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Sketch187ink
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[2014-12-15 04:59:43 +0000 UTC]
"Gettin back to the art, the life"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 56; Deviations: 76; Watchers: 7
Watching: 25; Pageviews: 3353; Comments Made: 87; Friends: 25
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Leonardo da VinciFavorite movies: Action movies something that evokes emotion as well.
Favorite TV shows: Marvel tv Series'
Favorite bands / musical artists: Good music that I can understand and hear the lyrics and relates to something in my life.
Favorite books: Art books with lots of pictures or Psychology(Books that will help me better understand myself and how I can improve my life with others.)
Favorite writers: Mortimer J. Adler
Favorite games: Cod Bo2, Dota 2, Just cause 3, WoW, Pokemon R/B/Y, World of Warcraft, Joking Hazard(Card game)
Favorite gaming platform: PC
Tools of the Trade: It all starts with the pencil, but I also do leatherworking, wood burning, sculpting, usually any tool that will help me bring the idea to life.
Other Interests: Learning more about everything and adding it to what I know about Art.
# About me
Two months after graduating from Lac Courte Oreilles High School I enlisted in the U.S. Army Infantry. I was in the 101st Airborne, a Rakkasan, for those of you who recognize the name. I put myself through many tough challenges to get to where I’m at today. I’m not rich or even very successful really. I just strive to be happy doing what I love. Which leads to my Art. Its been there through it all, it tells it all even. Through the years I’ve grown and it all shows in my work. I used to be so impatient and rushed everything, sure it worked for me then but I finally started to sit back and take my time, now things are starting to come together for the best. Which taught me a lot about life. I used to be numb to so much but once I finally came back to my art and let it all out, things just flowed. A little rough at first, I wasnt used to being home from the service yet. I failed a few times but I gathered myself up and came back even better than the first and second time. Now I’m here, I’m not the same person I was but I look back and I’m glad I’m here how I am. I have learned so much from my path.Native American Art is where I started when I was younger, even going with my mother and selling in the Department of Interior in Washington D.C. I was young and its quite a blur to me but it was fun and quite the crowd there as well. The memories are brief but the best parts are there. I even remember beading pieces for my moms work and we’d split what we made and I’d buy a trampoline or my bikes and super soakers, cant forget those. I was a proud lil dude, definitely wild but we had a lot of good experience and art is one of the best ones. I believe that is why I’m going to keep going with it and stop holding myself back with little doubts, I will learn as much as I can in every medium I can.
My love for art will eventually lead to something greater, I love the challenge and I’ll always take one as long as it is exciting enough, putting my twist in the mix is always the fun part.
I guess that is My Story for now
Thank you for being you!
~Michael Clarquist~
p.s. Click my fbpage link as well. I'll most likely have that updated with more recent works and the progress before I add them to here. Give me a follow and a share for the hell of it :D
# Comments
Comments: 20
Hello again sketch187ink!
Thanks, again.
I am very glad to see ya'll support my art
That's why I have one more favour to ask of you.
If it is not much trouble, can you take a minute to subscribe to my youtube channel?
I want to make it as a freelance artist and I think youtube is the way to go.
That's why if you do subscribe to my channel, don't forget to click the notification icon to get notified whenever I post an art tutorial
I make them because I want to repay your kindness for supporting me 
I want to give back to this community
Here is the link : www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlFa… 
If you are hesitant, I understand.
I may often come out as too straighforward and I apologize if this comment inconveniences you.
If you just want a sample of what Kind of videos I make, here (face tutorial, step by step) : youtu.be/VeRz3srZ6rk
Thank you again, I really do mean it. And would love to have you join my youtube family, sketch187ink!
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Thank you! MelissaKuri ! I've been slacking but the time for that is over (^_^)> I recently started up a studio in my hometown, there are 3 of us that kind of know how to do what the others do but we dont step on toes, its Myself my mother and my sister that are sharing the space. Its quite nice already. I've been trying to put at least 6 hours+ a day into some projects. I take breaks from mediums, right now I'm switching back and forth between leather and Painting. Gives me a chance to think about the next steps and most of the time it works out for the best.
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Hi, glad to hear that you have the time and space to create art, that's as important as difficult to find in this contemporary crazy life. I'm sharing my space with people too, its recently that i completely changed my life, the art worths it. I can't think about other way to live, just doing art is what I crave for 
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Ugggh I need some motivation 
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Hey, I read your profile and see that you're Native American, which is SUPER AWESOME
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I'm from Ojibwe Lac Courte Oreilles in Wisconsin
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THAT'S SO AWESOME!!!! :'D
I recently did DNA testing and was really disappointed to find I don't have any Native American blood in me >_< When I was a little kid, I thought they were like the coolest people ever XD Still cool to me :')
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Lol yeah I've always been studying and grew up learning how to make quite a few things from my culture, I've since been kind of learning new mediums and mixing and finding places for them to work for me with traditional arts 
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Thank you so much for the watch, buddy! I really appreciate it!
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Your welcome
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Welcome to I am so very happy that you decided to join us!
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Lol this is so seductive... Haha jk Panda
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