And so, around my senior year in high school, I began to approach very talented friends about illustrations. Several offered to try, but none could deal with sketching very well-known people (Chris Lloyd, Michael J. Fox, etc). And although I thought their quick sketches and attempts were fantastic, they lacked the patience and drive to follow through with commissioned work, even for a pal. So I had all but given up... and then the Internet came along.
Throughout the tales you will find the artwork of a few talented artists, with very distinctly different approaches and mediums. And so, alphabetically:
Artist Jennifer Dawson works in a pencil media, with fantastically detailed line drawings. (I am seriously blown away that she can draw Fox. His is a hard face to do.) Currently her work can be seen in "No Place Like Home." Jennifer has a [BTTF-themed] web page with more of her creations (artistic and otherwise) at: http://www.backtothefuture88.com/. In her own words, here is a bit of info about her:
Hello, my name is Jennifer Dawson and I was born on November 16, 1988 in Boston Massachusetts. I've been drawing ever since I can remember and first attended the Cohasset Art School when I was eight years old. Writing and music are two other big factors of my life, and I'm also a huge Back To The Future fan. I first saw the movie when I was in second grade and really started to get into it right after I began junior high school. That was also around the time I started learning more about the Internet. I experimented with scanning some of my artwork at first, then undertook the much bigger task of building my website. I put up new pieces of my artwork whenever I get the chance, and have a lot of fun doing so. I know that over time, I will further develop my skill in this area, as well as in my writing. That's definitely something to look forward to!
Kristi Miller, renders her work in full color illustrations, using a computer to give her work added depth and detailing. Some of her work can been seen in "The Pair O' Docs", "The Summer of '69", and "The Curse of Great One"*, so far. In her own words follows information about herself:
Until I was a teenager my artwork was a relative family secret. Then I saw
Back to the Future on TV and the part of the film that would change my life. The scene was when Marty was talking to his father in the high school
cafeteria in 1955. When I heard that George never showed anyone his work andsaw the miserable existence he lived (in the beginning) something clicked. Soon I began showing anyone possible and have yet to receive any negative feedback. A few years latter I got into the art class in my high school and met the person who would refine my raw talent, Clay Verge. Today I'm teaching myself and things are only getting better.
I invite others who can sketch and feel like it to feel free and doodle out anything you want to with my stories. Certainly the tales can always use some more, and I'll more likely than not post it in the tale and credit you over here if it works and fits. :-)
Hello, my name is Kristi, I'm 20 years old and I'm a native of Florida. I've been drawing since I was old enough to know that crayons weren't a snack. My earliest memory, that holds great importance, happened when I was about six. My mother (she and Dad are my first fans) told me I couldn't color Donald Duck's nephews gray, black and brown. Since then I've paid meticulous attention to color.