FAQ? (who am I kidding? The only thing I get asked frequently is “Mom! Where’s my shoe?”)
So, let’s call this something else for now… let’s call it “In case you were curious!”
In Case You Were Curious! :
*I don’t remember not knowing what I wanted to do with my life. Aside from a brief Broadway dream of being ANNIE! when I was 9, I have always wanted to be a cartoonist. Cartoons in all forms, paper, t.v., cinema, books and design… cartoons have always rocked my world.
*I was an Archie and Harvey comic fanatic but I would read all of my older brother’s comics too.
*My studio is the attic of my house in N.Y.. I have a Tudor home, so the walls are slanted making it difficult to get things to stick. Uhg! Gravity! Things fall on my head sometimes. I do like it up here, it’s like being in a tree house. Just hope the neighbors stop cutting down their trees!
*I have 2 studio companions. My dog, Jabba the Mutt and my daughter’s cat, Jedi. They really love each other.
* Above the door to my studio, I hung pictures of the creative people who have inspired me the most, should you wonder who some of my influences are. There is one open spot left that I keep changing my mind about.
* I used to have a career in cartoon merchandise. From famous character t-shirts to theme park merchandise and every thing in between that could have a mouse or rabbit printed on it. It was both fun and non-fulfilling. There was free swag.
*Before that I did have a bright and gloriously brief stint in animation. In college, (Syracuse University) I was hired out of class by my animation teacher to work at his studio in downtown Syracuse. Animotion, Inc. -they were great guys. I lived in Los Angeles for a few years and interned and p.a.’d and cleaned peoples work stations all for free until I moved back to N.Y. and kept doing it for free until I took the job in merchandising.
*I work digitally in Photoshop. I still do most of my drawing by hand and color it up in Photoshop. I got a Cintiq recently and that has been an exciting change in how I work.
*I collect different old things. A lot of artists do this – collect things. I wonder what makes us do it?
The things that I collect are:
1. Old radios
2. Bowling jewelry
3. Maxfield Parrish prints (originals)
4. saddle shoes
5. Fez-es …Fez plural..
6. Old photographs , especially old filled photo albums
..lots of other things..
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