired by my love of good food, language, and culture, I believe that everyone has the right to a safe space they can call home
- Cryptids
- I love folkloric creatures. I’m just fascinated by the way humans misinterpret common animals as weird and wonderful beasts, and the stories that come from them
- Funky real life animals that could be cryptids
- Axolotls are a personal favorite
- My pets
- Bumble, black cat
- Tabor, white cat
- Zeke, labradoodle
- Assorted goats!
- Random doodles turned into full-fledged artworks
Yes! I have several playlists saved in my Spotify curated by others that are “Writing/Art/Creative” music. I’ve found that, with a few exceptions, I can’t listen to movie soundtracks while creating, as much I enjoy them…I need vocal stimuli so my brain doesn’t wander too far. I do, however, also listen to my own curated library (over 1300 songs strong) that contains a very wide variety to shake things up.
I’ve always enjoyed writing, and have been doing so in various forms since I was very young — elementary school, roughly second grade or third grade. Art classes growing up were fun, but I didn’t really click with them until I got older. As for drawing, I’ve always doodled…over everything and anything. Journals and homework assignments, tests even…and of course, stacks upon stacks of spiral notebooks.
Why I started creating art is both a very simple and very complex answer. It has always been an outlet for my burning creativity, but also a way to cope with physical disability and, eventually, mental illness.
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