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When
you think of local artists for comics and pop media, Chad Hardin
probably isn't the first name that comes to mind. But if you've been
a hardcore gamer or comic reader out the past five years, chances are
you've got a number of items with something he's designed.
Making his way
from the east coast, Qi Peng brought with him his unique conceptual style to
our local art scene, helping define some of IAO's first works and
boundaries. Collaborting with several artists while still maintaining his
experimental photographs and spraypainted works, but also broadening his skills
by starting work in digital drawings, he's become one of the bigger risk-taking
artists in Utah
today.
The
old adage goes “the first year is always the hardest.” ...The
hell you say.--- Somehow, someway, with nothing more than a
recorder and a camera, sitting in the deepest and darkest corner of
the website, with no promotion outside of my own yelling and public
word-of-mouth and random linkage, no sponsorship to speak of, several
individuals I can't name not liking it, and without earning a dime
off it... this blog survived one whole year. And believe me, I'm not
the only one who is shocked.
Websites
that focus on the local music scene tend to come and go frequently. The average show attendee can name you five right off the top of
their heads that started strong and fell short in under a year.
