The name's Rick, but you probably know me as "Meta."
If you wanna know more about me, well, ask.
I guess you could say my biggest artistic influences are Mato (Pokémon SPECIAL), Pat "Spaz" Spaziante (Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog), Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes), and Tetsuya Nomura (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts).
He's awesome! So many of my formative years were spent trying to copy his covers for the Sonic comics. I owe a lot of my interest in drawing to that guy.
Self-taught. I use my own hands for reference when I can, but honestly most of how I draw hands is taken straight from the old Pokémon Adventures comics. =V