Well, I went to the Art Insitute of Phoenix, where I got an Associates' in 3d animation, but found that it didn't suit me to sit in an office staring at a computer screen, moving vertices around so I decided to find something else. Art as a career came later, after a brief stint in the world of retail, which I was appallingly good at and which I indeed hated. Eventually, a friend of mine, who was a tattoo artist said to me, "Why don't you try tattooing?" I think he was just tired of me bitching about 'entitled' people who think I can just conjure last year's discontinued duvet cover with the tacky animal print all over it they need so very desperately to match their equally tacky drapes. Anyway, I digress. I'd never really thought about tattooing as a job before, but he was opening a shop in a town near to where I lived and I apprenticed there, paid my dues and voila! I found that I love it, the people, the stories, (did I mention I love a good story?), the art of it. The industry has come a long way since the time of bikers and sailors, the skin has become just another canvas and there are exciting and wonderful things happening out there in the world of tattooing and I am humbly grateful to have been a part of it for close to eight years now.
Favourite Visual Artist
Frank Frazetta
Favourite Movies
I only get to pick one? er, Yojimbo. No wait, Singin' in the Rain.
Favourite TV Shows
Doctor Who of course. Pfft, as though there was another choice. Still love the crap outta Farscape, too and Top Gear(the brit version).
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
GWAR! Tool, Dead Milkmen, Mephiskapheles, The Horrorpops, really I could go on and on.
Favourite Books
I don't think there's space enough on this to list them all. Hmm, Good Omens was great, uh, Naked Lunch changed the way my brain works, hmm jeez there's just too many, they're crowding my brain.
Favourite Writers
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Orwell, Heinlein, Asimov, Carrol, Douglas Adams, Lovecraft, Austen, Bronte, Twain, Salvatore, Greenwood, King, and a heavenly host of others.
Favourite Games
Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Skyrim, Final Fantasy, see a trend there? I'll play any RPG, really. That's tied in with the whole loving stories thing.
Favourite Gaming Platform
Any.
Tools of the Trade
Tattoo machine, pencil, sharpie, Photoshop, airbrush, anything really. Artists should be able to make art with anything, in my opinion.
Other Interests
writing, just a bit. Poking fun at my counter guy. He's so emo. Mine are simple pleasures and I am pleased to say I am easily entertained.