Enys Guerrero

Hello Readers! Tonight we are visiting with the very talented artist Enys Guerrero. Enys creates beautiful fantasy & gothic artwork. It is easy to be transported to a far away place in her images. You can visit her deviantart and purchase her PSP tubes at CDO. Thanks so much for talking with us tonight Enys.








How did you become part of the psp tube community?
It all started when the people from DreamscapeImaging got in touch with me, they explained me everything about it, they were really interested in having me as part of the group, I loved the idea and seemed to me the artists already working with them at the time or forming the group in general were incredible and very talented, how to say no?

What does your artwork mean to you?
I would say it is very similar to the feelings when you are in love, the regular symptoms, always thinking only in that person, only paying attention to anything that has to do with that person or a least is what you are interested the most, you stay awake all night talking or sharing things with that person, and you even stop eating and in the end that person ends up being your reason to wake up every morning, my work is exactly like that, it causes the very same symptoms in me and sometimes I feel estrange calling work something you enjoy this much, but I guess in the end it is.

What inspire you in creating your artwork?
Wow, they are an infinite number of thing, is something like counting stars, but to mention some of them I could say I’m inspired by things like the opera, the movies, specially if there is tragedy involved, like Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata or Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, the magic and nature are also elements very much inspiring to me, just like ancient times like the Renaissance and Victorian, and no doubt about romantic and dark story books like Ann Rice’s or Bram Stoker’s.

How long have you been selling psp tubes?
About two years now, I guess, I’m not really counting, hahaha.

How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?
All my artwork is traditional art, I rarely do something in digital art, I only do it by commission because the person wants it that way specifically. The tools I use are mostly regular color pencils, ball point pens and watercolors and I love working in big frame formats.

Aside from psp tubes what else do you create with your artwork?
Besides using my artwork for sale as psp tubes I also do merchandise like stickers or button pins, etc. for events, now I’m also doing some jewelry like ear rings, necklaces and cameos.

As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists have influenced you?
At first when I was younger I was strongly influenced by asian comics, anime and manga in general, But at the age of 14 I began to know more about other kind of artists leading me to a new and definitive path and making my artwork to have a great transformation, for that I have to thank some great artists like John William Waterhouse, Luis Royo, Victoria Frances, Alphonse Mucha among others.

Does the psp community help artists become more well known with getting their names and artwork more visible?
Yes definitively, it is also up to you as an artist of course, if you are always concerned about making new designs and uploading them as psp tubes, and if the website where you sale them has a great advertising team you should have no problem becoming more well known.

What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?
I have particularly enjoyed so much knowing artists who are also working at DreamScapeImaging, they are a very close team and wonderful people, and I think I would have never met them if I wasn’t selling psp tubes (obviously).

What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why?
Right now I have no favorite pieces, all of them have something I love very much and their very own stories make each of them special.

Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non-animated? Or are both great to you?
I think I like them all, it depends greatly in the design of the tag of course, for instance if the tag has a design according to the theme of my illustration, it would be fine, I have liked all the tags that have been made so far using my illustrations, including some animated ones.

Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have?
To the date I have done no commissions for taggers, but maybe in the future.

Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc.
No, so far I haven’t had any problem about that, and as long as they don’t distort the illustration and don’t change too many elements diverting it from its original theme I guess I would have no problem about it.

Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our readers.
Yes, I would like that, it would be very funny watching what they could do.

Kayla Ascencio

Hello Readers! This morning we are joined by the artist Kayla Ascencio.Kayla has a darker style to her artwork that brings out emotion from the audience.You can visit her website and purchase her PSP tubes at CDO. Thank you so much for talking with us Kayla.

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community? I was able to become part of the psp tube community by having an account on Deviantart. One of the founders of Dreamscape Imaging viewed my paintings on the art website and offered for me to become a part of their community made up of a wide variety of talented artists.

2) What does your artwork mean to you? My artwork means being able to share my way of thinking and concepts with everyone else. I always like to tell a story with my paintings. With a written story no matter how descriptive your words are every reader will interpret them differently and form their own visuals based off the text. With a painting, the viewer can come up with their own interpretations of what they see, but everyone has the same image to draw conclusions from. What I am seeing in my mind is what everyone else sees just their feelings and ideas toward it vary.

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork? I get my inspiration to create artwork from a little bit of everything. My main inspirations are nature and other artists‘ work, whether it be concepts I see in artwork or the way it is technically done. Anytime I see artwork I consider superior to my level, rather then let it discourage me it makes me want to paint even more to reach that level. I’m also inspired by movies, television, books ,and music. Anything Victorian style or old fashioned I find influential as well.

