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Name
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Metzen
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Alias
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Thundergod, The Bourbon Cowboy.
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Inspirational Artists
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Walter Simonson, Larry Elmore, Alex Ross, Jim Lee,
Keith Parkinson.
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Top
Five Movies
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars
Braveheart
Ben Hur
Highlander (original)
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Favorite Books
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The Dragonlance Chronicles (Weis and Hickman)
The Sandman Series (Neil Gaiman) and yes, it IS
literature!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series (Douglas
Adams)
The Stand (Stephen King)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
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Awesome Comics
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The Mighty Thor (Walter Simonson - writer/artist)
Kingdom Come (Mark Waid - writer, Alex Ross - artist)
Uncanny X-Men (Chris Claremont's 17 year run - various artists)
Daredevil (Frank Miller - Writer/artist)
Hellblazer (Garth Ennis - writer, Steve Dillon - artist)
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Killer
Bands
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The Police, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, The Doors,
U2, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Wonder.
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Listening to Recently
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Sevendust, A Perfect Circle, Linkin' Park, Incubus.
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Greatest
Games Ever
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AD&D (1st edition) - especially the single
module 'Ravenloft'
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC/Xbox)
Palladium Games - Heroes Unlimited, TMNT and Robotech
Galaga - Arcade
Off Road - Arcade
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Words of Wisdom
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"Never mix whiskey and vodka."
"Never spit into the wind."
"When in Russia, never whistle on crowded subway
trains."
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Hobbies and Interests
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I like to crash dirt bikes as often as possible.
I'm a four-alarm comic geek with an average
$35.00
a week habit.
I love the night life. I love
to boogie.
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Define
your style of art
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I think I've always taken a comic-type approach
to fantasy and sci-fi. I was heavily influenced
by both Walt Simonson's and Jim Lee's pencilling
styles for form, but I preferred the costuming,
themes and general feel of Elmore and Parkinson's
fantasy paintings. Still kind of working on
the whole 'art style' thing...
At this point,
I just use as much pencil lead on a page as
I possibly can and hope the piece turns out!!!
:)
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Where do you do most of your work?
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Any flat surface will do.
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What are your favorite things to create?
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Heroes and Villains. Monsters and mechanical designs
are fun - but I dig drawing specific characters
with specific stories related to them.
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What tools do you use to create your artwork?
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Usually just a good handful of mechanical #2 pencils
and a few compressed shading sticks. I'm a
big fan of colored pencils as well, but it's
been awhile since I've gone that route. Photoshop's
killer for finishing touches and such, but
I prefer a good old fashioned pencil as opposed
to pure digital art.
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Color
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Number
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Element
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Season
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Silver
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Sky
(storm)
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Winter
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Class
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Race
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Weapon
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Animal
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Paladin
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Human
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War
Hammer
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TV
Show
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Alignment
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Food
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Drink
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Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
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Lawful
Good
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Pizza
- all
meat, baby!
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Jack
Daniel's
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Comic
Dude
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Star
Wars Dude
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Cartoon
Dude
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Game
Dude
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Thor, Captain America
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Han
Solo
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Optimus
Prime
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Ben
(Full Throttle)
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Personal
Links
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