Every piece of art pulls inspiration of some sort when created. Whether it be from another artist, your surroundings, or yourself, inspiration is found. For myself, I seem to collect ideas and inspiration from inside of myself, the world surrounding me, and frequently from music. There's always some sort of strange clockwork system of ideas revolving within my mind and my soul, so I give a nice attempt to try and convey it visually. Then again, most of these thoughts and passions are collected into an enormous mass of creativity because the world affects me in different ways. If our current society was absent, I'm sure my art would be incredibly different than it is right now. My eyes and ears soak up so much information through the day, so it's obvious that most of my art is going to be a reflection of that data. I have an interested in the coined "darker" topics of the world and our history, so some of my pieces will pull concepts straight from those moments.
The piece I did entitled ".44" is completely inspired by former mass murderer David Berkowitz. I've always felt compelled to create an art piece involving him, so I finally did and I was very pleased with the outcome. Without his imprint on the world and our society, the piece would never be.
Other than myself and society, I'd say my next biggest influence would be music. There are certain musicians and lyracists that pour so much creative passion into their music that I can't help but feel creative myself. Certain artists such as Bjork, The Dresden Dolls, Nine Inch Nails, and Portishead just put me in an "artsy" mood, and I just have a driving passion to create. The melodies that these artists create just produce an atmosphere like no other, and by the end of a piece, I find that depending on the mood I'm in, and the mood of the music, my art will be a reflection of that.
A few other musical artists that drive me to create would be a few damn talented hip-hop lyrcists. Aesop Rock is an abstract lyrical genious and the words he uses put so much imagery inside my head that I can't handle it at times. It's almost overwhelming listening to his songs, but I can't seem to pull myself away. At some point in his life, he was also a visual artist, so I feel a strong connection to his music considering we both have a passion for lyracism and creative imagery.
Another lyracist I find completely inspiring would be Slug from the group Atmosphere. His words are very real, and come from deep inside the soul so I immediately feel an artistic connection to him. Supported by Ants' beats, Atmosphere's music has a very artsy feel, and it definately pulls strong emotion out of me. Without emotion, I simply can't even write or create visual art.
The only other influence I may have for art would probably be the concept of horror. Dark topics are always interesting. They pull emotions out of people that they would normally be afraid to feel, and I think those emotions are some of the strongest a human can feel. If an image can cause somebody to muster up an uncomfortable emotion, then the piece definitely has a certain degree of strength to it. Its the same thing in regards to feelings related to joy and the lighter sides of the spectrum. If a piece can cause somebody to feel, then I believe the mission is accomplished.
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