Later years before now- Beginnning of a new era

Towards the end of high school, I entered the National Arts Youth Festival. Although They weren’t very fair in choosing who was to walk away with the gold medals in each of the age groups that entered(I never really expected to win I guess) but the thrill of being part of something that size was motivation enough to create what I called "Garison" and The "Power of Prayer". In a way, through these week long pieces, I saw and gained an understanding of the pinnacle of this new style I’d developed and I like it. The nicest thing though, is that I had the opportunity of doing a 3 year diploma whilst still in school at the Centre for Fine Art Animation and Design. Although it was only basic photoshop, freehand and flash skills that we did learn, it was a taste of the real world. Being the youngest there, I found it a little difficult to adapt at first. In more instances than one I felt myself alone. That’s when I began noticing one of my newest and soon to be most predominant styles. ‘The graphic reality of Western comic books coupled with a far eastern/ Japanese twist’. Perhaps my biggest influence at the time was a man by the name of Leon, who seemed like the nicest guy with the sickest skill! I probably still have only one of his art pieces, which I hope to locate and post soon, but in a way Leo became my unofficial mentor! Take a look