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>> A LOT OF THE INFLUENCE KIND
OF STARTED, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS
YOUNG ... AND JUST WATCHING
CARTOONS, JUST, YOU KNOW,
GROWING UP IN THE '70S AND BEING
REALLY AMAZED AT THE
ILLUSTRATION QUALITY OF OLDER
CARTOONS, BY CHUCK JONES, YOU
KNOW, ALL OF HIS WORK.
I LATER FIND OUT HE HAD DONE
BUGS BUNNY, ROAD RUNNER AND
STUFF.
AGAIN, THE OLDER RERUN STUFF
LIKE SPEED RACER AND JOHNNY
QUEST AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY
HOW THAT STUFF WORKS BECAUSE YOU
DON'T REALLY REALIZE HOW BIG OF
AN INFLUENCE IT IS GOING TO BE
UNDER LATER.
BUT IT DEFINITELY CAPTURED MY
IMAGINATION, THAT'S FOR SURE.
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>> DISCOVERING ALL OF THE ...
MATERIAL THAT I WORK WITH IS,
YOU KNOW, PART OF GOING TO THE
HARDWARE STORE AND JUST HAVING
THE AFTERNOON OFF AND THE
ABILITY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
DISCOVER ALL OF THESE NEAT URBAN
INDUSTRIAL UTILITARIAN THINGS.
IT IS FUN TO USE MATERIAL THAT'S
NOT NECESSARILY USED FOR
PAINTING, AGAIN, USING, YOU
KNOW, URBAN INDUSTRIAL
UTILITARIAN MATERIALS.
BUT THE COMBINATION OF USING THE
MATERIAL THAT WOULD BRING FORTH
WITH THE FINISHED PRODUCT
SOMETHING THAT MAYBE LOOKED LIKE
A PIECE OF AN OLD ILLUSTRATION,
FROM LIKE AN OLD BILLBOARD OR,
YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE FROM 50 YEARS
AGO.
IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW -- ITEM
FROM THE BEGINNING THAT'S WHAT I
WANTED TO DO.
TAKING THESE SHEETS AND RIPPING
THEM INTO SECTIONS, YOU WOULD
HAVE ONE OR TWO RIPPED SITES AND
A COUPLE OF STRAIGHT SIDES AND
USE THESE METAL FASTENERS TO PUT
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
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>> IT IS FUN TO KIND OF GO BACK
AND FORTH.
YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I WORKED IN
COLLABORATION WITH A FRIEND OF
MINE, TONY RODRIGUEZ, AND IT WAS
NICE.
I ENJOYED THAT.
IT IS FUNNY HOW EASY THINGS CAN
BE, IT IS FUNNY HOW EASY IT CAN
BE TO, UHM, YOU KNOW, FIND A
LITTLE ESCAPE ... TO, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH.
IT IS RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE, IT
IS LIKE, "OH, THERE IT IS,
COOL."
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS GREAT
SHOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE SIX PIECES
WE HAVE DONE SO FAR, AND HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY ALREADY TO DO A
COUPLE OF SHOWS OUT OF TOWN.
I HAD A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE TO
THE WORK, BUT, YEAH, THAT WAS
REALLY COOL WORKING ON THAT
PROJECT WITH HIM BECAUSE I'M
LIKE, HEY, I CAN DO SOMETHING A
LITTLE DIFFERENT, IT CAN BE THE
SAME, WHAT I ENJOY DOING BUT A
DIFFERENT KIND OF EVOLUTION AND
A POSSESS.
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>> WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTY
OUT THERE, AND IT IS AS SIMPLE
AS, YOU KNOW, HUMAN EMOTION
CARRIED IN THE THINKER, SO I CAN
CHOOSE TO PORTRAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION OUT
THERE THAT'S BEAUTIFUL AND
HAPPINESS AND SADNESS, BOTH, AND
DARK, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONAL
SUBJECT MATTER OR ... VERY
HAPPY, LIGHT HEARTED, YOU KNOW,
CLEAN, PASTEL COLORS AS WELL.
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>>: I LIKE TO KIND OF COVER ALL
OF THAT STUFF.
THAT'S WHAT CAPTURES MY
ATTENTION, THAT'S WHAT I'M INTO.
I SUPPOSE OBSESSED
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