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Soapfish-Art โ™‚๏ธ [14137686] [2010-06-17 03:27:04 +0000 UTC] "Sakanahameha!" (United States)

# Statistics

Favourites: 36; Deviations: 49; Watchers: 192

Watching: 6; Pageviews: 26805; Comments Made: 8; Friends: 6

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: Akira Toriyama, Tite Kubo, Eiichiro Oda, Shotaro Ishinomori
Favorite games: ...tough question
Favorite gaming platform: SNES (easy question)
Tools of the Trade: Adobe CS4 programs, Pencil, Pen
Other Interests: Anime/Manga, Tokusatsu (Kamen Rider, Super Sentai) Movies, TV, Video Games, other geek stuff

# About me

My name is Ian Gorton aka Soapfish (from Japanese "Ian" brand soap and "Gorton" brand fish). I grew up in Minneapolis-St.Paul where I live and work.

I can't remember a time when I didn't draw. I always wanted to be an artist. I grew up drawing comic book, video game, and anime characters. I received formal "traditional" art training during my childhood (ie: painting, drawing, sculpture)

I graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2009. Since going to MCAD, where I received less "traditional" art instruction, I have moved to a semi-digital process where I work in and out of the computer.

Shonen fanart is my current passion (it's too much fun!), but I am working on various independent, original works.

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Opinions perhaps worth mentioning:
--Akira Toriyama is an artistic genius.

--One Piece is the greatest series currently in
publication, maybe one of the best ever.

--Say what you will about the story, Bleach has
some of the best comic formalism I have ever
seen. Kubo's rhythm of big and small, black and
white, action and rest, is flawless. He's also
one of the most poetic Shonen artists I have seen.

Current Residence: Minneapolis, MN
Operating System: Mac OSX 10.6

# Comments

Comments: 27

chillinchikjw [2012-06-12 01:05:39 +0000 UTC]

heyy its the korra/fem hulk/slave jasmine with kitty ears XD your stuff is great keep up the awesome work I hope we can be friends and maybe can be table buddies in the future XD

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smallcoin [2012-04-14 17:19:21 +0000 UTC]

Hi! Your house banners from aSoIaF have been featured on Tumblr on this blog [link]

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OneKingdomPlanet [2012-03-23 21:51:22 +0000 UTC]

Inviting you to a Tournament!

Digital World Championchip 2012!

[link]

I hope you enter *--*

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LiquidSoulDesign [2012-02-17 19:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Cool work

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LittleAshThings [2012-01-17 19:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work!

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RabbitMeatVendor [2011-10-19 23:44:50 +0000 UTC]

your shading skills are intense. nice gallery!

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RabbitMeatVendor [2011-10-19 23:43:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the dev watch!

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piyo119 [2010-10-09 11:44:52 +0000 UTC]

ใ“ใ‚“ใซใกใฏ๏ผ(Konnichiwa)

Thanks for the watch!

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RoxyPolk [2010-08-09 05:03:57 +0000 UTC]

AHA! I FOUND YOU!!!! Nice work with the daily deviation, I hadn't seen it completed until two minutes ago and it looks awesome

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RoxyPolk In reply to RoxyPolk [2010-08-09 05:04:36 +0000 UTC]

fyi this is roxy~!

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Pi-Lo-Chun [2010-08-09 04:06:34 +0000 UTC]

Hey! I didn't even know you got a Daily Deviation! LOOK AT YOU!! I feel so...proud : D . Even if I had nothing to do with it.
Well deserved, my friend. Well deserved.

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Kaleena01 [2010-08-07 03:42:34 +0000 UTC]

i loved your "teamwork" peice. u shld make one with renamon and guilamon, from the other season, that wld be rlly cool. ^^

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rox52 [2010-08-07 02:58:07 +0000 UTC]

wow wicked art

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awesomerock [2010-08-06 18:13:37 +0000 UTC]

wow your digimon work is awesome! i watched it when i was little but we lost the channel

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Barlee [2010-08-03 16:30:11 +0000 UTC]

Hey it was awesome meeting you! Thanks again for stopping by my table. I'm glad you liked the commission. OH and I totally saw your booth the first day. I recognize your Digimon picture! It's really cool and so detailed! @_@

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nakira [2010-08-02 21:27:04 +0000 UTC]

THANKS FOR THE DEVWATCH BRO.

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Gaoling [2010-08-02 18:45:21 +0000 UTC]

Your work is amazing! I look forward to watching you

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GeekMythologyStudios [2010-08-02 17:27:48 +0000 UTC]

*Lurks about, waiting to get her hands on a Team Yamcha shirt*

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Soapfish-Art In reply to GeekMythologyStudios [2010-08-02 19:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Soon!!! I need to get back to MN first

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GeekMythologyStudios In reply to Soapfish-Art [2010-08-03 01:29:33 +0000 UTC]

Lol, no rush. Enjoy some well-deserved rest in the meantime!

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RinTheYordle [2010-06-30 18:06:26 +0000 UTC]

Ian got a DA! YAY! HI IAN!

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hikariwosagashite [2010-06-25 05:45:37 +0000 UTC]

!!!!!!!!! FLASHBACK OVER THIS WEEK FOR OP!!!!!! V^O^V

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hikariwosagashite [2010-06-23 21:47:54 +0000 UTC]

T_T can't comment on your pics. SUPER FRANKY IS SUPAAAAA!!!

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kh-bLeAcH-GURL [2010-06-23 06:52:47 +0000 UTC]

You've got some skillz with a pencil!
I enjoyed looking through your gallery! Continue the amazing work!

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kilocopter [2010-06-23 01:51:53 +0000 UTC]

I love your style! Don't mind if I devwatch you.

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hikariwosagashite [2010-06-22 04:24:57 +0000 UTC]

HIHI! onepiece <3 that luffy you got there is HOTTTT. lol. luffy-love love! it was nice having some down time with another onepiece fan at ANIMENEXT~

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cardgamerdebu [2010-06-21 03:47:08 +0000 UTC]

Hi, Ian - welcome to DeviantArt! I really like a lot of what i've seen so far; the One Piece headshots could well have been worked on by Oda-san himself!

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