Meet
the Artists
Glyptodont
Name:
Clayton Laurence Cheek
Age:
58
Location:
Nashville, TN
Occupation:
Writer
Tools:
PC, Corel Photo House
Inspirations:
Larry, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Donald Duck, Joaquin Rodrigo,
Robert Johnson, Bix Biederbecke, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly,
Leonardo Da Vinci, Rod Serling, Alfred Hitchcock, Mr. Rogers
Why
I Do Larries:
He so do-able, and it's a cathartic experience to purge repressed
feelings for my older brother.
Favorites
by Others:
Escher Larry,
Larry River,
Rooty Tooty
Larry
Own
Favorites:
Ben Franklarry,
Twilarry Zone
Words
to Live By:
"When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with
guns." -- Raymond Chandler
Website:
www.glyptodont.net
|
 |
 |
Ezekiel
Hubbard
Age:
b. 1968
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation:
Student, Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Tools:
G4 iMac, Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Inspiration:
Sara
Ward, Colin Hodgkinson, Tim Buckley, Arthur Lee, Mose Allison,
Brian Tutlo, Dorothy Ortaldo, Richard Thompson, Don Van Vliet,
Ted Rall, Larry, Jack Bruce, Glenn Cornick, Zelia; Rosaleen Witwer,
Nina Simone, Gill Scott-Heron, Salvador Dali, Jean Delville, MST3K,
Tom Waits, Fred Rogers, Caffeine, Sun Ra, Andrew Cyrille, Clay
Stricklin, David Sedaris, Daniel Schorr, Ray Charles, Kurt Vonnegut,
Sterling 'Mister Satan' Magee, Leonardo, Professor Longhair.
Why
I Do Larries:
It's good exercise, and therapeutic in a way I can't really identify.
Favorites
by Others:
Wooly
Larry, mothmanlarry,
Larry
Escher, Shroud
of Larry, Larry
Penny
Own
Favorites:
They all look okay until I send them out.
Website:
www.angelfire.com/pro/ezekielhubbard/
|
|
Matthew
R. Michaels
Age:
33
Location: Dallas,
TX
Occupation: Creative
Director, software co.
Tools: AMD 2700
processor, 1 GB Corsair 2700 DDR Memory, 128 MB Radeon 9200 video
card, Abit NF7-S motherboard, 2 120 GB Maxtor HD 7200 RPM, HP
200i DVD-CD Writer. Software; Windows XP, PhotoShop 7, Illustrator
10.
Inspirations: Shawshank
Redemption, the Beatles, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs
Why I Do Larries:
Creative stimulation and the chance refine my photo-manipulation
skills.
Favorites by Others:
Beginning PhotoShop
Class
Own Favorites: Absolut
Larry, Larry Fletch
Words to Live By:
"99% of life is half mental."
Website: www.mattandsherry.com
|
 |
 |
Edmund
O'Reilly
Age:
37
Location:
Westbury, NY
Occupation:
Graphic Artist, Griffin
Design
Tools:
Mac G4; Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash,
Carrara Studio
Inspirations:
Movies: Being There, Pi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Bladerunner,
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Requiem For A Dream, O Brother
Where Art Thou? Music: Any blues, most jazz, and ambient/electronica,
like the music on my Internet radio station, The
After Hours Cafe.
Why
I Do Larries:
Part of my court-ordered community service.
Favorite
of Others:
Lounge Lizard
Larry
Own
Favorite:
Ear Exam Larry
Words
to Live By:
"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."
|
Noam
Sane
Age:
30
Location:
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Occupation:
Secretary/receptionist
Tools:
Dell Pentium III laptop, Windoze 98, Photoshop 7.0
Inspirations:
Orson
Welles, Andy Kaufman, Spinal Tap, George Plimpton, Clifford Irving
Why
I Do Larries:
Following commands of our robot overlords.
Favorites
by Others:
Absolut
Larry, Larry
Marley, Something
About Larry, GooseLarry
Own
Favorites:
Lairheads,
Wooly
Larry
Words
to Live By:
"Can't we all just get along with me?" |
|
 |
Jeff
Schuh
Age:
41
Location:
Portland, OR
Occupation:
Statistic, well, maybe hopeefully until next election. Professionally
trained as EE.
Tools:
Mac G3, Photoshop 7.0
Inspirations:
Active mind
Why
I Do Larries:
Practice, self-entertainment and riches.
Words
to Live By:
"The hottest place in hell is reserved for those who remain
neutral in times of great moral conflict." -- Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Photo
Credit:
Karen Holt
|
David
Snow
Age:
56
Location:
Jonesboro, AR
Occupation:
Senior graphic artist
Tools: Dell Dimension
8300, Pentium 4, Adobe Photoshop 5.5 at home, MacIntosh G-4,
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 at work
Inspirations:
Comic books, Hayley Mills, The Beatles, Chubby Checker, John Wayne,
Mandy Moore, Lori Martin, Superman, Hank Williams, Sr., Dick Van
Dyke, Walt Disney, dobro music
Why
I Do Larries:
Fun
Own
Favorites:
Larryfalfa
& Spanky
Words
to Live By:
"Life is a banquet and there are a lot of poor suckers out
there starving to death."
|
 |
|
Betty
Tiska
Age:
Classified
Family:
Husband, Hank, and 2 kids. Daughter is a hardware engineer, triathlon,
marathon and ultra-marathon runner, rated among the top 300 women
runners in the US. Son is a Navy SEAL Commander and Commanding
Officer of SEAL Naval Special Warfare Unit TEN in Rota, Spain
Location:
Syosset, NY
Occupation:
Artist/consultant, public library
Tools:
Dell Dimension, Photoshop7 at home; Adobe Elements2 at work, but
I do Larry stuff at home.
Inspirations:
Anything and everything.
Why
I Do Larries:
Because they're out there.
Favorites
by Others:
Larry
Escher, Just
Like Daddy, Memento
Larry
Own
Favorites: Pierced
Larry, Larry's
Family, Larry
Croft, Little
Larry
Words
to Live By:
"Happiness can't buy money."
|
|