This is a story
of a knight, in his glory,
who was known as “Devano the Brave.”
With his incredible fame,
he went by many a name,
but all of his friends called him “Dave.”

A king once professed:
“Dave shall go on a quest”,
so he equipped some greaves and a glaive;
for past ye olde tavern
and deep in a great cavern,
there was a fair princess to save.

So beyond cows a-grazing,
Dave went trailblazing
in search of the treacherous cave.
His journey, foreboding,
required off-roading,
for there wasn’t a path that was paved.

Although, through election,
Dave offered protection,
self-care was not something he gave–
he’d not planned for survival,
for upon his arrival,
starvation hit him like a wave.

As hunger prevailed,
so ended the tale
of the pitiable “Devano the Brave.”
For through acts of temperance,
he’d naught crossed the entrance
and thus had laid claim to his grave.

As his mission was fruitless,
unproductive and bootless,
the rights to his titles were waived.
With no respect to his name,
the people proclaimed:
“The man was no knight, but a knave!”

Biography:

My name is John Quincy Thompson, and this is my second year at Aims now; I intend to transfer to RMCAD for an illustration degree sometime after this upcoming fall semester. Art has always been an outlet that has allowed me to experiment and grow, and it is a gift that I would like to share with the world. In particular, I quite enjoy drawing faces and the human figure– it is comprised of non-geometric shapes and is, overall, quite lumpy. I like that. Parts of the human body such as the ears, the nose, the hands and feet, teeth and gums, and fat rolls all pose a different challenge of depiction in comparison to geometric shapes like buildings that require a level of mathematical precision. Our bodies are these very strange blobs of flesh that simultaneously hold a relatively consistent canon of anatomy while also having absolutely no consistency whatsoever. I like how each body holds its own identity through its form– for this reason, I am also rather fond of the shapes found in nature such as flowers, trees, mountains, and water. I believe that art should be easily accessed by the public and should incite curiosity and complex thought, though not all art needs to be so serious– art should be fun! I am influenced a lot by manga and manhua, and I appreciate artists such as Kei Urana, Shiro Moriya, Jung-Man Cho, Motoi Yoshida, and Kim Sehoon.