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JAN APPLE
Born in 1988 in Los Angeles, California, as a second-generation Japanese-American. Now residing in Southeast Michigan. To the family’s disappointment, the bright future teased by an obsession with virology and mycology instead shifted into graphic design.

After many trials and tribulations, the acquired skill set befitted neither lab coats and petri dishes, nor the torturous demands of clients. The skills and knowledge are much better attributed to a comic artist.

School of Mid Century-Modern Atomic Age/Bauhaus & Kafkaesque principles. Comedy and SciFi are favored genres, especially those with deep-cut satire and tasteful obscenity. Humor should be like coffee: The darker the better.

✦ Inspired By: Jamie Hewlett, Osamu Sato, Osamu Tezuka, Alexander Rodchenko, Paul Rand, Peter Mendelsund, Franz Kafka, Edgar Wright, J.C.Leyendecker, Nico Delort, _RAB_@quruiqing, Isaac Asimov, Shinichi Hoshi & Zdzisław Beksiński
✦ Inspirational Works: Phoenix: Resurrection by Osamu Tezuka, Cyanide & Happiness by Explosm, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Clint Eastwood music video by Gorillaz, South Park by Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Eastern Mind of Tong Nou/LSD Dream Emulator by Osamu Sato, ARCHER by Adam Reed, and The Iron Giant 1999 directed by Brad Bird.
✦ Favorite Musicians: System of a Down, The Offsprings, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Stephen Lynch, Kenshi Yonezu, Osamu Sato, Yosui Inoue, Dethklok, Cristóbal Tapia de Veer and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.

SPECIAL SKILLS


HOME CHEF
Culinary is art. Designing flavors and plating that impresses family and friends alike.

EXTERMINATOR
High tolerance towards the creepy crawlies. No tools needed*, just my trusty hands. (*mostly)

NIGHT OWL
The sun sets and the gears in the brain reaches peak performance. 9-to-5 is 9PM to 5AM.

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