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes? I have been offering my artwork as psp tubes for approximately a year now.

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand
or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork? I create the majority of my artwork with acrylic paint on illustration board. My work is always traditionally done. Occasionally, I will do mixed medium pieces of airbrushed watercolor and color pencil on illustration board. My favorite type of paints are the Liquitex Basics acrylic tubes and my favorite brushes are the cheap bristol ones. They are perfect for blending. I also use larger brushes to fill in big areas and liner brushes for detailing. When I airbrush, I always use the watercolors in tubes and a Paashe double action airbrush. The color pencils I work with are Prismacolors.

6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork? I offer prints of my artwork for sale on my website kaylafantasyart.com . Other then prints, I am working on adding a variety of products to my Zazzle store Ascenciok . I also offer pet portraits painted on glass Christmas ornaments on my website.

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists
have influenced you? My teacher while I attended school was a huge influence on my development of style and ultimately deciding what subjects I prefer to paint most. He always pushed me to go further and really think everything through. He also assisted me in becoming more creative with my work. I find pretty much any fantasy or gothic artwork inspiring. It was artists like Victoria Frances and Amy Brown that initially made me consider a career as an artist when I was in high school. I have since discovered quite a few similar genre type artists I look up to. I also have made friends with several incredibly talented artists on various art communities that are influential to my style.

8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known
with getting their names and artwork more visible? I believe the psp community is an excellent way to promote any artist. With Dreamscape Imaging it is a requirement that the creator of the tube must credit the artist along with include the artist’s website. Any type of promotion is a
positive thing. Even if the only one person discovers your artwork from the tube, that’s one person that did not know about your artwork before.

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community? My favorite part is how friendly everyone seems. I’m part of the Dreamscape Imaging Facebook page as well as their group. I have had nothing but good experiences with both. I also love being able to see
the tags people make using my work. It’s very flattering to me that anyone would find my work inspiring enough that they would want to create their own artwork from it.

10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why? There are certain paintings of mine that are favorites for how they are technically done and there are others I consider favorites for the concepts. It’s very difficult to choose only a small selection. If I had
to choose some my favorites are Facade, Made of Stone, The Witching Hour, The Guardian, and Misery.

11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you? I take anything anyone would like to create
with my artwork as a compliment.. I have not seen any animated tags of my artwork yet, but would love to see some in the future.

12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have? I have not had anyone inquire if I would do this
type of commission before. If the person has a good enough idea, I would definitely take it into consideration.

13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc. I’m not very strict on what people can and can not do with my artwork. As long as nobody is claiming it as their own artwork or selling prints of my work I really do not care what is done with it. Anytime a tagger wants to use my work I take it as a huge compliment. If someone has a creative idea, I wouldn’t want to prevent them from realizing it over my being picky.

14) Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our members. I would love to see any tags done featuring my work. As I said several times, I take the desire to use my artwork as a huge compliment. Seeing any of these tags would definitely help brighten my day a little.

Stefania Russo

Hello Readers! Tonight we are talking with a new artist Stefania Russo. She creates great fantasy artwork. You can visit her website and her deviantart. You can also purchase her PSP tubes at UYA.
Thank you so much for talking with us Stefania.

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community?
I received time a request from Artistic Dreams Imaging (now I'm no longer available), then from Psp Tube Stop, and now my art is currently licensed under Dreamscape Imaging from few months.
Was a novelty for me, and sounds very nice!

2) What does your artwork mean to you?
I called my style "Illusory Art", due to my constant search for a fantasy world through the visual arts...
And, I admit, cause I really like the meaning of the word "illusory" for various reasons!

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork?
Nature, night, moon, blood and solitude. There are principal fonts of ispiration.
And when i drawing, i love take a look on my bedroom, and put also a little detail i saw, from a flower, to a little statue.... To simply loooking the white paper!

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes?
In truth, i entered in this world from few time. About one/two years.

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand
or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?
I love Traditional Art... I love dirty my hands with colors and graphite.
I use Mixed Media, from watercolors to colored pencils, from ecoline to glitters.
For me, a white paper and a simply pencil give most ispiration than a screen and mouse. Indeed, i use only digital tools for scan.

6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork?
I'm on Zazzle, when i sell prints and gadget like iphone covers and more.
In truth, i'm new with this genre of things, i speak about digital world like Tube and more. But i hope to enter better, one day... As i said, i'ts funny!
With my artwork i made also some exposures at markets on my zone.

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists
have influenced you?
My biggest favourite artists are Gerald Brom and Luis Royo.
I love monster and madness world of Brom, and i continue searching to free my mind and represent my "inner" monster and "weird" world... Altrought, i love pure Beauty of Royo... His sensual woman, his colors...
I like contrast of these artists, and always inspired me!

