My Journey as an Artist: Part 3 (The 80's)
In 1980 I attended The Rennaissance Art School in Oakland California. It was a special school for students with artistic talents. I attended there and graduated in 1984. It was at this school that I was able to really build my skills as an artist in terms of illustration, drawing, and cartooning.
On the creative side, I managed to introduce a whole new line of comic characters to the fellow students I went to school with.
The first Character I created was Moondog, who was a character based primarily on the Rex character I had just created in the gang. This character was dealt with a much darker and violent tone, as many of the comic stories created featured blood and gore. The character was created in spring of 1981 and shortly after that I created the Private Eyes in the fall of 1981. Also created throughout the 80's were characters like Tomato Man, Pretty Poison, and the Hemerodes. I really enjoyed doing these comics featuring these characters and the students at the school really seemed to enjoy reading them. It was a very good time for me for creative ideas and creation though a school that was very supportive in it's students.
In part 4 of my journey as an artist I will look at the late 80's. Once I graduated from the Arts School I went into the small press as an artist sending art submissions to small press creators around the country. Hope you will join me for this blog post.
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