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Studied theater performance and interactive multimedia in college. Lived in Japan for two years teaching English. Pianist/vocalist in the band Light of the Loon. Colorist (from chapter 2 onward), art editor, and letterer for the online comic "Super-Peers" (www.super-peers.com). Production Designer for the award-winning inde film "Shelter" (2012). Owner of the most amazing birthday ever, 1984-7-11. Peace.

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No. 2: Piney Brat-Gobbler

cephaloneiric | November 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

Challenged Character No. 2: Piney Brat-Gobbler, inspired by a most conspiring-looking tree. Edward Gorey doth inspire as well. Please see entry No. 1, Fludgegrub Von Flaken, for explanation/excuse list as to why I only have my second piece uploaded. Cheers.

No. 1: Fludgegrub Von Flaken

cephaloneiric | November 22, 2010 | 0 Comments

This is the rough version. I had planned to color it and put it up in a more refined state but my tablet stopped working and I have to order a new pen for it. So this is it as is. For those who can’t read the fancy font:

“For Fludgegrub Von Flaken
Life was all too dull…
‘Til he was mistaken
For a noodle.”

Yes, this is my first post. Meant to put more up, but with all the technical complications stopping me, (scanner lack, tablet trouble and misplaced items) know that I HAVE been keeping up with the actual drawing of the 30 characters. It’s just a matter of making them publicated. ^_^

30 Characters Challenger: Amy “Of Many Faces” Heisei

cephaloneiric | October 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

Well met, everyone. I’m Amy of Many Faces: she who spontaneously breaks into song, and she who makes strange noises while talking to herself when she’s bored. I tend to do a lot of things at once or nothing at all. For example, I recently finished shooting a feature-length movie (my first) as a production designer while simultaneously playing a small part in a musical, putting me at sometimes 15-hour workdays not getting paid. But so are the labors of love. Now with those projects over I’ve been lamely lethargic. Through this 30 challenge, it is my hope that I see this thing to completion and get back into the swing of art and drawing and design.

On top of doing movie-making and theater-doing, I write and perform music with my sister, here in Northeast Ohio. We do songs that are both silly and serious, haunting and taunting. I play piano and sing. She does guitar/bass and sings. We’re still figuring out a name for ourselves, but what’s in a name?

I love graphic novels and surreal art. Some of my biggest influences and looked-up-to names include Harold the Gargantuan Bird of Appalachia Brian Froud, Alan Lee, Dave McKean, HR Geiger, Beloved Creature, Salvador Dali, and… there’s more, I just can’t think of any at the moment… Inspiration also comes from weird bugs, animals, people, places, animation and puppetry. Among my favorite directors/storytellers are Hayao Miyazaki (I spent two years teaching English in Japan and was surrounded by Miyazaki films’ characters in some form or other, and during my learning of Japanese I was bent on watching the movies in their original language with English subs in order to get a feel for the myth and culture and history surrounding each story and appreciate it in a way that would be missed in English dubbing: the artwork reflects the natural beauty of the Japanese rural countryside and is breathtaking to watch– I feel like I’m back in the small town I was living in where there are rice fields in every direction and a big mother mountain watching over everyone), Don Bluth, Tim Burton, Christopher Nolan, Henry, Selick, Charlie Kaufman, Guy Ritchie, and Neil Gaiman. Nearly every film/television series/etc. involving Jim Henson’s Creature Shop inspires me. Some miscellaneous titles or particularly influential films: The Animatrix, The Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, Mirrormask, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and many more. I also used to watch Disney/Buena Vista’s “Gargoyles” obsessively for a while. The bug still bites me time and again.

Oh! I have the most splendid birth date: 7/11/1984. It is both lucky and ominous. Made for great things that I must put into action before it’s too late… (duhn duhn DUHN…!)

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