Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it's worth a lot.
It's not easy to stand out as a young artist.
Working with Robin Williams, and Bob Hopkins, and Dustin Hoffman and you're talking about 'gods,' really, in our industry. You look at legends everyday. It was so impactful to me as a young artist.
When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didn't introduce myself as an author, but only as a designer.
The transformation that happens when a young artist goes on the road - you put the acoustic guitar down and start to play the electric a little louder - it gets a little bit ragged.
When I was a young man in school, I used to read science fiction and really liked it. And as I became a young artist, I was filling up my portfolio with alien planets and spacecraft and things like that.
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.
I would say being deeply involved in the art world would help keep a young artist on track. Doing what you love, so that your focus is your artistry.
Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.
A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to one's work.
