“I just draw the subjects that I like, based on my aesthetic, for myself. How my art work is interpreted is up to everyone else, so it can be distorted however one likes. I don’t have an answer myself! I’ll leave that up to the critic’s imagination.”
“I feel that my characters all have some part of my character. I feel that they’re all me in some way, certainly not in individuality, but they all bear elements of what I feel”
“No matter what the people around me say, creating is my freedom, my enjoyment of life, my energy.”
“Find what you love and let it kill you.”
“Like a lot of young people who wanted to be artists, comics were a gateway for me.”
“It’s not movies and it’s not “fine art.” The beauty of a comic is that it’s clear, direct communication. My work is getting simpler and more cartoony because I’m much more interested in communication now than in any illustrative value.”
“One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.”
“Knowing what to take out and what to leave in is what separates the men from the boys”
“For me, my travels have been the chance to go to a place that already exists in my imagination”
“One of the most difficult things for any artist to do is create a world that looks both completely alien yet real and possible.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“If you were to look at my pictures in their original state, I think you would find that they are very loosely painted. I simply focus on the parts that will jump out to the naked eye and attack those relentlessly. I am a very resourceful painter and I work very quickly. I am also very good at taking the easy way out. I admit it!”
“Knowledge of perspective is of supreme importance. Its laws provide a good, positive way to manipulate or hypnotize your readers.”
“Even if we painstakingly piece together something lost, it doesn’t mean things will ever go back to how they were”
“There are times when we knowingly head down a path of failure, choosing the wrong theme or subject for our capabilities, or choosing a project that is too large, or an unsuitable technique. If this happens, you must not complain later.”
“I had Fine Art training and found most people had no talent. They just sat there and painted a still life or posed someone and that was it. I saw no creativity, I saw no pure talent.
Okay, maybe they got pretty good with a brush, maybe the color was interesting, but what does it boil down to? Style and technique, period.”
“...Then you go to the masters who rendered and painted beautifully but told no story at all. It was contrived, it was obvious that they just posed models and weren’t very excited about it, in spite of the skillful approach.
Sure it’s great but so what?”
“I suppose that I try and go beyond drawing pictures of girls that are just cute or beautiful. I try and show more of the girl’s more human mischievous and lascivious side. Even if the girl is naked, there’s nothing very sexy or interesting if they are simply objectified as just a pair of boobs and a butt. ”
“When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends.”
“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction”