Huntington, WV
Apparently there was a guy named Harry Whittier Frees who would take horrifyingly cute pictures of animals dressed up as people for children’s books. These were the original cat memes before the internet ever existed. I fell in love with the concept, but decided to use Photoshop to create my artwork to avoid getting my eyes clawed out. Blurring the line between creepy and cute, I strive for a flabbergasted and sometimes uncomfortable reaction from the viewer. I digitally paint the images together in Photoshop using layers, masks, brushes, and textures. I never use artificial intelligence. For the printing process, I do have to use a special printer for that and I am unable to do it myself as it involves a chemical process a very large amount of space for the equipment. I use light-sensitive paper just like film photographers use. It has an emulsion on one side of the paper, that is exposed to light (from the digital file) and processed using photography chemicals just like film photography is (color developer, stabilizer, etc).
