Justin Russell
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Introduction | I am a freelance illustrator working out of Cincinnati. I use pastels and most traditional media. My concerns as an artist are the dichotomy between light and dark, evil and good and the grey inbetween. I explore these concepts through colour and value. Archetypes and the twisting of them is an ever increasing fascination within my own explorations. Scandinavian mythology and traditions as well as decor and symbolism appear frequently. Celtic motifs also prevail throughout my work. I see fantasy not as fantasy but as a study in the archetypal subconscious and what that means to us as a culture(s). Please feel free to comment. |
| Interests | Drawing, painting, mythology, philosophy, reading, movies, poetry, writing. |
| Favorite Movies | Dragonslayer, The Last Unicorn, The Neverending Story, Willow, Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Logan's Run, The Dark Crystal, Legend, Nausica of the Valley of the Wind, Monty Python, Transformers: The Movie, Time Bandits, and many more. |
| Favorite Music | Traditional folk of the English Isles and Scandinavia, New Age, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Classical, Opera, Soundtracks. |
| Favorite Books | The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy, The Earthsea Trilogy, Tailchaser's Song, Incarnations of Immortality, The Martian Chronicles, The Shannara Books, Heinlein, Simak, Memory Sorrow and Thorn, The Last Unicorn, The Tain, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Idylls of the King, and many more. |