I make art to feel guttural something someone can look at and feel comforted or disturbed depending on the person and to contort the macabre
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Film and Drawings, often dramatic when it comes to my film work I write a lot and want to create so much more than I can now in that aspect but I keep pushing. When it comes to drawing I try to pull something from a strong feeling particularly in the moment that’s when I create my best work.
Where do you find inspiration?Films, games, as well as music, the imagery and sound give me such a clear perspective of another persons life and it helps me relate and understand other people more as well as myself. While in highschool I entered the theatre program for the first time after a friend had convinced me that I could be good at acting and directing so I pursued the tv production and theatre and grew from there learning from others and trying to teach myself how to become a better actor an artist with my crafts.
What would you do with $25,000?Work on my passions with this money I’d be able to afford to do the things I would actually want to do, acting, directing, painting, drawing, writing being able to share my works with the world and attempt to make it a better place if I can not only to entertain but to send a message to the industry that with belief can come growth and I want to pursue a life in this world I always have and I know that if I had this money I would and will not disappoint as well as make dreams into reality.
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