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Thomas Deer
Artist | Professional | Varied
Canada
After graduating from the Illustration & Design Program at Montreal's Dawson College in 2000, Thomas began working as a graphic artist at the Mohawk Language Curriculum Center at the Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory. During that time, Thomas underwent training as a comic book colorist and illustrator Dreamwave Productions in Toronto, Canada. In 2005, Thomas moved over to the Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (also in Kahnawà:ke), once again working as a graphic artist in the development of culturally-based language curriculum. Since 2006, Thomas has been freelancing as a comic book colorist and illustrator for companies such as Fun Publications, Mega Bloks, and IDW Publishing - primarily working on Hasbro's Transformers and G.I.Joe titles.
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Ryan Church, Mark Goerner, Feng Zhu, Mike Zeck, etc.
Favorite movies
Star Wars, LOTR, 2001, Vanilla Sky, Rocky, The Dark Knight, Superman, and films by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Fountain), Michael Mann (Heat, the Insider), Oliver Stone, and Steven Soderburgh, etc.
Favorite TV shows
The Office, Lost, Arrested Development, Mad Men, The Sopranos, The Incredible Hulk, Buck Rogers, Dexter, Transformers, G.I.Joe
Favorite bands / musical artists
The Killers, Muse, Portishead, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, Pink Floyd, Mogwai, Beastie Boys, Green Day, the Beatles, film scores, etc
Favorite books
Animal Farm, 1984, LOTR, A Fighter's Heart, The Fighter's Mind, John Carter of Mars.
Favorite writers
Brian Wood, Mark Millar, JRR Tolkien, George Orwell, etc.
Favorite games
Rainbow Six games, Call of Duty games, War For Cybertron, UFC 2009, Fight Night.
Favorite gaming platform
Xbox 360
Tools of the Trade
3H pencil, Micron pens, comic board, and my Wacom Cintiqu
Other Interests
Comics, concept art, boxing, agriculture, beekeeping, Kanonhsonnikeha, etc