Thank you! I have a few that I can think of right off the top of my head. I’m mostly inspired by animators and cartoons. I have a few people from Calarts who inspired me and I have a few Famous artists throughout history but mostly it’s cartoonists. I don’t know how many know this but I hope to go to school for animation soon.

To start, Obviously, I love Rebecca Sugar. They’re one of my biggest inspirations and I’ve always wanted to work at Cartoon Network. It’s is my dream job and if I could work with them, I’d die happy. I’ve been watching CN since I was a little kid and I think my favorites were PPG, Ed, Edd, N Eddy, Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack. I liked just about everything on CN but I found myself watching those the most. 

I learned that Genndy Tartakovsky worked on most of the shows I grew up watching. He would be another artist/animator who inspires me. He knows what he likes and has always done animation for himself. It really shows. 

I also went through a Disney Phase. I grew up on Disney like a lot of children. I have so much respect for Disney’s Nine Old Men. Their skill and innovation pushed animation to an all-new level. They’ll always have a place in my heart.  There is also Glenn Keane, Chris Sanders, who draw girls so beautifully. Chris Sanders was one of my animator crushes. I just idolized him when I was a teenager haha. I couldn’t get enough of the girls he drew.  

I also started to watch anime when I was maybe twelve or thirteen. Specifically, Studio Ghibli films. I’ve watched them all numerous times. I came across Hayao Miyazaki’s work and I can say out of everyone I just listed, he is my number one inspiration. I’ve never seen anyone as passionate about animation.  Each film is an art piece to me. I admire him and his studio more than anyone else. I love other animes of course but there is something different about his films. I watched whatever anime that was on adult swim and whatever I could on Toonami. I think Inuyasha was my favorite. The first anime TV show I ever watched. Rumiko Takahashi's art style was so adorable and I loved her sense of humor. I used to laugh and cry reading her manga. 

As for Calarts, it wasn’t just all the famous Alumni, it was these three people in particular. McKenna Harris. I used to follow her on Deviantart back in the day and sort of grew up with her. I followed along her journey. I remember her getting accepted at Calarts and how her art improved so quickly. I was so happy for her. I loved her student films. Definitely check her out. Merry was my favorite of hers. I cried. 

Second would be Michelle lam aka Mewtripled. I just think she's incredible and beautiful. Her art has this sort of Panty & Stocking vibe that I dig. Not only is she super talented, but shes also gives really good advice to aspiring animators.

The third person is the Elasmosaurus. She always had this sort of Disney style to me. I thought it was so freaking amazing. She would draw Kingdom Hearts all the time and I just freaking loved it even though I never played Kingdom Hearts she made me obsessed. I lost her for a while when she deleted her account on DA but I finally found her on Tumblr. She’s still kicking ass and her art is incredible.