Favorite visual artist Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedera, Allan Barbeau, Jeremy Vickery, Lane Brown, Pascal Campion, TJ Wright, Charles Santoso, Goro Fujita, Andrew Loomis, Theo Prins, Norman Rockwell, Rembrandt, Shaun Tan, Dice Tsutsumi, Bill Cone, ALL the artists at Pixar Favorite movies Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Up, Toy Story 3, Hugo, Grave of the Fireflies, 12 Angry Men, Whisper of the Heart, The Iron Giant, The Secret of Kells, and The Prince of Egypt Favorite bands / musical artists Michael Giacchino, Randy Newman, Cecile Corbel, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Bruno Coulais, Austin Wintory, Howard Shore, Daft Punk, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Keith Green Favorite books The Bible, Great Expectations, Narnia, Art books, The Arrival, The Perfect Bait, Imagine: How Creativity Works, Winnie-the-Pooh Favorite writers Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, Charles Dickens, A. A. Milne, Frank Peretti Tools of the Trade Ballpoint pens, Paper, Scanner, and iPad Other Interests creativity, composition, aesthetics, order, calculated disarray, truncated pyramidal towers, soundtracks, Messy Mondays, Pixar