Geekvariety- Haha! Yeah, I think he does look like he could be from House Baratheon!
Interpunkt-yeah! He left me the nicest, most encouraging message on Facebook once! Yesterday, he told me that he thinks, ‘You’re one of the few artists that I follow because you still have something to say in your art.’ I was glad my friend Amber was there to hear it! When I lost my job teaching, that was the week of the Heroes Con I first met Eric at, he emailed me asking if I was doing better at regular intervals. What other artist does that with someone they just met at a con?!?
Camila-with the way your art career is progressing, I’m sure you’ll be coming over to the U.S. for conventions at some point soon! When you do, I totally want to come meet you and hang out! Then we can also run around and admire all our favorite artists!
Ryan-thanks! I’m glad I’m successfully spreading the good word of Canete, haha! When I was in high school, I picked up his Wildcats: Ladytron special. Not fully knowing of his art. I wasn’t following him, but I knew of his art. It blew my mind! I just got it because I LOVE LADYTRON (I need to do some fanart of her), and Wildcats! I’m such a nerd for Wildstorm! But I was hooked. Pretty certain it was the same year, but Canete and a young artist (at the time) that I was also vibing on named Toby Cyprus (swoon) worked on a Wildstorm book called Mr Majestic. They were so daring, and I was still finding my footing. Years went by, and even though I was trying to emulate the Gaijin fellas at the time, I began to realize with my fine art training, I was much more suited to what guys like Eric and Toby were doing. They weren’t just illustrators or comic guys, they were ARTISTS! Their sense of movement was insane! So, when I get compliments, the one I get most is that I have good movement in my poses. I thank my early love of the work of Eric!
