 Photos
I shoot all of my pictures with a Canon S2IS. Yes, it's a bit out of date, but really, aside from a remote puck, I've got no complaints. It takes gorgeous super-macro photos (which most of my insects are shot with) and has a 48x zoom- so I have no problems shooting clear pictures of the moon without any sort of customization.
I'm fairly new to serious photography- I took it up less than 2 years ago. I find that I have a tendency to lean towards the easiest art form (I'm lazy), so the instant gratification of a digital camera makes me extremely happy. I'm also very deeply obsessed by the wonders of insects and I find that super-macro photography allows me access to them on a level that has only been available to me through documentaries before now.
Illustration
I didn't know I could draw until I was 17 and had nothing else to fill my time with. All of a sudden, there was a new way to express myself, and maybe even more importantly: a way to get the images in my head out onto paper.
So I drew for a while. Sometimes, I can really focus and get things dead accurate, other times, I get distracted and lose my perspective and skew my proportions.. I think my best pieces are prismacolors on black paper. I've got a knack for being able to draw in reverse- which you won't see evidenced much in here other than Theda Bara and The Hand- which interestingly enough, without attempting it, I managed to draw so that the colors perfectly invert and turn to a flesh colored hand on a white page- go on, check it out if you've got an art program that'll "invert colors". It still impresses me.
Digital Art
Ah, my love. My wonderful, beautifully expressive, easy as pie, saucy wench. I can't express my love for it any better than that.
My advice to any young "arteests" out there is this:
Save your pennies and get yourself a Wacom Drawpad. -You don't have to buy the giant ones. I find the 4x5 is easier to draw on because it requires less arm movement.. You don't need expensive $700 programs- Wacom bundles very VERY sufficient software with their Bamboo pads. Almost everything you'll see on this site was made with software that was included with either of my Wacom drawpads (I killed my first draw pad- it took over 7 years of abuse). They work just like drawing with pencils, except you can get the most brilliantly vibrant colors, and add lighting, and remove mistakes in the blink of an eye. No more eraser marks, no smudges, everything is fast and simple and stunning and it only takes a short while to get the hang of it.
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