Questions for all the artists

[JESTER]

1. What is your name or alias?
-->JESTER

2. How old are you?
-->23

3. Where are you from?
-->ORIGINALLY FROM SALINAS VALLEY CURRENTLY IN THE SCO

4. How long have you been an artist?
-->SINCE CONCEPTION-->1ST LOVE THIS SHIT IN 1996 (ITS WHEN I FIRST WORKED ON 3D STUDIOS v.3(B4 MAX)

5. How much experience/education do you have?
-->CURRENTLY ONE SEMESTER AWAY FROM GRADUATING WITH A BA IN DESIGN AND INDUSTRY WITH AN EPHASIS ON VISUAL COMMUNICATION

6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
-->YES-NO NOT YET!

7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
-->HAVE DONE WORK FOR AN EXCLUSIVE FEW--DONE COVERS, WEBSITES, POSTERS, PRINT WORK, FLYERS, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO EDITING, ENHANCED CDS, PRESENTATIONS, U NAME IT I'VE DONE A LITTLE OF IT

8. What inspires your work?
-->CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS, CUTURE IS A BIG ONE FOR ME....OTHER 3D ARTWORK

9. How do you describe your style?
-->IN FOTOSHOP I LIKE THE GRITTY LOOK BUT DONT STAY 2 IT EVERYTIME....I LIKE 2 EXPERIMENT....RITE NOW IT IS WORKING ON CLEAN LAYOUTS

10. What do you think your best skill is?
-->3D ARTWORK AND BRINGING DESIGN ASPECTS INTO MY WORK

11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
-->I WAS ORRIGINALLY A CINEMA MAJOR-->I LIKE FILM, MUSIK, COMPUTER WORK, AND PAINTING.

12. What are your other hobbies?
-->I LIKE 2 EXPERIMENT WITH NEW PROGRAMS....READING, AND MY GIRLFRIEND

 

[SikIndividuoh]

1. What is your name or alias?
- Anthony
2. How old are you?
- 28
3. Where are you from?
- Bay Area, CA
4. How long have you been an artist?
- Since I dog paddled in my pop's sack
5. How much experience/education do you have?
- Up to 2 years college
6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
- Yes & yeah it will be
7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
- Illustration, Photography, Design of most any medium
8. What inspires your work?
- Tanqueray No. 10 Gin
9. How do you describe your style?
- It is what it is
10. What do you think your best skill is?
- Trickery
11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
- Pencils & paper
12. What are your other hobbies?
- A husband & a father of 5, Music

Regards

 

[SPORADIC]

12. What are your other hobbies?
- A husband & a father of 5, Music

u da man

 

[Fawg]

1. What is your name or alias? Fawg of Mid-West Creations
2. How old are you? 19
3. Where are you from? South Dakota
4. How long have you been an artist? Since I can remember
5. How much experience/education do you have? Graduated High School, now going to Tech school for Graphic Communications.
6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online? Working on it, and it will be online, some time soon. You can check out some of my work at either the siccness, or raptalk.net.
7. Do you do freelance work? What types? Adobe Photoshop, not so much illustraigter yet, i've taken, and am taking photography classes, and I do some street work with a friend, but he does more of it then I.
8. What inspires your work? I dunno really, I've been drawing on anything I could get my hands on since I can remember. Really art imspires me, I just sit down to it and work, its acts kinda like a stress releaver.
9. How do you describe your style? A work in progress.
10. What do you think your best skill is? Hand drawing out with detail anything, I use charcole, caligraphy pen, bic pens, really with anything I can draw it out, iF i sit down and take my time with it.
11. What are your favorite media types for your art? Mixing taken photographs into one clean piece of work.
12. What are your other hobbies? Cmoken, Drinkin(no so much of it tho) just like everyone else my age. Music of course, Pritty much stickin to what I KNoW!

 

[noWetaG]

1. What is your name or alias?

Gate Won aka Sealed

2. How old are you?

23

3. Where are you from?

702

4. How long have you been an artist?

2 years old

5. How much experience/education do you have?

making company logos, t-shirt &business card designs since 16

6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?

Putting 2gether my online & hardcopy ports currently

7. Do you do freelance work? What types?

its all ive done so far...
from the 1s named above to album covers...
posters, flyers, web sites, ect ect ect

8. What inspires your work?

life

9. How do you describe your style?

precise but also abstract

10. What do you think your best skill is?

surviving

11. What are your favorite media types for your art?

books, poetry, paintings, music and anything else related 2 creativity

12. What are your other hobbies?

none....everything i do is done like its my job...

 

[Quidjinn]

1. What is your name or alias?
Real Name = Rik Alias = Quidjinn

2. How old are you?
15

3. Where are you from?
Holland

4. How long have you been an artist?
since late October '02

5. How much experience/education do you have?
wit PhotoShop, got alotta experience, wit 3d shit not that much

6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
nope, not yet

7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
I did, cover art work

8. What inspires your work?
i aint got no inspiration, i start wit nuttin' and continou till' im happy wit it!

9. How do you describe your style?
dark

10. What do you think your best skill is?
at grfx? Dark Style

11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
no idea???

