~Callego
CG Olsen
Artist | Hobbyist | Digital Art
United States
I am a recent PhD in Scandinavian Studies, currently teaching Norse Mythology as a temporary lecturer at UC Berkeley and looking for another job. Also a published poet (small time still), with recent pieces in Ideomancer and Everyday Poets. I've started a blog (Vikings, Books, Etc) where I've been writing book reviews, posting pictures of vikings, and other things. Working with iPad art programs and now with a Bamboo tablet and Photoshop elements (still learning how digital art works). Please visit my blog for more.
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Hard to narrow it down--but I'm a big fan of Stephanie Pui Min Law, Alan Lee, Yvonne Gilbert, Hayao Miyazaki, John Bauer, Tolkien (sure he was an amatuer, but so am I...), David Burke, and probably many others that I'm forgetting.
Favorite movies
Star Wars, Wes Anderson films, Miyazaki films
Favorite TV shows
Firefly
Favorite bands / musical artists
The 77s, Phil Keaggy, Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down, Lay Low, Yo Yo Ma, Slash, Steve Vai
Favorite books
LOTR, Silmarillion, Narnia, Out of the Silent Planet, Earthsea, Winter of the World trilogy, The Wizard-Knight duology, Nova, Stone and Flute, The Book of the Dun Cow, Det Sällsamma Djuret från Norr, Bröderna Lejonhjärta, and many others.
Favorite writers
JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Gene Wolfe, Ursula LeGuin, Samuel DeLany, Michael Scott Rohan, Lois MacMaster Bujold
Favorite games
KOTOR, Portal, Halo, Myst
Favorite gaming platform
X-box 360
Tools of the Trade
Open Canvas, Photoshop Elements, Bamboo Tablet, Brushes for iPad, ArtStudio for iPad, Sketchbook Pro for iPad
Other Interests
Writing (fiction and poetry), mythology & folklore (I'm a professional ;)