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Dormition

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My Bio
Born and raised on Long Island, I've always kept myself busy doing creative things, either building creations with legos, writing crazy short stories, or drawing odd characters. Many of my interests include tattoos, history, mythology, classic roadsters, sci-fi & fantasy, anything vintage, and heavy music. Being an artist, not only can I appreciate the world around me with a unique view but also express that view successfully through my sporadic vision.

I have degrees in both Graphic Design and Computer Animation, and currently work as a professional graphic/web artist. I started doing freelance work around 2000, when I was a student at Briarcliffe and I gained a whole new set of skills during my time at Full Sail. My portfolio ranges from flyers and logo design to website design. I also provide vocals for the band Thracian. Some of my inspirations include Gustave Dore, Albrecht Durer, Yoji Shinkawa, Frank Frazetta, Jacob Bannon, Frank Miller, Pushead, Derek Hess, H.R. Giger and more.

One of the main focuses of my artwork revolves around my love of Rorschach tests, I've always had a fascination with them. A single inkblot could be interpreted in so many different ways purely based on the mind perceiving it. That is the feeling I look to express in all of my work...

As well as being a graphic artist, I also write for the music blog, Heavy Blog Is Heavy, providing latest news/updates and album reviews pertaining to the world of heavy music.

Favourite Visual Artist
Albrecht Dürer, Paul Gustave Doré
Favourite Movies
Donnie Darko, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars Trilogy, LOTR,
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Converge, Mastodon, Unkind, Trap Them, Slayer, Death, Muse, Misfits...
Favourite Books
Moby Dick, Call of the Wild, Old Man and the Sea...
Favourite Writers
Jack London
Favourite Games
Metal Gear Solid, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil, Tetris...
Favourite Gaming Platform
PlayStation
Tools of the Trade
Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Final Cut Pro, Brushes, Canvas, Acrylics
Other Interests
Art, Music, Film, Tattoos, Toys, Anything Vintage
Visit here to see my latest entries: http://dormitionsjournal.blogspot.com/ Thank you
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Demo is still not finished. After getting our hopes of actually hearing the final mix, we get a call from our audio engineer that his computer's power supply is no longer functioning. Figures... a few mere hours before we were supposed to go there. The funny thing is, he still asked to be paid in full. I guess I should mention that he handed our rough tracks to another guy to finish the mixing, so he isn't even handling our music anymore. It never ends. As of now, we are scheduled to go in next Wednesday to hear what is hopefully the final mix. We shall see. Meanwhile, work has become a mundane schedule of data entry with a bit of graphic de
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Nothing but constant stand stills when it comes to our demo being completed. Back and forth disputes between band members and audio engineers on what the best move to make is... we still don't know. We meet with the audio engineer to discuss what the fate of our demo is. After hearing a rough mix of one of our songs, we weren't going to take any more chances. So we meet up with the engineer and proceeded to go over the songs with a fine toothed comb to make sure everything sounded on point and lined up correctly. We now wait for the results. According to the engineer, we should have our demo by the end of June... but I'll go with an early Jul
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hi!thank you so much for your wonderful support to my work!:thanks:
hope you have a wonderful day!:wave: