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About Me
- Who are you? I'm Jen Philpot, and my online alias is typically Jocarra. Previous and/or alternative aliases include LightningJen (1996-2000), Roja (1997-2003), and JenJenJocarra (2002-present).
- What should I call you? Jen, Jocarra or Jo is fine.
- Can I contact you? Note me via deviantART, or mail me at jenjenjocarra@hotmail.com. You may add me to your Messenger list, but please let me know how you contacted me (eg. "I saw you on dA") - I will likely block you if you add me randomly.
- How old are you? I was born on April 22, 1985. I'll be 24 this April (2009).
- What do you do? I'm an animal biology graduate at the University of British Columbia, a freelance artist, and I work at a local restaurant.
- Where are you from? I'm Korean, but I was adopted by a Canadian family when I was a baby, so I'm unfamiliar with the language/culture.
- What sort of hobbies are you in to? Art (digital paintings mostly), music (flute, piano, listening, and some writing), writing (The Tripartitus and random thoughts/observations), poi (self-taught amateur), archery (self-taught amateur), gaming (DDR/Stepmania, WoW, etc.), and I read when I can.
- Are you a furry? A therian? No, although you might arguably call me a therian, as I do believe in expressing what most people would consider "animal-like" feelings as a natural, healthy thing. If I had a totem animal through which I express myself, it'd probably be either feline or canine.
- What things do you like/value? Love, truth, understanding/empathy, responsibility, discipline, humour/wit, intelligence, knowledge, honour, spirit/spirituality, realism, fantasy/mythology, the pursuit of perfection, appreciation of the imperfect, sensuality, balance, animals, psychology, linguistics, philosophy/metaphysics, symbolism, food, all creative arts...
About My Art
- Can I repost your work? It depends. Please ask.
- Can I edit your work or use it in a collage? Yes, but for nonprofit purposes only. Please give credit and link back to me.
- Can I trace/copy/reference your work? Yes, but for nonprofit purposes only. Please give credit and link back to me.
- Can I draw or write about your characters? Yes, but for nonprofit purposes onle, and please show me! and include credit and a link back.
- Do you do requests? No.
- Will you do an art trade with me? Maybe. Please ask.
- Will you do an art collaboration with me? Maybe. Please ask.
- Will you help me with my art? Yes. I am happy to give comments/criticism, but serious inquiries only. No spam.
- How long have you been an artist? I've always drawn for fun, but I started practicing more seriously around 1998 or so.
- How did you learn to draw? I'm mostly self-taught, learning through observation. However, I have taken one child's class (a 3-day painting class when I was 8), two moderately helpful classes (drawing/painting and graphic art in highschool), one very helpful class (life drawing in university), and two awful classes (also university, traditional/digital contemporary art).
- What tools do you use? I state that in the description 99% of the time. Generally, I use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, or graphite.
- What helps you with art? Real-life referencing combined with freehand sketching practice makes a very good combination. I also listen to music when doing art, as motive and inspiration, and to help establish and maintain mood.
- How much time do you spend on art? A single finished image is likely to take me days to months to finish, with anywhere from 4-35 hours of work put into it.
- Do you have any inspirations for your art? Yes. Sometimes I will "see" things in music that inspire me to draw, or I will have dreams or feel certain things that will produce art. Often, it's a desire to work on my story and "free" the characters and events within that results in artwork. Other times it's just me wanting to draw something pretty, or something cool, or whatever the present inclination. Sometimes other artists' work will inspire me.
- What do you enjoy drawing most? Whatever comes naturally, usually involving animals or emotions or something to do with my story The Tripartitus.
About The Tripartitus
- What kind of story is it? It's a fantasy/science fiction story written as a novel, or a trilogy of novels, with a lot of symbolism and thematic use, and a lot of attempted research.
- What's it about? Where does it take place? It takes place in a universe not unlike our own, in war, about war. However, the real substance of the story is in the human element: the humanity of humanity, the influence of individual perspective, and the human relationship.
- Who are the main characters? The main characters are Jayli (Jocarra/Ash/Raydl) and Luke Damon. The story's primary antagonist is Hunter.
- And who are they? What happens? The story is basically about Jayli, but told through Luke's persective. Luke is a young man searching for his father Hunter, who left him as a boy in pursuit of a half-remembered old legend. Along the way, he meets Jayli, a mysterious warrior about whom he knows little yet he nevertheless finds himself drawn to her. As the great war of legend converges on his world and what he thought was an old tale becomes truth, he gets drawn into the very middle, caught betwen the father he loved as a boy and the woman he wishes to know. The relationship between Jayli and Luke is the true focus of the story through which I say all the important things.
- Aren't Luke and Jayli lovers? Eventually, but they go through all forms of good and bad relationships on the way there beforehand.
- Which one is Jayli, and which one is Jocarra? They are the same person, just under different names. Jocarra, however, tends to specifically refer to Jayli's human form.
- Ash and Raydl are males, right? No. They're different physical forms of Jayli/Jocarra.
- Who are they? Ash and Raydl are two different physical forms for Jayli/Jocarra. Ash is the cat, and Raydl is the gryphon, and Jocarra is the human. The name Jayli can refer to any of them (although usually her human form is assumed).
- Does the story have other shapeshifters? No, just Jayli.
- Does it have magic? Yes, with a twist.
- Does it have mythical fantasy beasts? Other than Ash and Raydl? Not really.
- What about other fantasy races? Not really, although there is a primitive "race" of theropod dinosaurs.
- How long have you been working on your story? Since 1997.
- Are you ready to publish? No. There's a lot more planning to do, and beyond that, infinitely more writing.
- What's with you and Luke? I love him :3 Speaking seriously, he means an immense amount to me, both within and without the context of the story.
- Jen, are you crazy? Just a little... but Luke likes me better this way.
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Devious Comments
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ok I just confused myself
Hehehehe... Yeah, the last question and answer is the best :3 8D
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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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"It's not enough that you have to imprision me and steal my pop tarts, you must also make me your mule?"
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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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"It's not enough that you have to imprision me and steal my pop tarts, you must also make me your mule?"
What kind of cookies does the Jen like best?
What flavour of ice cream and/or gelato does Jen like?
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