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[rosered32]

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

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[rosered32.livejournal.com]

1) When did you realize you wanted to be an artist? Was it all of a sudden or did you always know?
2) Why NJ for Art school? (I love it there, but I live here as my family lives there!)
3) What is your favorite movie now and what was it as a child?
4) Did you ever think you would be where you are today 5 years ago? What did you think would be different?
5) What inspires you on a daily basis to continue to draw?

[antoniotyler.livejournal.com]

1) I have been drawing most of my life, but I never considered it a career. At 6 years old, I wanted to be a astronaut, then a roboticist (I was a weird kid). When I went into middle school, I asked them what classes I could take to become a mechanical engineer. Although the skill set remained the same, I kept changing careers.

However, I have been drawing nearly for the same amount of time, and never wavered with it. Even after starting Synaptic Misfiring, I didn't know I wanted to be a professional artist until 3 years ago. I wasn't too surprised with the relevation, though.

2) I want to be a cartoonist, and although a few art schools offer cartooning degrees, I wanted to be taught by working professionals. All the professors at the Joe Kubert School current work in the comic industry.

3) As a kid, I know I loved watching The Empire Strikes Back and all of the Indiana Jones movies. I've been enjoying older movies lately, like The Maltese Falcon and obscure film noirs like Rogue Cop.

4) I was either going to be at an engineering school or at the bottom of a whiskey bottle, depending how cynical I was. But I was under the impression I would be depressed, going from one empty, unfulfilling relationship to another.

I am nowhere near where I thought I would be. I'm back in Tracy, hanging out with friends, a veteran of a 9 month relationship, sober, and on the cusp of a new career. Even with the near nervous breakdown I had last week, I am still much happier now than I though I would be.

5) My emotions. If you look at every Synaptic Misfiring story arc is analogous with some event in my life. Writing and drawing the comic is my way of dealing with the emotions of those events, although I tend to have the Synaptic arcs turn out better in the end :). No one wants that gloomy of a comic.

On a more practical level, I draw everyday to improve as an artist. I am never satisfied with a single piece I've done, so I'm continuously trying to better myself.