*SteveAllred
Steve Allred
Artist | Varied
United States
Hello Deviant Art! This website is amazing! There are SO many talented people putting their work up on here, it really is mind-blowing!
So a little bit about me . . . where to even start? Alright, lets start with art.
Ever since I was young, I’ve loved to draw. I remember seeing images, at around age 10 and being so mesmerized, that I HAD to try and draw them myself. This continued feverishly through some VERY troubled teen years, and into early adulthood. Around age 18, I decided I wanted to become a comic book artist. And then I started drawing and painting with all my free time to get myself to the point where I was ready to break into the professional art industry.
As I started to send my artwork out to company’s around the age of 21, I had a series of profound realizations. I woke up to the fact that I was SO emotionally unhealthy, that even becoming a professional artist and getting everything I wanted, wouldn’t make me happy. And thus began the road of self improvement and enlightenment for me.
Now, many infinitely challenging years have passed. I've spent tens of thousands of hours meditating and studying art. And I now feel healthy enough to start down the path of becoming the best artist I can be, once again. We’ll see where life takes me.
I’m really excited to start getting all the things I’ve been working on up on here for all the world to see.
Thanks for taking the time to view my work, I hope to get to know as many of you as possible.
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Michelangelo, Frazetta, Parrish, Amano, Samura, Brom, Elmore, Whelan, Kagaya, AMAZING ARTISTS ON DA!
Favorite movies
Mononoke, Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Matrix, Star Wars, L.O.T.R. Too many others.
Favorite bands / musical artists
Tool, NIN, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Mozart, Beethoven, Tons of others!
Favorite writers
Ken Wilber, Richard Bach, Deepak Chopra, Dan Millman, Tolkien.
Tools of the Trade
Oil Paint, Pencil, Corel Painter, Photoshop, Intuos4, Sai, Nikon D40X, Beer, The Tao.
Other Interests
Art, Meditation, Movies, Music, and enjoying life! There is so much amaziing stuff out there!