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	<title>Amanda Marie Anderson</title>
	<link>http://www.amandamarie.info</link>
	<description>Graphic Designer, Illustrator</description>
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		<title>New Faces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My most frequent commissions are portraits.  While there is generally less room for artistic expression in a portrait, you cannot help but find unique opportunities for creativity in every new face you draw.  I spent the summer of my Freshman year of college drawing hundreds of faces at Cedar Point, in Sandusky Ohio.  It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Characters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit, my absolute favorite subjects to draw are characters.  And not just any sort of characters, I love monsters, gremlins, burly animals with goofy faces and sharp teeth.  You wouldn&#8217;t know it to look at me, but I&#8217;ve a rather wild imagination when it comes to storybook villains.  I say, give me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zoos and Libraries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the exercises I do to keep my work fresh are to simply copy images out of books and magazines I might have laying about.  I went to the library and raided the children&#8217;s section to give me a stack of fresh material to work from.  Simply using the internet for reference tends to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprising Myself</title>
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I’ve learned that the most elemental part of creativity is surprising myself.  Creativity means staying fascinated by what comes from my brush, and motivated by the curiosity I have in what may happen next.  Some driving forces for my art are books and movies that inspire me.  Even the occasional dinner recipe or interesting day [...]]]></description>
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