Sometimes I'm inspired by photos in magazines, or by something I saw.  Sometimes I don't have any real idea where I'm going - I'll just draw a face, and see where it takes me.  Sometimes I have a technique I want to try, and the picture grows from that.  I talk to my friends and my husband, I talk to my kids, and I keep an eye on the world.

3. What are your main artistic influences?

 I find manga artists Takahashi Rumiko and Masakazu Katsura have influenced my anime-style artwork the most.  Wendy Pini (artist of Elfquest) is another strong influence - much of my earliest art was Elfquest fanart, and I still find my inking techniques harkening back to her. Olivia has had a distinct influence on my "cheesecake" compositions, though I only wish I had her skill with fleshtones.  Alphonse Mucha and other Art Nouveau artists, the impressionists (particularly when I paint), and old illuminations, woodcuts, and etchings have all made their mark. But, like most artists, I tend to pick up things wherever I see them and absorb them into my own style, so there's no way I could list everyone that's influenced me.

4. Do you do CG?

Not yet.  Unfortunately, I can't afford to shell out for Photoshop just yet, and while I have its wimpy free cousin "Photodeluxe," it's really not good for much more than touchups and tinkering with existing artwork.  Even once I get Photoshop, I probably will do most of my work by hand - I'm a hands-on kind of gal!

5. Do you do manga?

I did the artwork for two issues of a manga entitled "Purrsia" published by Purrsia Press. Unfortunately, the other things going on in my life sucked time away from the manga, and after finally finishing issue 2 way behind schedule, I called it quits, both for my own sake and for theirs. The two installments are currently available as a single issue. 

Following "Purrsia" I was one of the runner-up winners in Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga competition with my entry "Trickster." The compilation volume is available now from booksellers everywhere, as well as directly from Tokyopop itself.

I currently have several manga projects "in the works," and hope to be able to announce the publication of one of them sometime in the near future.

6. Do you do requests?

No.  This is not to be mean or snooty; I simply don't have drawing time available to do anything other than paying work, for medical reasons. Don't bother sending me your sob story, because it can't change the physical and financial realities of my situation; I'm not even taking new paid commissions right now.

7. Do you do commissions?

No.  I have done commissions in the past, and have a few I am still working on, but at this time am not interested in taking any more, as I am being pulled in too many directions as it is and want to focus on just a few.

8. Can I link to your page?

Of course!  You don't even need to ask me. 

9. If I link to your page, will you link to mine?

No, so don't ask.  The sites that I link to on my page are those that I enjoy visiting on a regular basis, and I can't guarantee that I will enjoy every site that wants to link to me.  It is better for me to say here and now that I won't link to any sites than to hurt your feelings by saying no to your site. Plus, even when I find a page I want to link to, it sometimes takes me months to get the actual link up. I'm bad that way.