Is there someone in particular you aspire to do makeup or hair for? If so, who and why??
Looking back I would say there were at least 3 that come to mind right away. My grandmother and my two brothers. None of them makeup artists but all three people who could create things which sometimes left me memorized As a young boy I would watch my grandmother crochet rolls of yarn into these small patterns about the size of my open hand and then she would bind them all together making full size blankets and though that’s probably funny to some I was in awe as I did not know how she was able to do this. My two brothers definitely were and remain my greatest inspirations today, Jason was always one like my grandmother he could turn anything into something pretty cool, growing up we had a fully functioning farm and though most would never believe this unless they saw me working on it, but I promise its true. We had several huge gardens full of crops, with almost every animal you can imagine from 100 + pigs, chickens, ponies, goats and even a horse that liked to bite our cows. In down time my brother Jason would build things or create
obstacle courses in our barn loft from using the stored up hay these were the best times of my life for sure! My brother Daniel was very much the same, I have never seen him take on anything that he did not just nail and do better than most could in a life time as if it were effortless really. What really got me into the “arts” would definitely have come from listening to him sing and watching him play piano. Growing up in church I had been exposed to many great pianists and singers but NO ONE had playing style that was recognizable after just a few chords or a voice that is impossible to ever forget. It was amazing to me like my grandmothers crocheting, where did this come from? I still could not explain just how incredible they all are but they were certainly the few who have inspired me to want to create things and I strive today to create things that people enjoy looking at with my own personal set of techniques and style, so to them I say Thank you.
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AMY ADAMS