247 Ink Magazine (December/January) 2016 Issue#12 | Page 218

I ’ ve seen that as well . In my opinion and you can put it in the magazine , in my opinion and a lot of other artists opinions that Mat Valles , MV from my season was the strongest , skilled artist out of us all . Strongest artist . That boy can draw nonstop , anything you ask him he can draw , where everybody has their specialty , everyone has a weakness of what they can ’ t draw , he had no weaknesses . He was that good . Theskill with a machine was impeccable , but the stress of the show and that first critique crushed him . He didn ’ t recover . He ’ s amazing . I ’ m a huge fan .
It is amazing though . Sometimes you can be walking past someone you assume isn ’ t that good , and as you pass by you say “ oh shit !” That is one downside that 99 % -even the people who win don ’ t show
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