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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=164 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ryan Paule Art"><U><IMG SRC="05a607b0.gif" border=0 width="96" height="123" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events"><U><B>News & Events</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ryan Paule Art</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ryan Paule Art"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Art"><U>My Art</U></A>   |   <B>About Me </B>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friends Associates"><U>Friends & Associates</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="041f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> About Me </div> <div> <IMG SRC="1fd053c0.jpg" border=0 width="517" height="316" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Tanjie Nash - Photo reprinted with  permission - The Athens News-Courier, Athens, Alabama: 10/29/2000</div> <bR> <div> I've been drawing since I can hold a pencil.  My first drawing started with 'He-Man' and 'Voltron' and stuff like that.  Soon I discovered comic books and that was it.  I knew right then and there what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.  Comics seemed like movies on paper, only better.  There's no limit to what can be done or where the stories can go.  </div> <bR> <div> My biggest strength in art is figure drawing.  I love illustrating people in pencil.  One of the biggest challenges is capturing the emotions through contrasts of light and dark and most importantly, the person's eyes.  I feel that the eyes are the windows to this soul which is why I work so hard to get them just right.</div> <bR> <div> I don't own a computer at present so a friend is handling the updates.  But once I get one, I'll be able to add art more often.  I can assure you more 'Buffy' art is on the way.  I'm also in negotiations to do art for an album cover, so stay tuned.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>