Where are you from originally? What’s your Origin Story?

A one-horse town in Texas called Brownsville. Not much there growing up aside from the border, which was pretty fun. I moved to Jacksonville when I graduated high school in 2002. I had family here and Jacksonville had a lot going on compared to my town.

Why are you pursuing a degree in Digital Media?

I have a strong passion for creating.

Who inspires you the most and why?

People say friends come and go but family is forever, which don’t get me wrong I have a great family) but the answer would be my friends. Not just your general group of friends but that core group of like to or so. Surrounding my self with an array of similar or even different people/opinions/thoughts and each of us pushing each other has made me the person I am today.

What do you do off campus?

Graphic Design for a small print business that also produces CD’s local and nationally, beers with the pals, as much as I can with my DSLR, go to shows (mainly in Atlanta/Orlando) and as of recently hanging with my daughter. She’s pretty dang cute and only 3 weeks old.

What work are you most proud of?

My Graphic Design. I’ve been really into manipulating photos using my own textures as of lately. Which is kind of weird because I originally could of cared less about graphic design. I originally enrolled with strict interest in video.

Interesting facts about you:

I paid to get my family ancestry info recently and found out I am related to Marc Bolan (of T-Rex). I thought that was pretty sweet but to be honest I paid some dude $5 at a Brothel in London and he only “researched” it for like 5 minutes before he came back with the info.

Favorite Book / Movie / Series / Video Game / Comic?

None of these will be my favorites. Lets just say I’ll assume someone might read this so I’ll try and put a bug in your ear and give you something underrated and interesting. It’s been a few years since I’ve read anything. Last good book I read was probably Filth. I can watch Barton Fink a million times and never get bored. Transparent was a great show. Eh… Mario Kart? For the SNES? I don’t know, Rock Band can be fun with a ton of people though. Eh, yet another one… Let’s go with Spy vs Spy.

What are your future goals and aspirations?

Everything is completely different when you have a wee one. Money is obviously helpful but all I care about now is ensuring she grows up happy and healthy. A few hundred or thousand pieces hanging in on walls wouldn’t be too bad either. 

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Have any questions? Please contact Professor Liz Murphy Thomas at Liz.Thomas@fscj.edu