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Favorite Quote from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1797.
"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."
- Bio -
How it all started . . .
When I was eleven, I started taking private art lessons with Katheen (Kathy) Booker Wise in Bartlett, TN. She was a wonderful artist - and excelled in sculpting, watercolor, and oil painting. She only taught older adults, and I was the only child she ever taught. My grandmother had learned of her skill, and after showing her some of my work, Ms. Kathy agreed to take me on as a pupil. I learned about sketching, and watercolor, and was able to sculpt for the first time. We worked for hours several times during the week and sometimes on a day during the weekend.
I took lessons for 2½ years before my schooling picked up and I had to stop taking lessons. I kept up with Ms. Kathy and have been able to build on the skills she taught me. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2018 at the age of 93, but I will always remember tea time, gingerbread, and painting the afternoons away. (Visit her LEGACY, Professional-League-Exhibition, and her several accomplishments)
I found my passion back in 2017 in high school and finally knew what I wanted to do in life: Become a Graphic Designer.
Following through with the practice of digital art using my Wacom tablets and Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop, I managed to complete many creative works. In my spare time, I create Dungeons and Dragons characters for my party members and take commissions from public Facebook groups looking for designs. My favorite art styles vary from gothic to fantasy semi-realism to Photorealism portraits. I love all the small details and hidden meanings in everything. If you would like to find out more about my process, get in touch.
In the near future, I want to go into animation and/or become a manga artist. I’ve been coming up with stories and drafting character designs . . . as well as having to learn animation by myself — for me being an ambitious and not-so-patient person, this will be the most difficult skill to perfect.
I’m lucky enough to have a wonderful family supporting me all the way through with my art. If it weren’t for them and my followers and friends still believing in me, I wouldn’t know where I would be to this day. I find inspiration everywhere I look, and that inevitably filters down into my work. Be sure to check out my portfolios.
Thank you for reading!
- More Quotes -
“It’s not the having, it’s the getting.”― Elizabeth Taylor
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ― Walt Disney
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”― J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.” ― Julie Andrews
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ― Thomas A. Edison
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
“I'm a survivor – a living example of what people can go through and survive.” ― Elizabeth Taylor