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-What media do you like working in?  What media do you hate working in?  What media would you like to try, but haven't?

Of all the media that I have used, I have to say that doing digital work would be my favorite.  I still love paint, ink, and graphite, but if I had the chance, all of my work would be digital.  I cannot think of any media that I have not tried except anything that deals with printmaking.  One day I will try screen printing, maybe. I steer clear of anything 3D, for I loathe working with 3D.

-List three non-illustration classes that have influenced you and/or your work positively.  How has the work of your peers  influenced you and your work?

            Some of the classes that had the biggest influence on me besides illustration were drawing classes.  In Drawing Composition, I had Morgan Cook who helped me to explore different art through time periods and I found my love for cubism.  After Drawing Comp, I had two classes with Fred Burton that I loved.  I first had Life Drawing, which I am currently taking Life Drawing II .  Now that I’m in Life Drawing II, I can easily see how much I learned with the first class.  I can now draw things I never imagined with ease!  The third class that inspired me the most was Fred Burton’s Drawing into Abstraction.  Whenever I first entered the class, Fred asked me what I was doing there, that it wasn’t the type of class for an illustrator to take, but through that class I was able to explore so many different techniques and mediums that I wouldn’t have gotten to in Illustration.  Aside from past classes pushing me, I find my peers pushing me as well.  As I watch them all advance, I know I should advance too.  I honestly do not see my classmates as my peers but rather my competition.  I will graduate with these classmates and be competing for the same jobs that they would love to have.

-What sort of subject matter do you like to create work about?  What sort of subject matter do you like to read about?

            My favorite subject matter to create art about would have to be fantasy.  I’m not such a fantasy lover that I’m constantly drawing dragons or medieval people, but putting people and animals in fantasy situations interest me.  I also do commission work for GaiaOnline, a forum roleplaying website.  On that site, I have an art shop where I draw people’s avatars.  Through drawing these fantastical avatars for years, I discovered that I really enjoy it.  I’ve never coupled my art work with my reading material, however.  I enjoy reading anything political or articles that question the psychology of community or the individual.  My favorite author is George Orwell. 

-What kind of music do you like?

            My drawing may be fantasy while my reading is strict political, but my music is far different.  I’ve never found a band that I do not like.  I had to dedicate an entire computer to nothing but music and move everything else onto an external hard drive.  My music tastes range from rap to gospel, from techno to heavy metal, from screamo to classical music.  I love all music and it just depends on my mood to which I choose to listen to.

-What non-art related interest/hobbies/skills do you have?

            Outside of art, I’m a total nerd.  I play in Magic: The Gathering Tournaments, participate in Dungeons and Dragons campaigns, and spend hours playing on my Xbox.  While I do these things I will multitask by throwing my other hobbies of cooking, forum roleplaying, or even L.A.R.P.ing into the mix.  I’m not very social with anyone at the college and have maybe a handful of friends there.  Outside of school I spend hours with large groups of nerds. 

-What is something that you like that nobody else likes?

            I honestly cannot think of anything that I like that nobody else likes, but I suppose it's more of a who.  I LOVE M Knight Shyamalan's work.  I don't care what anyone else says!  The twists that come with his plots, the composition of the shot on the screen and the colors that he chooses to display always captivate me.  My favorite work of his is The Village followed by The Devil.

-If you had the run of the world's museums, what three works of original art would you like to own?

           If I could own three original works of art I would first hang Alphonse Mucha's Gismonda over my bed.  He is my favorite artist and I would adore to have that piece of work, especially in my own home.  The second piece of art that I'd choose would be "Two Nudes on Old Indian Rug" by Philip Pearlstein.  Normally all of the pieces you see for him are paintings, but this created with etching and aquatinting.  It's beautiful and the forms are amazing with his soft layering of greys over.  The third and final piece of art I would choose to personally have would be "Diego" by Alberto Giacometti.  His fashion of building up mass out of line and layers of paint is amazing.  He doesn't draw to find the shape, he draws and paints to find the mass.