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Gregory Giordano
Artist | Professional | Traditional Art
United States
Giordano's true identity was Amadeus Bruno Azurrorso; WWI Pilot/spy-for hire.In 1918, Faked his death by plane crash in Nepal.With new name,face & learning secret Shamballan mystic arts, he uses his dark powers to wage war on crime everywhere.
I'm a bohemian, freelance fine artist/illustrator/multimedia designer stubborn ape-man. comic book illustrator and /filmmaker/animator/ in the past and for long-term ambitions. I like to cook. 'Tend to be more of a Coffee house type. Art & film fan: I dig experimental & highbrow while gobbling up the guilty pleasures of underground and lowbrow. Basically I'm a crazy Sicilian/Puerto Rican-artist-Geek!
For my whole life I've been an artist. No weekend warrior- every day. I don't like the so-called "real world"; I feel much better off for being either in collision with it or via creativity, providing my tiny fraction of an alternative to it's grind. Art and creativity, dreams and stories- all that is the only bulwark against the dehumanization of the stuff that can get us down and ground up- so I plan on being part of making the former.
Art=action=alternatives. Nuff said.
Currently, I am producing art in preparation of the release of webcomics with creative partner/friend, Bill Woodcock, Jr. This Graphic Novel in serialized form, HOLLIDAY will go live 1st quarter of the year.
Who I'd like to meet, befriend and so on are artists, dorks, nerds, weirdos, comic fans, publishers, people who have finally grown up, people who have never grown up (in a good way), people who are willing to be healthy, as best as they can.
We all need to avoid what doesn't work in our lives, agreed? SO PLEASE NO: no bullshit, No pushy cultists, no prince/princesses, no self-absorbed hacks posing as artists, musicians, actors, etc; Thanks but no thanks.
Involved with a great lady- you choose well If you live long enough to smarten up.
Nothing's perfect- PARTICULARLY ME. I am lucky, healthier and a tiny bit smarter. Maybe.
Current Residence: VT
deviantWEAR sizing preference: xxxxl
Favourite genre of music: no favorite.
Favourite photographer: man ray
Favourite style of art: classical art- pre-raphaelites and but I also love very cutting edge contemporary art/design, too.
Operating System: Win 7 64bit
MP3 player of choice: I have none. If I did, probably not an IPOD nor Zune.
Shell of choice: nautilis
Wallpaper of choice: scotch plaid
Skin of choice: MIne, when it's fairly clean.
Favourite cartoon character: 13 and Jinx!
Personal Quote: Om Namah Ganesh
Interests
Favorite visual artist
alex toth. and gustave klimt. and giger.
Favorite movies
Bladerunner. Recently; GOLEM by Piotr Szulkin.
Favorite TV shows
Luther, BSG, Caprica,
Favorite bands / musical artists
no favorite.
Favorite writers
ws burroughs, er burroughs, grant morrison
Favorite games
Fallout: New Vegas
Favorite gaming platform
PC
Tools of the Trade
Ball-point pen, Dip pen, ink, 2h lead, cheap paper, Cheaper Gouache, Illustrator and Photoshop CS3.
Other Interests
making comics, film/video. cooking, victoriana, steampunk, film, web/information architecture, art,