Did you go to college? For art or anything related?

I did not– It’s not advice that I would give anyone, but I dropped out of high school when I was 16. I had the advantage that my older brother went to art school for print making and my Grandfather was a professional pin up artist.  (Bill Randall) 

So I was around art growing up. ( Randall died before I really knew him but my mom told me a lot about his artist life) I think I got a lot of what other people get from art school 2nd hand– I moved to NYC in my mid 20′s and fell in with a bunch of SVA students,(like the amazing Farel Dalrymple, who I’m still pals with)  talked to them a lot about what they got out of school.– I never really learned to paint past super basic watercolors and markers tho– that would’ve been nice. maybe I’ll try that soon. 

I think school is good for discovering a social scene of like minded people but if you can be self motivated it might be worth it to avoid the debt. but if you can do it without getting into a hole, I bet it would be fun.