Jessica Peffer. A young woman who has acheived internet fame and glory after years of having a sucessful website, and a few abandoned comic projects. From interent star, to a popular How-To-Draw author Jessica Peffer aka The NeonDragon has had a huge influence on the internet art world.
Her website, NeonDragonArt has been a staple for countless budding artists. From this homepage, you can find her personal portfolio, her free online tutorials, the archives of the now dead TimeScapes, a very active forum, and finally the public drawing boards. The most active sections of her site are the forum, which recently had to be completely revamped to hold all of the people who frequent it, and of course the public drawing boards. The drawing boards are a place where small, purely internet pieces of art can be created by anyone with a quick enough internet connection and a Flash download. Artists of all ages, styles, and skill levels are welcomed to draw, chat, and genarally have a good time.
Personally, I have been using Jessica's artwork as a learning tool since I began drawnig seriously. I even found printed out NeonDragon tutorials from 2000. She has been a huge influence, and even inspired me to tackle the world of digital art. To this day, I follow her activity on her LiveJournal blog, Neon Dragon;s Supa Big Exciting Journal That Holds the Key to Universal Harmony. Here, one can keep up with her current drawings from sketch to finished piece, and even watch an upstream of the entire process live.
Her work has been inspiring me for years, and I intend to spread the word of her work as far as I can.
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