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TexDesigns
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[2012-07-06 02:23:54 +0000 UTC]
(United States)
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# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Pollock, Monet, Manet, Cezanne, van Gogh, Warhol, Cuahtemoc Murphy, the TMNT ;), VelazquezFavorite movies: Serenity, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, X-men, Underworld, Star Wars, Resident Evil, Slither, Little Miss Sunshine, Scott Pilgrim, Contagion, Avengers (and all affiliated films)
Favorite TV shows: Raising Hope, Battlestar Galactica, Warehouse 13, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Being Human (North America version), Supernatural, Falling Skies, Rizzoli & Isles, Bleach, The Voice, FaceOff, Firefly
Favorite bands / musical artists: Panic! At the Disco, Blue October, Cage the Elephant, OK Go, Paramore, Foster the People, Nero, Zedd, Zebrat, Daft Punk, deadmau5, Sonik Professor
Favorite books: Blue Bloods, Maximum Ride, Hunger Games, Harry Potter, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Invisible Monsters
Favorite writers: Melissa de la Cruz, JK Rowling, James Patterson, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, Chuck Palahniuk
Favorite games: Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Star Ocean, Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age--things like that!
Favorite gaming platform: 360 (but nothing against ps3--just don't have one!)
Tools of the Trade: CS3, 5, & 6. Mostly Acrylic paints for the paintings that I might do. Mechanical pencils for drawings (sometimes inked with a ball-point pen).
Other Interests: Music, Art, Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, History, Paranormal, Theology, Spirituality, hanging out, watching movies, walking late at night, playing video games
# About me
I grew up in a southern Texas (super conservative and traditional) community that typically valued athletics over the arts. Being the more creative type, and far from athletic, I was naturally picked on from time to time, but always snapped back with wit. Eventually, due to a scheduling issue, I ended up in a Painting class. I'd never touched a paintbrush aside from Kindergarden watercolors for mother's day! In spite of what I saw as technical flaws, my art teacher (an ex-Disney artist and architect... who CHOSE to move to this place!) encouraged me, always said that I showed a lot of potential and promise as an art student.He worked with me a lot, teaching me different styles of painting, knowing that I was at least serious about learning, and that I was determined to prove myself (I had come into the class after it was halfway through). After having a 2nd Place ribbon with my name on it handed to me at an Art Show, I kept thinking how much I enjoyed finally getting respect in the community.
Then my history teacher (also an art lover) took a group of kids to Europe. Knowing that I liked art, she walked me through a lot of museums (the Louvre, the Venice Museum of Art, a few others), and was very proud when I could name the paintings that she had taught us about in class. We also broke from a tour group at Versailles to take a picture of a doorknob (the work on it was AMAZING). That trip was really what pushed me to take the arts seriously as a career choice.
The next year at school, I accepted my art teacher's invitation to his advanced art curriculum--where I did everything from assemblage, ceramics, carvings, sculptures, paintings... Everything but metalwork, really! He was very proud of my pieces, and I attained another 2nd place ribbon (for a ceramic piece, this time!) at the year's art show.
Then I moved on! I graduated early after numerous escapades as Vice President of my school's Art Club, and moved to Pennsylvania, where I now study Graphic Design and Fine Arts.
My high school art teacher still takes interest in me, and invited me to be a featured artist at his art show with three pieces--two graphic design pieces, and one painting.
My history teacher and I remain close (you grow attached to maternal figures that take you to Europe for two weeks!) and hit up midnight premieres of movies! She always asks my opinion on the cinematography and the opening/ending title sequences. :)
Expect to see me competing in Design Challenges, mostly. Maybe a few other contests. My paintings are usually very personal, as well as open for discussion on symbolism. I try to keep my paintings chock full of multiple symbols, so that others can relate to them as they see them, too.