Mister Dylan
Owner / Instructor
Mister Dylan has been drawing since 1st grade when he drew a fish. Not just any fish. A fish with gills. It blew his mind. Ever since the fish drawing, Mister Dylan has been drawing everything from cars to werewolves, to potatoes (with arms and legs) to master copies of Renaissance art. From the humble fish drawing, which took about 3 minutes, Mister Dylan has moved on to spending more than 20 hours on a single drawing to over 70 hours on a single portrait oil painting. Mister Dylan doesn’t consider himself an artist, but rather a lifelong student of the science of art and design. Or, more importantly, someone who loves to teach kids how to draw ridiculous things like Jerry the Christmas Tuna, Hmmph Cat, and Snoots LaRue.
Mister Dylan briefly attended film school before landing a job for the sketch comedy show, MADtv, where he worked for 10 years as a pop-culture researcher and web designer. He has been an illustrator for Emmy winning costume designer, Wendy Benbrook, a professional graphic designer with over a decade of experience, and, weirdly, a software engineer for a brief, but stressful, 6 years. Mister Dylan’s design work has been published in a variety of film and television trade magazines, including Emmy Magazine, as well as promotional emails and websites for a range of brands including Best Buy, Food Network, and Rachel Ray.
As the owner of Inspyr, Mister Dylan teaches art and design to kids and adults. He also visits elementary schools around Long Beach, California where he gives assemblies and in-class art lessons focusing on a diverse range of artists from around the world, sharing their stories and the techniques they use to create art.