"But if the vision was true and mighty then, as I know, it is true
and mighty yet; for such things are of the spirit, and it is in the
darkness of their eyes that men get lost." - Black Elk
WARNING. Some of the images, language, and
sentiments in this website might be inappropriate for younger people. Please use your
judgement as appropriate.
This page may very well be under construction forever, while I
try to scan in some nicer pictures for you to see. See, that's what I do;
I'm an illustrator, or more accurately, I'm a student majoring in
scientific illustration at the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is a huge and impersonal
college which costs far too much, and which has a particularly inadequate
art school, so at the moment I've been supporting myself by working as a
secretary at the Great
Lakes and Mid Atlantic Center for Hazardous Substance Resarch, and
continually trying to learn a little more on my own.
At the moment it looks as though I'll probably transfer or drop out to
seek an internship or entry-level job; my instructors have just not
been encouraging, and I'm just not learning enough to justify staying
at this school. Check out my online
resume!
I really haven't had a terribly nice life, and I have problems with severe
depression that feel almost crippling at times; I mention this to let
other people with the same problem know that yeah, there are a lot of us
out there. Nevertheless, I like to believe that there's some hope and
light in this world. I'm continually inspired by beautiful creatures like
cats, by music, and by the incredible
visuals of both movies and some of the greatest artists of all time.
These'd include, in no particular order, Tim Burton, Kathe Kollwitz, Berni Wrightson,
Edward
Hopper, Keith
Parkinson, Brom, and
Tony Diterlizzi. I
like studying swordsmanship, mythology, and languages. At present, I'm
trying to learn a little French, which is useful, and a little Gaelige -
Irish - which isn't. I love cooking, though everything I cook tends to be
Italianate; I'd be crippled without my garlic, oregano, and basil.
I write bad poetry on occasion, and have
gotten confident enough to start writing prose fiction again for the first
time in years. And if you like, here's some pretty
silly stuff I've come up with while bored...
Here's a one-and-a-half-year-old picture of
me. Since that time I've shaved myself bald, had that grow back, grown a
goatee and shaved it, and started wearing my hair shorter. And my taste in
ties has improved, too.
My eventual goals are to move to the West Coast and work in some visual
arts-related field, to own a small apartment and my own car, and to
find someone to share conversation, laughter, and hope.
... and now, on to the art...
Here's some older stuff, which I've put up to show you. My main
interests are fantasy and natural history illustration - goodness
knows where I'll actually wind up!
- A lion finds he's taken on more than he
bargained for on a TLK-themed MUCK.
- Smilodon californicus.
- A female Cooper's Hawk.
- A dragon sketch from November.
- Dragon sketches from May.
- An ocelot sorceress and her toucan familiar.
- The undead charge into action! Here's a
drawing I did in February of 1997...
- ... and here's a dead guy from February
1998. Even though the skull is that of a Torosaurus, no postcrania
have ever been found, so the body is Triceratops, which was
probably pretty much identical.
- A Goth lady and her owl friend.
- A rather unusual, mythological lady.
- Sylphs. I was trying to work out coloring,
which is a little off, and I'm certainly not Brian Froud, but hey, I liked
'em anyway.
- A bold party of adventurers! Now, I can truly
claim that I know how to draw a beer.
- Given the number of dragons and dead guys on
this page, it was inevitable that there'd be a dead dragon picture at some
point.
Confused? Curious? Like sending e-mail? Well, I love
getting e-mail, so please write me at vulpes@umich.edu.
