-I prefer just to go by O.Pelaez, but if you really want to know, it's Olivia.
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-New Jersey (I love it here and I don't think it smells- then again that's probably because I've been living here most my life)
-I'm a recent graduate from the School of Visual Arts in NY, and now work as a freelance artist.
-Aside from drawing, painting, and the occasional sculpting and sewing- I like to play video games (such as Zelda: Twilight Princess, Lego Star Wars, and Wii Sports- Golf in particular. My fiance and I get pretty competitive.)
-I found Elfwood first when I was in high school. That is the first site that I ever uploaded artwork to.
-I love reading fantasy and drawing it too. I have a special place in my heart for magical little boys such as Harry Potter and Septimus Heap.
-I made all the images on my house. I sketch and then ink everything with a brush. Then if I don't watercolor it, it's most likely colored using PS CS2. My comic wiki holds some more specifics on the types of tools I use: deeterhi's comic
-I don't write much poetry lately, I used to when I was younger, but not anymore.
-That varies. I change things depending on my mood, or if I have big news coming up. Sometimes, I only change what I'm currently listening to or reading.
-I love entering contests. I also have made a few myself: The Color of Art but I love keeping up with friends and all their wonderful art projects that they have going on.
-I really like the Portfolio Contest right now.
-I love artistic people. [Yncke] is my partner in crime on a few comic projects, [Empee] is a sweet girl with an incredible talent with scratchboard, there's always something interesting to look at in [Cassave]'s house, [stuffAEAmade] has a great new comic project up: pilgrim_comic
-Everybody needs to relax and have more fun. We all come here to de-stress, not add more stress (unless of course you're kinky like that).
-My favorite line comes from Disney's Bambi: If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
-I never post photos of myself online: only self-portraits :P