STATS:

• LOCATION: California
• TENURE: I’ve been intimately involved with art since I was a wee lad. I couldn’t pin point the exact moment of my life’s artistic conception, so I’ll just say ’since 2:37 pm this afternoon.’
• PROJECTS: I have owned a t shirt company (Fat Pounds) for several years then decided to move on to more personal stuff. I’ve done a little lettering for my good friend, Ryan Odagawa, on a comic book anthology (Low Orbit) that was published by Image Comics. For a few years most of my commissions have been logos and event fliers. Those are fun for me. I recently got back into painting with acrylics, which hadn’t done in almost 10 years, so it’s exciting to kind of relearn everything! I’m also getting serious about dancing and expect to work alot in that industry as well. I’ve already been in a few music videos, stage performances and most recently participated in a feature film.
• WEBSITES:
  myspace.com/inna2nd
  myspace.com/bbello

1. What is your mission statement as a artist?

My mission is to express myself in as many ways as my talents permit–be it through my artwork, through my dancing or any other hidden talents I may have yet to discover. I just do what I’m inspired to do at that particular moment, whether it’s drawing Yoda at a Barmitzva holding a ping pong paddle and a wombat, or doing random sketches of Punky Brewster and Alf.

2. Being an artist can be a discouraging journey. Describe a moment, where you said it’s all worth it?

Artistic expression, to me, is probably the greatest therapy there is. Art is a life lesson all its own. It’s those ‘discouraging journeys,’ sometimes, that make you a better person once you’ve overcome those particular obstacles. Without problems, how can you find solutions?…did that make sense?…

3. If you weren’t working in the arts, what would you do or be?

There’s nothing worse than to take an artist’s pencil. If I weren’t doing any kind of art, I’d be dancing…but since dancing is an art as well, I’d be one lost puppy!

4. What is the Key to becoming a better artist?

Making mistakes. Knowing you’ve made the mistake. Fixing the mistake. Remembering how you fixed the mistake. Then trying your darndest not to make that same mistake.

5. Where do you see yourself in the next decade?
Making new mistakes and learning from them! That, and maybe I’ll grow a beard.

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