12. What are your other hobbies?
music, school (dont really call it a hobby) girls

 

[Cmoke]

1. What is your name or alias?
Cmoke
2. How old are you?
18
3. Where are you from?
707-605
4. How long have you been an artist?
3yrs
5. How much experience/education do you have?
high school
6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
not professional but yes
7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
what? i just get blazed n trip on my work....
8. What inspires your work?
Artists, life situations, Bud(not the beer), friends
9. How do you describe your style?
visualize themes and go with it
10. What do you think your best skill is?
Photo doctor work
11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
um.....pass
12. What are your other hobbies?
sippin Cmokin n spittn, plus poetry flows rhymes battles

 

[blueboxed]

1. Bluebox
2. 18
3. sac
4. my whole life
5. photoshop 4 years?
6. yep -> blueboxvisions.com
7. self employed -> anything for cash
8. money
9. dark or light ->what ever i am goin through in life
10. conceptual visualization
11. pencil, photoshop
12. Video, pimpin and husltin them bitches

 

[Jewelz]

Da Kid

1. What is your name or alias?
Garcy aka Young World
2. How old are you?
16
3. Where are you from?
Lawtown, Mass
4. How long have you been an artist?
2 years
5. How much experience/education do you have?
Still In High School...
6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
Nah... I Don't Put My Shit On The Internet...
7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
???
8. What inspires your work?
The Streets...
9. How do you describe your style?
Gangsta/Commercial
10. What do you think your best skill is?
Rappin'/Writin'
11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
???
12. What are your other hobbies?
I play ball... smoke... hustle... and just chill with my Outlaw niggas...333

 

[chris capo]

1. What is your name or alias? Syke O C
2. How old are you? 17
3. Where are you from? 707 but recently in 530
4. How long have you been an artist? 4 years
5. How much experience/education do you have? ive rapped at parties made an appearance on 2 albums
6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?no
7. Do you do freelance work? What types?uuhh
8. What inspires your work?
9. How do you describe your style?violent/sikk/funny/pimp shit
10. What do you think your best skill is?i can come up with words easily
11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
12. What are your other hobbies?basketball

 

[StokOne]

My style.......

1. What is your name or alias?
....StokOne

2. How old are you?
....22

3. Where are you from?
....East Bay Area

4. How long have you been an artist?
....10 years

5. How much experience/education do you have?
....Art school Dropout

6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
....something like that. No

7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
....I don't whore myself, anything that comes my way. Corporate ID, photography, Albums, murals, etc.

8. What inspires your work?
....People I work with. Music. Other artists. Urban landscapes. Oh and of course those Haters

9. How do you describe your style?
....Abstract minimalist

10. What do you think your best skill is?
......I like to believe that I'm well rounded

11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
......Pixels, Spraypaint, silver paint pens, Pencils and Prismacolor pens

12. What are your other hobbies?
......my girl, sleeping, graffiti, typography, writing music

 

[Siccx Degree]

1. What is your name or alias?

Siccx Degree aka Khaos aka The HellRazor

2. How old are you?
19

3. Where are you from?
Alameda, California

4. How long have you been an artist?
Um, that's pretty hard to answer, I guess for as long as I can remember

5. How much experience/education do you have?
High School Drop Out

6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
Currently building a portfolio, which includes, character concept sketches, photoshop pieces, and general sketches

7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
I do freelance work, people ask, and I'll get down to work

8. What inspires your work?
Mostly my brothers style, his memorial site can be seen at www.dreamtdk.com (if it's not currently down at the moment, and if it is down you can check out another site which is: http://www.geocities.com/thedreamkontinues/dream1.html } other then that alot of the comics I read influence how I draw, the mood I'm in, and the general enviorment

9. How do you describe your style?
Sharp, subtle, rough edged, and dark

10. What do you think your best skill is?
My most favored style is still pencil work

11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
Drawing Pencil's, water color paper (gives off excellent texture), Adobe Photoshop, Deep Shade pencils, moderate grey pencils, and the trusty inking pen

12. What are your other hobbies?
I collect various things, Swords, Knives, Action Figures, Comics, Comic related art work, Freestyle Grappling, Graffiti, there is alot more, just to lazy to list them...

 

[Ice Kapone]

1. What is your name or alias?

--- Ice Kapone aka Kap1 aka IK

2. How old are you?

-- I am 16 years old

3. Where are you from?

-- Olympia, WA

4. How long have you been an artist?

- About 2 years-

5. How much experience/education do you have?

- 2 years in (Graphics/Web)
------Adobe Photoshop 7-------
-------Dreamweaver 4-----------

6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?

---No i do not at the moment


7. Do you do freelance work? What types?

-- If you ask for a sig or sumtin ill do it but not cd covers

8. What inspires your work?

- Music, and my emotions at the time

9. How do you describe your style?

-Clean well though out very unique

10. What do you think your best skill is?

- Computer Graphics i cant freehand or anything yet

11. What are your favorite media types for your art?

-pixels

12. What are your other hobbies?

- Rappin'

 

[Passionz]

1. What is your name or alias?

EternalPassionz....Passionz

2. How old are you?

18

3. Where are you from?

cali

4. How long have you been an artist?

3 years

5. How much experience/education do you have?
paintshop pro, photoshop, ulead photoimpact

6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?

no not right now


7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
different types depends


8. What inspires your work?

music friends and family

9. How do you describe your style?

unique artistic

10. What do you think your best skill is?
webdesign and drawing and cooking yum ..lol



11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
urban n a lota other different kind

12. What are your other hobbies?
web design cooking chatting web surfing makin graphics n the list goes on....

 

[michorizo16]

1. What is your name or alias?
<Mi Chorizo
2. How old are you?
<14
3. Where are you from?
<Topeka Kansas
4. How long have you been an artist?
<3 years
5. How much experience/education do you have?
6. Do you have a portfolio? Is it available online?
<nope
7. Do you do freelance work? What types?
<all kinds
8. What inspires your work?
<my familia, other stuff
9. How do you describe your style?
<quick, old school, Portuguese
10. What do you think your best skill is?
<executive producing, cd orginization
11. What are your favorite media types for your art?
<idk
12. What are your other hobbies?
<Portuguese food, chinese food, mexican food, rukas, other stuff