[Otis]

Hi all, name is Otis. I have been referred casually to the site on a handful of times by a few people. A few days ago a friend from another site pushed me over here with nothing but great things to say of all of you. When I first logged on and noticed some of the names of members I was a little taken back. Quite a few of the names I have been following around the web, unbelievable artists.

i have had an interest in art from childhood, ashamed to say I had a rather extensive Graffiti career thru high school, found and fell deeply in love with the tattoo world from dads biker friends by two, dipped around a little working at tattoo parlors in my twenties, got married had kids, quit drawing cuz my hands hurt from this thing called work.

Cars, well pretty much loved them from the day I road home in one back in 73. Really tho, have loved cars and everything about them for as long as I can remember. I remember seeing Kris' Camaro concept in the rags and thinking "What a gig, to be able to make those cars on a computer at home, for money" Needless to say at that time having an email account was the extent of my computer savvy.

Long story short, last year a friend gave me PS CS2 for Christmas, I played with it a little, thought wow this is fun, PCSed to Ft Bragg, put it down to learn the ropes of being a stay at home dad. Picked it back up a few months ago and have been really playing with it hours and hours almost every day. Made a few cool pics that met me a few cool people, a few of which have commissioned me to work something up, ( feels great, but at the same time, I didn't realize how little attention to detail I was paying on my own stuff). Working on a picture for compensation sheds a whole new light on detail.

Any way just wanted to say hi, and let all of you know how honored I am to share space with you. You guys are some of the best conceptual artists around, and it is truly an honor.