Personal Statement

In art, what is the artist trying to convey? Rarely will you ever see an art piece for the world to see that had no
motive behind it, especially in animations. Whereas in music, what are they actually telling you,
how does it relate to you? Music and art, in my eyes, are like a right hand and a left hand. One
may be more dominant, in my opinion, music, but they both work together so beautifully. One
could say PlayStation was like my third parent or my first child, because of how much time I
spent on it, but in all that time, I watched and lived so many different experiences. Sure, those
experiences were not actually real, but I remember them as if I was in the room with the
character. I would like to believe this is where I first got the desire to recreate these moments for
other people. In video games, you can be climbing up the side of a train hanging off a snowy
mountain cliff, flying to other planets and shooting aliens, or attempting to rob a jewelry store,
but in my opinion, the great games tell you why. Why am I doing this? I believe that has always
stuck with me in every decision I make.
When it comes to the NBA, NFL, and WWE, I think they are story driven sports, at least
for me they are. Why does this game mean so much? How much was invested? Who is actually
greater? In WWE, it is simple, they follow a predetermined agenda, but what made me want to
watch? Why is this guy my favorite, if he was literally picked to win? If that is the question
though, why do we get attached to movies and tv show characters? I think, as long as you see
WWE as a performance, and not a sport, the opinions go down. I believe the WWE, NFL, and

NBA all made me understand competition better, and I want those questions and feelings I asked
previously to be asked in my own cartoons and animations.
As for superheroes and super villains, I have been in love with them from the start. I love
their back stories, I love the explanations of an unreal story, I love their looks. Nothing drew me
to comic book characters quicker than their costumes, they are larger than life to me. There is
nothing more I want than to have other people like my characters like I like Batman, the Joker,
Spider-Man, and so many others. I believe costumes are the biggest part to that, I know it was for
me. There was something about Spider-Man’s look to where I thought as a kid, “he’s my
favorite”, and I want to figure out how that came to be.
I have interest in all these things, but there is only a few things I actually care about, truly
care about. They are all things I cannot touch, love, laughter, listening, faith, and respect. I don’t
think there is anything I will fight for more than someone I love, or someone I believe loves me.
Those are the toughest bonds, and I am not comfortable letting them break. Laughter brings me
the most joy, which might sound obvious, but it is something I think is most important. The
quickest way to achieve love with me is with laughter. I think laughter are the most memorable
moments for me, and I think it is my best medicine. I put listening, not just to make an
alliteration, but because nothing gets done without it. In this technology driven world, cell
phones are the most annoying thing to me. People would rather ignore the person they are with
for a few minutes than re-read a line again, which I believe should be the other way around! I
hate cell phones so much for that reason only. Phones do so much good, but I guess the
necessarily evil is that people have to repeat themselves over and over again to their friends just
to have a conversation. Another thing that is important to me is that I really want people to have
faith in me. I think faith is a really powerful weapon/ motivator. When people believe in you, it

makes me feel like I have a safety net to land in, but it also pushes me to never want to need it, to
let those people down. Finally I need respect, because I need to know you trust where I am
going. If I think I can lead us there, just believe I can. I just want a chance, so I guess that’s what
respect is to me.
I want to end this one on Stan Lee is the model, but he is not my goal. I want my own
universe, I want people to say “he’s as good, or better than Stan Lee” not that I am Stan Lee. It is
not that I do not want to aspire to be the mostly agreed upon “greatest of all time”, I would be
blessed to accomplish 25% of what Mr. Lee accomplished. However, I do not believe being a
copy of someone else showcases the potential I have within myself. The only similarities I want
with Mr. Lee are we both made larger than life characters, and we both did it for a long time.