Note from the artist:  I guess I've been into ink and sketch and shading since high school art classes.  I was the only kid at Whitesboro High School to ever take Art IV, something the art teacher let me do because he thought I was artistic.  As far as influence goes I got really into Vonnegut's sketches when I read Vonnegut, I dig the lines of Cy Twombly, Shel Silverstein is the man, pop art from dudes like Robert Rauchenberg and Jasper Johns jazzes me, the doodles of musician Daniel Johnston move me, and I learned more about aesthetics in one semester with American Philosopher John J. McDermott than I imagine I ever will again.