8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known
with getting their names and artwork more visible?
Copyright and a credit of own artwork. This help me a lot, in my opinion.
I'm an hobbyst artists, altrought i try to enter in professional world, and psp community help me a lot for give me a name, and the things i said.
And it's a good advertisement from other people that make tag art with my works.

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?
I love looking different interpretations of my art from tag art made from people. Maybe i've a my opinion on a work, and then, another person mixed his ideas with different details and give another concept to my artwork.
Art must no be a limitation, and tag art give possibility to free your fantasy!

10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why?
Ahhhh... So hard, because my favourite works are really personal! For example, Fanhir::What I've Done, where represented my Original Character.
My favourite pieces is Medousa and Like Du Riechst So Gut (put deviantART link due to Mature Content: http://fav.me/d4rko4e ).
I have fear dark piece cannot become Tube Files, but, maybe people will appreciate if i make them available.
For Medousa, is my intepretation of Medusa myth. I like her story full of passion and desperation, and i always love represent she.
Du Riechst So Gut is a mature artwork. Maybe i don't know if can be possibile made it as Tube File.
One day i wake up and say to myself "Ehi, why i have too much fear of represented what i feel? Too much gore? Too much blood?! I cannot be imprisoned in my fantasy". And born Du Riechst So Gut. I think is my best heavy and mature artwork i made. I've my personal intepretation, and altrought picture, you cannot be recognized she kills dove. But she can also try to save dove. So many intepretation!
Another my artwork (available as Tube File), my favourite is Magical Autumn. Was a little ACEO for an art-trade, but i love mood and happyness on this work.

11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you?
As i said, i love free interpretation of tag art.... But i wish to see a my piece in animated tag, because i never look it!

12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have?
I truth, i never try it and i was thinking is not possible, ahahah! I drawing for myself, and i never imaged a tagger can request art from me.

13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc.
As every artists may think: if you respect my art and copyright, you can do everything!
I would be honoured is people is inspired by my art, and someone already use my artwork for an Youtube video. That's very lovely, but, of course, with credits and respect myself as artist.

14) Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our members.
Oh, yeah!! Of course!!! I collect all tags with my art who people noticed me on my FB page and personal profile!
So, i will be honoured of this, thanks!

Janna Prosvirina

Hello Readers! Today we are talking with the wonderful artist Janna Prosvirina. Janna has become known for her beautiful fantasy artwork. Janna creates a vividity and takes the person viewing the artwork to another realm  by using colors and her talent. You can visit her website and purchase her PSP tubes at DC. Thank you so much for talking with us Janna.

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community? A friend of mine recommended my work to DSI owners and they asked me to join.

 2) What does your artwork mean to you? I have been painting and drawing as long as I can remember; it is a part of my life and a sort of therapy =) Painting is my way of to expressing feelings and impressions I get, so every piece has a special meaning to me.

 3) What inspires you in creating your artwork? Nature, music, people, seasons, fairy tales, legends, dreams…

 4) How long have you been selling psp tubes? Two years.

 5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?Traditionally, my favorite medium is watercolour but I also use coloured pencil, acrylics and gouache.

 6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create with your artwork?I have also had my artwork used for rubber stamps, fabric blocks, calendars, cards and iron on transfers. Fine art prints will be available through my shop at Etsy soon.

 7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists have influenced you?Ivan Bilibin, Arthur Rackham, Sulamith Wülfing, some of Pre-Raphaelits, Brian Froud and many talented artists I met at DeviantArt who always inspire and move me to create more.

 8) Does the psp community help artists become more well knownwith getting their names and artwork more visible?I hope so but I am not sure about it, because there are so many PSP artists nowadays and a lot of beautiful artworks.

 9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?I enjoy seeing beautiful things people create using tubes.

 10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why?A the moment it is “Dragonfly - for the first time in my life it turned out the way I imagined it:) There are many details which I like, such as dragonfly wings, forest, spider webs and of course because I enjoy painting autumn, my favorite season.
“Meet me at dusk” because it was a change from my usual theme and a challenge to paint more realistic, I am quite pleased how it turned out.
“Wisteria” – just because after long cold winter I am longing to see more flowers and blossoms XD

 11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you?Both are great=)

 12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have? In always depend on the subject of a commission, I take commissions only if I like suggested theme, there is a long list of what I don’t do.I have a thick pile of sketches on my desk which tend to grow. Sometimes I just don’t know which one I should paint next, so I think it would be nice to know what people expect to see more from me. Anyone who would like to share ideas\suggestions is very welcome!

