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-born in daytona beach, florida. -moved to texas at a very young age - older brother was bossy and demand attention. - I was quiet and played alone alot - Brother was good at sports and school. got praise and attention from that - I was decided since he was better at those things, those were 'his things' and i should find my own thing. -because i played along alot, i liked telling stories with my action figures. -i liked comic books. this liked art and storytelling through images for me. -i started drawing these comic book characters. -i started getting attention for the drawings, as they were above average quality for a kid my age. I enjoyed the praise, as i did not get it often. -major setback when i attended an art class. teacher was harsh and restrictive. -stopped trying to improve, though continued to doodle on occasion. - because i was quite and didn't get attention, i felt like the only way to get it or stand up for myself was to have outbursts or get violent. -grew rebellious and angry as a teen. -my art grew darker, bloodier and more gruesome. usually involved fighting or death. - Mrs.Rhoden's class in the 10th grade. revived confidence and drive to learn. -Me and some friends broke into a home. It turned out to be Mrs. Rhoden's parents' home, and she learned of my involvement. She confronted me and told me that i was better than that. -confrontation caused me to reevaluate my life and who i was. - became close with a fellow artist. we talked about God and she ended up getting me to go to church, later becoming a Christian (i was athiest/skeptic/relgion-hater). - I became happier. my art became less violent and started adoption christian themes. -became intrested in creating images; snapshots of events telling a story, often with some religious hidden meaning. -My interest was more in my own feeling on it, and i did not reorally look to have others understand it. I began enjoying watching them try to make it out though. -Began focusing more on adapting hidden messages into metaphors: so people could make it out better. - this was a sign of my growing awareness on other's intrest in my art. - I was known as 'the art guy' in high school. I always carried a clipboard with an drawing/watercolor on it that intrested people. - Art officially became part of how myself and other viewed me. i got attention and praise for it. - i became mildly competitive with art because it was how i viewed myself and valued. - won alot of awards at art shows. two best in shows. a could runner ups. -i lost to liliana, who was the only student in the school i felt was more talented than me. -i sought to out do her, get better than her. i got better as a result -i graduated. ended art classes, lost art peers. -taught myself how to oil paint. - worked on a lot of stuff on my own, without any guidance for the first time in several years. -considered going to the art institute of houston. decided not to because i wanted to do studio art, which art institute of houston did not offer. - i did art for my church: xmas play sets, props ect. -started at shsu. took mostly basics for awhile. -took Visor's drawing 1 class. i loved it. i haven't learned that much in such a short period since high shcool (grad 07). suprised at how much advice helped my end product. -i was concerned about how good i would be compared to others. i was releaved to find i was probably the best in the class. -started wash. -frustrated with such a basic lessons. with the 3d aspect, which i do not like doing. with the video.