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Name: Jonny Knechtel
Age: 20
Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ
What got you started in art?
As far as I can remember, I've always been super imaginative. From child to adult, my creativity grew with me.
What inspires you as an artist to be creative?
Almost anything in everyday life will spark a creative idea for art. In highskool, I would always draw in my sketchbook, no matter what the class.
What are some of your achievements?
One thing I really want to achieve is to start animating my works. Finally giving life to my work will be one of the biggest accomplishments I could ever do... besides making them interactive (Video Games)
How long have you been doing your art work?
Since I first held a writing utensil.
Where do you see your self going in five years?
If things are to go swimmingly, I could see myself having a pretty satisfactory-sized company for my works. Selling shirts, stickers, what have you.
Something you've always wanted to do, but have yet to?
I have always wanted to learn Japanese and move to Japan for a short while.
Favorite quote or quotes?
"If rock is dead, then I must be a necromancer."
"Get your meat face out of my apartment, you balding baldy!"
"BIRDS!"
"Hey, Eric get packed. We're goin' on a road trip."
"I'm 6 foot 6 POINT 6, the height of the beast!"
The moment you realized you were an artist?
I remember, in preschool, I was the only student to start shading in my doodles. I realized nobody else's doodles looked like mine and felt awkward about it, almost ashamed. I walked up to my teacher, showed her the paper and asked her if it looked stupid. She smiled and chuckled "Stupid? Absolutely not, Jonathan. You could be a famous artist one day."