 13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc.I don’t really have any restrictions, everything if fine as long as people follow copyright rules.

 14) Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our readers.That would be great! I would love to receive tags with my art.

Rossana Castellino

Tonight we are talking with the artist Rossana Castellino. Rossana's art style is a range of fantasy & gothic.You can visit her website and purchase her PSP tubes at CDO .Thank you so much for talking with us tonight Rossana.

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community? I didn't knew  very well the psp community, thes I was invited by Zindy on "Dreamscape Imaging" to sell my art as tubes! So I was introduced in this world and I knew so many great psp artists!

2) What does your artwork mean to you? Drawing is my passion, my work and my life...My artwork represents what I am, my feelings and especially my attempt to give life to my immagination!!!

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork?There are many things that inspire me; first of all the music, that always accompanies me when I draw...then movies and animation, romantic and fantasy literature, ancient legends of north, fairytales and underground cultures!

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes? Approximately, I sell my artwork for a year as tubes on Dreamscape

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand
or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork? I use both traditional and digital techniques, but I am especially a traditional artist! I use colored pencils and pastels in most of my illustrations, but I use also markers and sometimes acrylics and watercolors!

6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork? My art is available on Queen Kat Design as fabric block, iron transfers and rubber Stamps (www.katstamps.com) I hope also to sell soon other products...and publish many books!!! ^^

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists
have influenced you? The list is very long: first of all I was definitely influenced the great Luis Royo but also by Victoria Franc�s, Dorian Cleavenger, Gerald Brom, Boris Vallejo, Ciruelo Cabral, Arantza Sestayo, Viona, H.R. Giger, Armando Huerta, Hayao Miyazaki, Tim Burton...and many many more!

8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known
with getting their names and artwork more visible? Surely, the psp community has helped to make a little more known my work! It's a great opportunity for artists!

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community? I really love to see the art of other artist and see new things inspired by my art!

10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why? It's very difficult for me to answer this question because I've never totally satisfied with my drawings, I always try to improve...However, I think one of the most important works for me is "Midnight Masquerade" for two reasons: it was my first self-portrait and I discovered the wonders of grey paper... then I often use the grey paper in my work!

11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you?I like them both, every works I've seen done with my art tubes was beautiful.

12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have?For tubes I work primarily with Dreamscape, but I also accept commissions and I always accept suggestions by taggers!

13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc.No, there are no restrictions on the creativity! of course must not to be offensive! �.�

14) Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our members.Certainly!!! I really enjoy to see taggers work, It' funny and satisfying for me!!!

Michele Ann

Today we are talking with the artist Michele Ann.Michele does wonderful fantasy and gothic artwork. You can visit her website and purchase her PSP tubes at Dreamscape. Michele bring emotion to life in her artwork. Thank you so much for talking with us today Michele.

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community?

Zindy from ‘Dreamscape Imaging’ approached me, asking whether I would be interested in my art being available for Tubes etc and I immediately thought it would be a great project to be involved in.

2) What does your artwork mean to you?

Creating a piece of artwork is such a powerful thing, each piece is a representation of how I feel at that particular moment in time, my artwork is really a collection of my feelings, it’s how I choose to express them.

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork?

 For me inspiration can come from many sources, music, films, people. Something I see or hear can trigger an emotion and that in turn inspires me to create.

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes?

 I have been selling tubes for about a year with ‘Dreamscape’.

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand
or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?

 I’m not a digital artist and I don’t consider myself a painter, I draw, predominantly using Faber Castel pencils. I do occasionally use paint for highlighting or pastels to create a smoky background but I’m most comfortable using just pencils.

6) Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork?
 Well, my website www.micheleannart.com is about to be launched and at the moment will just be selling prints but hopefully will have many other products soon. I have also done two book covers for author Ian O’Neill http://www.ianoneill.co.uk/, and have been working on projects for Cecile Guillot, http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Where-Witches-Rise/158908817527390.

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists
have influenced you?

 There have been many artists who have influenced me over the years, my earliest being Boris Vallejo his work just blows me away. Others include, John Waterhouse, Gustav Klimt, Luis Royo, Felix Mas, Jia Lu and of course the wonderful Victoria Frances.

8)  Does the psp community help artists become more well known
with getting their names and artwork more visible?

 I think the psp community does a great job in getting little known artists work out there, getting a wider audience is always hard but being involved with psp’ers is a fantastic opportunity that any artist should be grateful for.

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?

 I have been in touch with some fantastic psp people and seeing their creations. always amazes me! What they can do with a piece of artwork is so clever.

