An•jylle /áynjyl/ n. artistic name used by dreadlocked artist, writer and StompieKitten, aka "Beth"
1. In the early days of the eighth decade of the twentieth century, the Heavens gathered and called out to the awaiting world below,
2. 'Behold! We shall send you a Saviour!'
3. And the awaiting world replied, 'Sod that. Remember what happened last time?
4. Just give us someone nice and be done with.'
5. And the Heavens sighed and said, 'Fine, have it your way, then.'
Born in the northeastern part of the USA in 1982, raised by a maths/sciences teacher, a computer programmer/library assistant, a dog and a cat. The cat had the most formative influence. First memories of drawing are from age 2, scrawling in crayon or marker on scrap papers. First memories of writing are from age 4, attempting a story of some suspicious nature (well, for kindergarten, anything not involving rainbows and butterflies was suspect).
Reformed Star Wars junkie and scifi geek, though still with an affection for Lego, comic books and RPGs.
Trivia: I once wanted my own X-Wing fighter (like, an actual, functioning one). I used to have all the Star Wars comic books, too.
Guilty secret: I've never been able to finish reading The Lord of the Rings.
Worked various jobs (most notably framing-shop assistant, casino cashier, and hotel cleaner) before deciding to attempt a degree at the University of Edinburgh; no success to report, so I decided to change my degree from History-related to Reality-related, and took an Access course last year to bring my scientific knowledge back up to standard (hey, give me a break, I'd not had a Maths or Physics course since 1999). I'm currently taking a two-year degree at Telford College for a course in Architectural Technology.
I was fortunate to get teachers (in the public school system, no less!) who encouraged creativity. I feel the need to give them credit here: Anita Fravel and Cathy Lovell, fantastic art teachers from middle school; Debbie Ealden, my last English teacher from high school; David Sdao, high-school organisational counsellor (for support above and beyond the call of academia); and David Miner, middle school tech-ed teacher (thanks for all the catapults and model rockets!).
Most of my artwork starts out as a hand-drawn pencil image. On rare occasions, I'll ink it by hand, but more often I just scan it into Photoshop and colour/shade it while keeping the original linework; sometimes I'll simply clean it up a bit, if I'm really happy with the pencils. I used to do a lot of digital inking a couple years ago, but I've decided I prefer the effect of having sketchy lines; it gives it more of a realistic feel, somehow. Less cartoonish, maybe.
1. In the early days of the eighth decade of the twentieth century, the Heavens gathered and called out to the awaiting world below,
2. 'Behold! We shall send you a Saviour!'
3. And the awaiting world replied, 'Sod that. Remember what happened last time?
4. Just give us someone nice and be done with.'
5. And the Heavens sighed and said, 'Fine, have it your way, then.'
Born in the northeastern part of the USA in 1982, raised by a maths/sciences teacher, a computer programmer/library assistant, a dog and a cat. The cat had the most formative influence. First memories of drawing are from age 2, scrawling in crayon or marker on scrap papers. First memories of writing are from age 4, attempting a story of some suspicious nature (well, for kindergarten, anything not involving rainbows and butterflies was suspect).
Reformed Star Wars junkie and scifi geek, though still with an affection for Lego, comic books and RPGs.
Trivia: I once wanted my own X-Wing fighter (like, an actual, functioning one). I used to have all the Star Wars comic books, too.
Guilty secret: I've never been able to finish reading The Lord of the Rings.
Worked various jobs (most notably framing-shop assistant, casino cashier, and hotel cleaner) before deciding to attempt a degree at the University of Edinburgh; no success to report, so I decided to change my degree from History-related to Reality-related, and took an Access course last year to bring my scientific knowledge back up to standard (hey, give me a break, I'd not had a Maths or Physics course since 1999). I'm currently taking a two-year degree at Telford College for a course in Architectural Technology.
I was fortunate to get teachers (in the public school system, no less!) who encouraged creativity. I feel the need to give them credit here: Anita Fravel and Cathy Lovell, fantastic art teachers from middle school; Debbie Ealden, my last English teacher from high school; David Sdao, high-school organisational counsellor (for support above and beyond the call of academia); and David Miner, middle school tech-ed teacher (thanks for all the catapults and model rockets!).
Most of my artwork starts out as a hand-drawn pencil image. On rare occasions, I'll ink it by hand, but more often I just scan it into Photoshop and colour/shade it while keeping the original linework; sometimes I'll simply clean it up a bit, if I'm really happy with the pencils. I used to do a lot of digital inking a couple years ago, but I've decided I prefer the effect of having sketchy lines; it gives it more of a realistic feel, somehow. Less cartoonish, maybe.