Quarter-Finalist

Travis McLaughlin

I wouldn't consider myself an artist. But people around me seem to enjoy my doodles, and I want to help to make the world a better place

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

Spontaneous, from the heart, everything from fantasy knights and dragons, to cozy campfire scenes, space aliens, character profile imagery and combat illustrations, there isnt really anything i dont enjoy drawing or painting, the more out of the ordinary, the better, i enjoy making a persons eye look deeper into a creation by using all the different details and transferring emotion to the canvas with lots of attention to background and foreground that tells a story about the scene being depicted

Where do you find inspiration?

I find inspiration all around me, in every day life like at work, or with friends and family, but mainly in songs, tv shows, and movies, and most of my childhood and teenage years I spent trying to be like the protagonists in the films that id watch, I grew up in a working class family, paycheck to paycheck, so little things and ideals meant a lot also the messages conveyed through those stories made big impression on me, I used to even paint clothes in high school with my designs and sold them

What would you do with $25,000?

I would pay off what's left of any debts I have, pay back my old bosses from the company i used to work for who looked out for me in 2 of the darkest moments of my life, pay back my amazing girlfriend who saved me quite literally from myself, after that I would invest half of whatever is left into some form of long term stock or bank account, and donate the remaining half to a charity, but most importantly, just thank you for this opportunity in general, I am happy just to be able to participate

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