10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why?

 That’s a difficult question because each piece means something personal to me. I would have to say ‘Pain’ is rather special, firstly it’s my son who modelled for that one and he is obviously in pain, the skull represents emotional pain rather than physical, so no matter how many plasters or bandages you use the pain remains. Also ‘Bitten’ for me is important because it was my first attempt at Gothic/fantasy and was published by GB Posters.

11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you?

 Any tags with my art tubes are great I have no preference.

12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have?

I find it hard to do commission’s full stop, my work is very personal and I have difficulty getting enthusiastic about other people suggesting ideas for me. It has to come from the heart to express something only I’m feeling at that time otherwise its not self expression.

13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc.

 I’m open to anything with my art, if someone has been inspired to create something from a piece that I’ve done I think that’s fantastic.

14) Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our members.

 Absolutely, I love seeing what people can do with my art it never ceases to amaze me.

Featured Artist Robin McQuay

Today we are talking with the wonderful artist Robin McQuay.
She does very emotional artwork in her style.
You can find her website here and purchase her
psp tubes at DC.

Please read the very interesting and informative
interview with Robin.  She is a favorite artist
of mine as well .I think she brings her artwork to life
in a way no one can.Robin is married to Brian and
they have three cats now.

Thank you so much Robin for talking with us & sharing
your artwork with us. 


Interview:

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community?

                I was actually approached by a tube site over 4 years ago who wanted me to come to their site, but changed their mind about a week later. (I won’t say their name though!) Then I was approached a few weeks later from Up Your Art.

2) What does your artwork mean to you?

                My art is everything to me. I go back and forth with my art, like a dysfunctional relationship, I just want to give up and find something else but  I couldn’t live without art in my life. If I didn’t have a way to get my emotions and everything inside me on to paper, I’d go crazy. I love creating art with emotion so those mean the most to me, like they’re a part of my soul in a way. I can look back on them and remember every emotion I was feeling while creating it.

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork?

                Honestly, just about everything inspires me in different ways. Obviously, I’m inspired a lot by beautiful, sexy, dark women full of emotion. I find a lot of stock photos that I know right away I have to draw. Sadness inspires me most I think. I’ve just always been fascinated with sadness and the stories behind why people are sad, whether it just be a bad day or something horrible in their life that has happened. Music inspires me very much too. Anyone who is a big fan of music can probably notice 80% of my artwork titles come from song lyrics. And many of the tattoos as well. Nature inspires me a lot. And many, many….many other artists inspire me as well.

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes?

                It was 4 years in July.

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?

                ALL of my art is freehand. I don’t do digital art nor do I have much interest in doing it. Something about having the actual drawing to hold in my hands is awesome. Seeing every pencil stroke, the shine of the paint, how the white stands out.

               

                I use just about every traditional medium in my art. My favorites are my 6B charcoal pencils and white charcoal pencils. I use Sharpie markers a lot too. Also use pens, pastel pencils, and then watercolors for all the background/scenery  you see in my art.

6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create with your artwork?

                I have stamps for sale here> http://www.katstamps.com/store/index.php. I’d love to someday have many things available in my art. Calendars, notebooks, buttons, posters….everything. I’d also love to do comic book covers, book covers and cd covers for bands. I have many hopes and dreams for my art.

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists have influenced you?

                I had pretty much no influence at all up until I was about 18 years old. The only art I knew was my mom and grandpa and the classics we learned about in high school.  So I think that’s why I have such a distinct style, I just drew and painted how I wanted to. Once I met my husband he introduced me to comic books and I fell in love with many, many artists. I love many types of art and wish I could paint like them all but I don’t think many of them have actually influenced my own art. Maybe just inspire me to keep creating. My favorites though are Luis Royo, Olivia, Alberto Vargas, David Mack, Tara McPherson, James Jean, Zindy….and sooooo many others.

8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known with getting their names and artwork more visible?

                I think so. Especially with me for sure. The first 6 months I was at Up Your Art, I was selling tons of  original art and getting so much more recognition. The psp community is a big world. I think it’d be almost impossible to not get noticed and more well known. You get a lot of loyal fans and people who follow everything you do.

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?

                I’ve gotten to know many people who I consider good friends. There are many bad people I’ve met also, unfortunately, but the good friends I’ve met through the psp world are ones who I know would defend me and support me no matter what and trust in me. I love seeing the tags people make with my art as well. I know many people just do it for themselves personally so I don’t get to see very many but I always love seeing how people take my art and make their own creations. Especially the ones that have a lot of personal meaning for me, they seem to get that and can create a tag that makes the drawing even more full of meaning.