One of our more dedicated mangaka on the site!

1. You're a dedicated member of RTM.tongue.gif Why are you still active on the forums or still visit? there's 2 reasons 1. being the members of this site since there cool to talk to and 2. the manga's, I love how this place has differn't type of artist with different type's of styles and not to mention it's like home away from home for me =D

2. What year were you born in? 1985 if you want to know my chinese zodiac it's: the bull and if you want to know my zodiac it's: capricorn

3. When did you start to draw? I started drawing when I was 7 but I never took it seriously until I was 14, as a serious artist I've been drawing for 9 years. If I would of been serious from the get-go, I'd probably be alot better than I am now.

3a. Did you take any art classes to get to where you are now?
kind of...my art teacher in middle school was a real prick and didn't let me draw ( a drew 4 panel scripts of him dieing) and apparently he just didn't like that plus he told me to quit drawing I have zero talent. Alot of my classes weren't paid for since they were teachings from my cousin and fellow artist friends but i'm mainly self taught.

4. How did you find RTM? I was on narutofan.com and I saw this banner for SWORDSMEN (a series that needs to get off of hiatus) I clicked it and wound up here

5. Who is you favorite artist on this forum? I like them all

5a. Who inspires [family and friends] you to draw? my father, I base alot of my older male characters off of him and my fiance who I base alot of my female characters off of her

5b. Who is your inpiration [professional people of any catagory] to your work? Yoshihiro Togashi and Eiichiro Oda are the main two...honestly if it wasn't for them I would have never thought becoming a mangaka would be possible.

6. Where do you get your ideas [story and characters] from?
I improvise alot of the times when it comes to my story's. I'll walk around my apartment mouthing words of what characters would say and if I like it i'd keep it in my head and draw it out on paper. My character desighns is what I see in my head, or i'll go ( a guy with one huge horn to the left side of his head would be awesome) and I expand it from their...names are picked randomly just so you know.

7. What other sites do you check out? arlongpark.com, smackjeeves.com, onemanga.com and wikipedia.com

8. What kinda music do you listen to? Who is you favorite artist [s] or band [s]? I love all types of music, I have over 3000 songs on my pc. A small list of bands I really like are:STYX, Pink Floyd, The Allmon Brothers, SLAYER, METTALLICA, Creedence Clearwater Revival, CREAM, Bob Marley, NAS, Digital Underground, Depeche Mode, The Killers,
John Lennon, The Beatles, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, Cold Play, Lacrimosa (to name a few)

9. What is your favorite movie? I like everything done by Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith and M.nigh shamalyn

10. What is your favorite TV show?
Everbody Loves Raymond

11. What is your favorite anime?
Yu Yu Hakusho

12. What is your favorite manga?
Hunter X Hunter

13. What is your favorite book [novelties] to read?
I'm currently reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I'm at book 3 right now...it's differn't from his usual horror ish stuff.

14. What are your future plans or goals?
to get LIAP to become well known

15. What is your current occupation?
i'm a CNA (certified nurse assistant) I help out old people.

16. Who do you relate alot to in the real world?
my fiance

17. What do you do besides drawing? I play videogames, watch movies and work

18. What is your current feelings about the world or yourself?
the world is digging itself into a really deep shithole right now.

19. What would you like to change about RTM?
I honestly wish that more people would make chapters and post them. Here's a hint on how to do that. Make a few chapters before you start posting than when you do you'll have enough chapters to fall back on and you'll never have to hurry in order to release a new chapter (depends if you want to release weekly, bi weekly or monthly)

20. What or who would you like to be? I don't know....honestly I don't.

21. What are you working on as of now? In LIAP i'm currently in my third story arc of the series.

22. What methods or tools do you use in your art? I use a clicky pencil and paper

23. Do you believe in tradition or digital when it comes to art?
I believe strongly i tradition but digital can come in handy from time to time.

24. How much time do you spend on your drawings? 3 minutes for normal paneling..fight scenes take me longer and when I want to draw something with a serious look to it, it can take me half an hour to draw.

25. What was your hardest image to do in your life?
the ones I haven't drawn yet...cause I see images in my head and go: I can't draw like that....who am I kidding here

26. If you can change one thing about yourself, what would it be? to not get down on myself

27. Why do you call yourslef "Johnny McWhirpool"?
Johnny Mcwhirlpool is a character that appears in LIAP during the Nightingale Games arc (which is way way way later in the series) not to mention I think the name sounds cool.

28. What kind of a guy are you (personality wise)? I am mean and I eat small children....J/K. I'm actually pretty nice and easy to get along with.

29. What is your favorite phrase or motto? "mother fucker" when said by Samuel "mother fucken" Jackson of course.

30. What computer and system do you own? A toshiba laptop and a HP pc ( I don't know what they are exactly)

31. How long do you plan to visit or stay on RTM? I want to stay until LIAP is finished but that depends on whether the site itself will stay.

32. What would you like to tell your fellow artists and members?
Don't be discouraged by what people say, give them the middle finger and just walk away proud. If your drawings suck today they'll get better just practice.



oh...btw...read LOST IN A POEM it contains vitamins A, B and D