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Razor Dolls: When did you start painting/Drawing??
Dave Correia: Since I was really young. It’s just one of those
things that’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
RD: Where are you from??
DC: I reside in northern California.
RD: Main art influences??
DC: Martin Emond, Simon Bisley, Sam Kieth, Ashley Wood, Dore, Ralph
Steadman, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Craola, Slayer, Cam De Leon, Chet Zar,
Alex Pardee, John Wayshak….fuck, there’s so many more I
can’t think of right now.
RD: Do you have to get in the "zone" to paint, or
do you just jump right into it??
DC: It really depends. When I was working on my last book, I would do
everything from getting completely wasted and listening to music, to
just staying sober and locking myself in a quiet room. A lot of the
time I have a movie playing so I can listen to the dialog. I almost
always have to be at home though. I don’t feel comfortable working
outside or around other people.
RD: What kind of Music do you listen to??
DC: I find myself listening to less and less music over the years. Mostly
metal, some rap. There’s been a lot of Mike Patton playing out
the ole’ jukebox lately. Tom Waits and Les Claypool are cool.
There are a couple of cool metal and hardcore bands up where I live
that are awesome, All Shall Perish and Murder Practice, they’re
fucking crazy.
RD: How did you develop your style??
DC: I’ve always drawn the darker stuff. Even when I was in 1st
grade I remember always drawing sharks eating people. At an early age,
drawing is the only hobby I really liked. I guess, just growing up and
drawing all the time, mixed with reading a lot of comics and watching
movies.
RD: Do you have any crazy art gallery moments??
DC: Nothing more than my friends and I getting way too drunk and causing
trouble. Maybe a couple of fights, destroy a hotel room, vomit on a
dog. We have fun, nothing too crazy.
RD: What’s your biggest accomplishment in terms of Art??
DC: Every time I finish an illustration, there is a brief moment where
I feel insanely accomplished. It’s a very invigorating feeling.
RD: Do people ever send you pictures of tattoos of your work??
DC: Yea, I get pictures every so often. When I was just at Comic-Con
last month one girl showed me a sleeve she was starting with my work.
It looked really good!
RD: What do you think of porn??
DC: I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. Most of the
chicks in porn are fucking nasty to me, so it’s hard to fantasize
about that. I like going online and finding videos of weird fetishes
and bizarre things. I prefer to see vulnerable people dehumanized against
their will.
RD: What kind of girls are you into??
DC: I’ve always liked girls with slight imperfections; crooked
teeth, a lazy eye or maybe a missing appendage. I definitely prefer
quiet girls who are creative in their own way.
RD: Do you have any "art groupies"??
DC: I used to have this one girl who would always send me things in
the mail. She sent me a bunch of maggots on Father’s Day along
with a card that said “Congratulations, you’re a daddy now!”
She sent me some sort of skin fleshy thing that had a bunch of hair
on it, but you could tell that she shaved it because some of the whiskers
were all cut pretty even. And she drew a bunch of hearts on it. But
the best was when she sent me a sheep heart. I was eating lunch and
I got a package from her, so I sat down to open it. I un-wrapped the
package and it was some sort of latched lunch box. So I undid the latch
and pulled back the lid. Then I saw this nasty heart all slimy and old.
There was a puddle of who knows what in the bottom of the box. Then
the smell hit me. It was like someone had stuck their finger down my
throat for me. I just vomited up my lunch. But I felt pretty flattered
that someone had taken the time to do all this for me.
RD: Any Crazy Sexual Exploits to brag about??
DC: Just the fact that a guy like me is having sex is something to brag
about.
RD: What do you think of razordolls.com??
DC: Good looking girls, killer bands, and amazing artists? What else
could you ask for?
RD: Who’s your favorite razordoll??
DC: Do you have any razordolls with missing arms and too many teeth
to fit their jaw?
RD: Do you think Porn will ever be an accepted art form??
DC: I’m probably the worst person to ask what is accepted as art.
I don’t even really understand the definition of “art”.
I guess if someone is making or creating something with a passion, and
another person identifies with it, then its accepted art. But what the
fuck do I know. I went to a Modern Art gallery recently there was this
painting hanging on the wall; it was a white canvas with 4 black dots.
When I saw it I was pissed and disgusted. How the fuck could something
like that be hanging in a museum? But then I look over and there are
3 people staring at it like it was the best thing they’d ever
seen. So obviously someone (at least 3 people) accepted that as art.
But If I’m watching a porno and some dude with a vagina is fucking
a chick, fisting a goat with one hand, and strangling a midget with
the other…do I consider that art? Maybe. It definitely takes talent
and a creative mind to do something like that. See, it’s that
whole grey area of “what is considered art”. Honestly, I
have no fucking clue. But I do enjoy the idea of porn way more than
the idea of Modern Art.
RD: What upcoming artists should we look out for??
DC: Alex Pardee, John Wayshak, Lucien Shapiro, Brad Isdrab, Sean Anders,
Marissa D. Some of the best art I’ve seen in a long time, hands
down. They’re all fucking amazing!
RD: Do you like Horror Movies? If so what’s your Favorite??
DC: I love horror movies. I think my favorite ones are the ones my older
cousins made me watch when I was way too young to watch them. When I
see them now I just think back to when I was 8, and they sat me down
in this chair and made me watch them. I remember in one weekend they
made me watch Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser, and Evil Dead 2.
It was awesome, they introduced me to horror movies.
My roommate and I watch a couple of new horror movies every week, but
some of my favorites are: May, Session 9, Hills Have Eyes Remake, Cabin
Fever, Dead Alive, High Tension, Cannibal Holocaust (not really horror,
but definitely harsh), Pet Semetary
I prefer zombie and slasher movies that have good/creative deaths and
gore. I hate when the camera turns away at the last second before an
axe goes into a skull. I also like movies with fucked up imagery like
Jacob’s Ladder and The Cell. I just watched a new movie called
Feed the other day. It wasn’t a horror, but it was pretty nasty
and disturbing.
RD: What’s your opinion on the art scene today??
DC: The art scene is stupid. There are a lot of good artist who are
underrated and lot of bland artists that are ridiculously successful.
Most of the stuff I see, I really don’t like. Maybe it’s
because I don’t understand it, or maybe I’m jealous.
RD: What would you say is the biggest problem with society
today??
DC: I try and have as little to do with society as possible.
RD: Why do you do what you do? What motivates you??
DC: Drawing is very therapeutic for me. If I didn’t have drawing,
I’d probably be slitting my wrist or someone else’s. I try
and draw every night. I think it keeps me pretty level headed and sane.
RD: Anything you want to plug, do it here??
DC: I just published a new book that I’m very proud of! Check
it out!