ThinkBaker

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About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Illustrator
Location	Nashville, TN
Introduction	Adam Baker is a graduating Bachelor of Illustration as of August 2009. He is a full time graphic designer and large-format color printing specialist at ProGraphics in the heart of downtown Nashville. This blog is his attempt to be able to look back years from now and be able to see his transformation as he migrates from the title of graphic designer "working for the man" to fulfilling his life long dreams of being a full time, self employed freelance illustrator. Creating a monster....
Interests	Visctorian times, Steampunk, Zombies, Horror, comics, movies, art, monsters, illustration, sketching, drawing, process shots, cartoons, apparel design, photography, coffee, music, horror films, slasher films, special fx, make-up fx, storyboard art, conceptual paintings, watercolor, gouache, food, oh... and did I mention Horror films?
Favorite Movies	Shaun of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Alive, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Fall, Creepshow, new fave... Drag me to Hell, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, City of Lost Children, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away
Favorite Music	Tom Waits, Modest Mouse, The books, Bon Iver, Ugly Cassanova, Jack White, Bach, Beethoven, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird
Favorite Books	Books recently read all involve Illustrators that I look up to and are inspired by, J.C. Lyendecker, William Stout, James Gurney, Frank Frazetta, Alex Ross, Bernie Wrightson, John Jude Palencar, Maxfield Parrish, the whole N.C. Wyth legacy. I also enjoy well written, well illustrated graphic novels. i.e. Arkaham Asylum, The Goon, Zombies vs. Robots, Watchmen, Justice, Kingdom Come, Marvel Mythos, 30 days of Night, The Killing Joke, Joker, JTHM