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Mitch Breitweiser  

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  • Illustrator
  • Male/United States
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  • Deviant since Jul 14, 2007, 3:06 PM
  • Subscribed until Aug 18, 2008, 11:27 PM
  • 94 Deviations
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  • 289 Deviant Comments
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Early Birthday Present

Journal Entry: Mon May 12, 2008, 12:07 PM
  • Mood: Awestruck
  • Listening to: Fleet Foxes
  • Reading: The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
  • Playing: COD4
  • Drinking: Red Stripe
I posted this in my blog ( [link] ), but thought I would share it here, to:
(edit: someone submitted this story to Digg.com [link] )


11 years ago, I was a college sophomore. I somehow had it in my head I was going to be a comic book artist. I think my friends thought I was crazy. my professors thought it a near impossible dream. My parents were probably worried I would be penniless and living in the basement when I was 30. But, not only did I say I had the lofty goal of being a professional comic artist, I also tacked onto that an even tougher obstacle. I wanted to be on Wizards top 10 artists list before I was 30.

So here I am, 29, with no big releases until the fall and my 30th birthday is coming up on May 20th. I figured I could live without that goal being met.
Flash forward to today. I just received a tweet from Iron Fist scribe, Matt Fraction, that I had rounded out Wizards top 10 list in their big 200th issue. WOW! Only 8 days shy of my 30th birthday goal.
Being on the top 10 isn't as big a deal to my now as it was 12 years ago. Cool, yes. I am very excited, but to me this is something a bit bigger than being in some magazine. It's another example of how when I set my mind on something it happens. This kind of thing happens to me all the time. It's further confirmation to me that there is something larger out there than myself. Something transcendental that one day I hope to fully understand.

Anyways, I'm in the Wizard #200 issue that is on stands now.

Cheers!

Mitch

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 29
  • Current Residence: Little Rock
  • Interests: Coffee, Macs, art, design
  • Favourite band or musician: Wolf Parade, Spoon, Bonnie Prince Billy, Panda Bear, Radiohead, Okkervil River, Cat Power,
  • Favourite genre of music: indie, alt-country, rock
  • Favourite artist: Mike Lark, Travis Charest, Marko Djurdjevic, Lee Weeks, John Paul Leon, Tommy Lee Edwards, More...
  • Favourite poet or writer: ayn rand
  • Favourite style or digital art: Retro Illustration (1890-1967)
  • Operating System: OSX Leopard
  • MP3 player of choice: iPhone
  • Skin of choice: Elizabeth's
  • Favourite game: Currently COD4
  • Favourite gaming platform: Xbox
  • Favourite cartoon character: Captain America
  • Personal Quote: A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn
  • Tools of the Trade: Windsor & Newton series 7 #6 brush, Gouache, Black Magic ink, Cotton Fiber bristol, CS3, Cintiq1

Devious Comments

*TheQuezot:iconTheQuezot: 34 minutes 13 seconds ago
hey I just grabbed some issues of Captain A. Great work in the book bro.
~thesadpencil:iconthesadpencil: 3 days 11 hours ago
superb gallery you got here really fantastic lineart and great colors. definitely gotta watch.

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~lilshortiy:iconlilshortiy: 4 days 1 hour ago
=D No probs for the watch, your art is amazing =]!

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~PrivateJoker1987:iconPrivateJoker1987: 6 days 16 hours ago
Fantastic, dynamic, explosively realistic.

very cool.

keep it up!
*Manarama:iconManarama: May 12, 2008, 4:18:47 AM
Wow, Mitch - I love your sequentials! Please post more of it! :) :beer:

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"Be excellent to each other!"
~dr-gore:icondr-gore: May 11, 2008, 12:16:45 PM
Your gallery is awesome!
*Dan-Van-Cool:iconDan-Van-Cool: May 11, 2008, 12:37:52 AM
Loving the daily sketches man. they are a great thing to see when I get into work every morning :D

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~Always Hardcore
"There is no time for blocks, stop making excuses and draw"

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*Geddlee:iconGeddlee: May 9, 2008, 10:38:33 AM
Thanks man!

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*mbreitweiser:iconmbreitweiser: May 9, 2008, 9:27:13 AM
likewise. Those pages look great!
*Geddlee:iconGeddlee: May 9, 2008, 8:41:10 AM
Hey Mitch, good to see you on here!

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~irongiant775:iconirongiant775: May 8, 2008, 12:23:03 PM
Thanks for taking the time to look at my gallery :)
Best of luck!

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"...it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"
-Rocky Balboa
~stompboxxx:iconstompboxxx: May 7, 2008, 11:42:00 PM
stuffs are great....you rock man!
~TeoJade:iconTeoJade: May 7, 2008, 7:42:09 PM
simply amazing

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“Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.” - Helmut Newton
*minarho1:iconminarho1: May 7, 2008, 12:14:52 PM
Thanks for the fave!
~caffeineman:iconcaffeineman: May 7, 2008, 8:58:56 AM
awesome gallery. SIMPLY AWESOME.

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Para ser un profesional hay que pensar como tal!
*mbreitweiser:iconmbreitweiser: May 6, 2008, 7:05:26 PM
Thanks Sneed. I love your stuff! :)
*mbreitweiser:iconmbreitweiser: May 6, 2008, 7:05:04 PM
Hey. Nice to see another citizen of the Rock on here. keep up the nice work! :)
*mbreitweiser:iconmbreitweiser: May 6, 2008, 7:03:48 PM
Thanks. Glad I could inspire you a bit. Your gallery looks pretty sharp, too. Keep it up! :)
~irongiant775:iconirongiant775: May 6, 2008, 4:39:27 PM
Hi

Your work is simply amazing. I truly love your use of the ink and brush, it's very inspiring.

Can't wait to see more :)

-R

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"...it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"
-Rocky Balboa
~ninjaink:iconninjaink: May 6, 2008, 7:59:54 AM
Your work is amazing! It reminds me of alot of the Alex Ross / Krueger work in "Earth X". You're also from Little Rock, Arkansas? I only know one Breitweiser, and he was in my German class. Keep up the awesomeness!
=arabeus:iconarabeus: May 6, 2008, 5:59:43 AM
Always welcome :)

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*sneedd:iconsneedd: May 3, 2008, 3:14:39 PM
Luv the way u draw:)
sneedd:batman:
~davechisholm:icondavechisholm: Apr 30, 2008, 9:43:48 AM
really nice work!
:D

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