Objectives

As an artist, my objective, simply, is to create.  To conceive characters, stories, art, and possibly music which may inspire people the way I've been inspired.  I'd like to bring life and energy to a field that seems to be both in need of a revolution and brimming with excellence as it is.  I'd like to not only entertain, but captivate an audience.  I'd like to see less network executive meddling and more creator-driven cartoons.  I'd like to see something different make a difference.  I'd like to tell stories that people respond to, and craft characters who people actually care about.  I'd like to make people laugh, and make them cry---I'd like to see people feel.  I'd like to see people fall in love with ideas, with art, with celebrating life.  I not only want to make, but I want to make a difference.

However, I also want to have a reliable source of income.  So I aspire to get hired on working for a studio.  I think personally, I'm very suited to storyboarding and pre-production work.  However there is something very rewarding about working forever with still images and then sitting back and watching them come to life.  To be honest, I would take a job doing just about anything to get my foot in the door.  And I'll see where that takes me.

It'd be nice to do personal work on the side, and eventually gain some sort of recognition through that, but who knows how things will work out.  I make with what I have, but I also work towards what I'd like to have.  


Recently, I've started working on (and posting online) a comic, which is something I've wanted to do for a number of years but haven't had the confidence to do (I still don't have the confidence I'd like to, but I think a certain degree of doubt is healthy for an artist!).  Still, I feel it's best to get my ideas out there at least, (somewhat underdeveloped as they may be) to see what kind of feedback I get, which can hopefully be applied and potentially be used to develop the concept further, perhaps even in to other media.  I also like to do little things to try and break from the allegorical mold, so I've been formatting the pages in unconventional ways, such as utilizing the fact that a web page is essentially an infinite canvas.  I would love to try more off-beat things in the future.  It's currently in it's humble beginnings, but the response so far has been great.
 
In my illustration class last semester, our teacher asked us to write our ideal job description, 5 years from now.  My response, I think, sums up a basic goal to have, no matter where I find myself at:
"to create visually-engaging, narrative art that is rich in both story and character, accompanied by strong emphasis on a dynamic, entertaining style."