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FAQs
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Thanks for asking. I’m not taking any personal commissions at this time.
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I'm inspired by anything and everything I experience with my five senses. Music and lyrics have the greatest influence on my work followed by fantasy novels and photography.
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That's a great question. I love learning about how other creatives spend their days. My days have little consistency, with each day being wildly different from the one before or the one after. Here are the things from day to day that are similar:
At roughly the same time every morning, I set my alarm to go off and promptly hit snooze as many times as reasonable—between 1 and 3 times. I feed my dog before flitting about doing this or that to get my son to school on time. Once home again, I take care of things around the house while making breakfast for myself. Most days, I start work at 9am.
A daily alarm goes off at lunchtime to remind me to take the dog out and eat, the latter I may or may not remember to do after taking the dog out.
I pick my kid up after school, and we hang out until dinner. After dinner, I may relax or work on the computer while in bed. I tend to go to bed early unless my brain is wired and then all bets are off.
Everything in my day is subject to change. I could be running errands, freelancing, volunteering, tackling work on our old house, building something, growing things, creating art, crafting stories, or doing computer work.
TRADITIONAL ART
SUPPLIES
Watercolors⇢ Daniel Smith
Gouche⇢ (still experimenting)
Ink⇢ Higgins Black India
Colored Pencils⇢ Prismacolor Premier, Prismacolor Col- Erase, and Crayola
Misc ⇢ Uni-Posca Paint Marker Pens (mostly fine tips), Stabilo woody 3-in-1, BIC Kids Crayons
Pens⇢ Bic any ball-point styles, Fisher Space Pen Bullet Pen - 400 Series, Copic Multiliner SP, Zebra Brush Pen (fine point), Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen (soft and hard tip), Sharpie (ultra fine point), Brass Wingback Fountain Pen (fine nib size) and Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Pen (6.0mm nib)
Pencils⇢ Bic mechanical (0.5mm & 0.7mm)
Erases⇢ Papermate Tuff Stuff Eraser Stick
Sketchbooks⇢ Plain Moleskine Cahier Journal (3.5"x5.5" in kraft brown | 5”x8.25” in black | 7.5”x9.5” in black), Tarens Art Creations Sketchbook (4.7”x4.7” in kraft paper brown), and Travelogue Drawing Book (5.5”x5.5” in black)
Papers⇢ Computer Paper, Cardstock, Bristol Paper, and Various Textured Watercolor Papers (no specific brands)
DIGITAL ART
SUPPLIES
Scanner⇢ Epson Perfection V600
iPad⇢ 10.2-inch iPad with Apple Pencil (1st gen)
Programs⇢ Procreate, Procreate Dreams, Inkscape, GIMP
PHOTO/VIDEO
SUPPLIES
Camera/Video Hardware⇢ iPhone 12 mini
Light⇢ Classic White Canvas Lamp with Wooden Base, Canvas Go Light, and Clip lights with plant lights
Microphone⇢ Rode VideoMicro Compact On-Camera Microphone with Rycote Lyre Shock Mount
Phone Tripod⇢ Ulanzi Lightweight White Handle Travel Tripod and ULANZI MT-55 Camera Travel Tripod White
Phone Accessories⇢ Ulanzi ST-02S Aluminum Phone Tripod Mount w Cold Shoe Mount (and I’ll use my Macbook laptop as a monitor to line up shots when using the front facing camera)
Video Recording⇢ MoviePro (iPhone app)
Photo Editing⇢ Default iPhone Photo App
Video Editing⇢ iMovie