My name is Tanner Staheli, I am a 27-year-old illustrator and writer from Utah, USA, with a small attention span and a FAT imagination. My love for drawing concepts and illustrations began with me finding ways to pass the time during high school classes, this went on long enough for me to realize my true potential in creating art and fictional settings using numerous inspirations that surrounded me at the time. I have recently graduated from Utah Valley University with a degree in Illustration.
I grew up surrounded by a very ambitious and loving family of 2 sisters, 1 brother, and my mom and dad; who both have supported me since the beginning, and I would not have even come to close to completing this universe if it weren't for them. I also have a pet ball python named Oliver :)
I also love video games, movies, etc that feature out-of-this-world settings, mainly because of how much they inspire me to work on art. My favorite games are Sekiro; Shadows Die Twice, League of Legends (FORMER), Hollow Knight, Minecraft, and Terraria. My taste in movies consist of Rango, Django, Yojimbo, Pulp Fiction, Kung Fu Panda 2, Seven Samurai, and Into the Spider verse.
Being a concept artist, I love to create things from imagination, and what's better than using that passion to create my own world around it all? The earliest creations of Immortalize has to be imagining Haruma in summer 2016, An edgy, dark clothed, hooded character with shadow powers and badass gauntlets that uses an ammunition system to power them up. From then on I've realized how much fun it is to create characters, and now I am here. I may not be the best writer but building Kudao is one of the main things that drive motivation for me :)
Q&A:
Q: Are you a weeb?:
A: no
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Q: Are you sure?
A: Ok I'm a big fan of Jojo, Samurai Champloo, and Cowboy Bebop but that's it lol. (As of now)
Q: What do you plan to do with your universe?
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A:
Gaslighting people into thinking it's real
​Q: What are your thoughts on Ai art?
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A: I will burn this whole website and project down before I let that disease filth my hard work.
Q: What are your strengths?
A: Handsome
Q: What are your weaknesses?
A: None, I am perfect.
And If I did I would not tell you.
Q: Do you have any advice?
A: I know this sounds really cheesy, but it's true; Never give up. Almost everyone I talk to about drawing I always hear the words "Man I wish I was good at art, haha, but I suck" The truth is the only thing that's preventing them from becoming artists is those very words. No one "magically" becomes good artists all of a sudden, there's no genetics involved or anything, you just have to practice, every day. It gets better, but you really have to do it, every day. It takes a while but in the end, it will all be worth it, that's what it takes to be a good artist, or good at most professions really. Just like the famous stereotypical quote: "The expert in anything was once a beginner"
Also stay away from that Ai shit. I don't care how good it looks, I will value a children's crayon drawing hanging on the fridge over anything your soulless machines can generate.
Also some other legit advice (Probably legit, I never really took lessons to get where I am, it's just what I did, but if your an actual art pro and disagree with this I'm sorry). But I used to copy from other artists to get better (no tracing tho), sorry it doesn't sound good but hear me out. I did it for learning purposes and NOT for copying purposes. I would learn the very basics before-hand, find a really cool picture I liked, and I would try really hard to draw it. And when I did it, it educated me on how the pros do it which drastically improved me. It's more of a study if anything, don't submit the drawing your own work. Unless of course, you admit you referenced it from said picture or did it in a different medium. I hope that makes sense.
That's all folks! Feel free to check out my other social media platforms!
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