Photoshop User - USA (2019-10)

Who’s Who on the KelbyOne Instructor Team: Corey Barker

1. Favorite movie
   The Shawshank Redemption


2. What can’t you live without?
   Netflix


3. Favorite type of music
   ‘70s and ‘80s


4. What do you do in your spare time?
   Listen to audible books


5. Where’s your favorite place to travel?
   California or Colorado


6. What are three things you always
   take with you when you travel?
   Phone, sunglasses, and comfy shoes


7. What’s your favorite new app?
   YouTube TV


8. What’s the best advice you’ve
   ever received?
   “ No matter how good you are at something,
   somebody somewhere else is better.”


9. Who would you recommend some—
   one to follow on social media?
   For photographers: @JoelGrimesPhoto;
   For artists: @AaronBlaiseArt, who was a
   Disney animator for 20 years.


10. What’s the one thing you wish
    somebody would ask you?
    To design a poster for a Tarantino movie! n

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Where are you from, and what kind of work do you do?

I was born in Virginia but raised in Louisiana from age six. I was

always interested in art or being creative in some form. Also, being

a tech nerd, it was only natural to combine those passions into a

digital art career. I’m very fortunate to be able to make a living

doing what I love!

Where do you look for inspiration?

While movies, in general, inspire me in a variety of ways, I’m

always moved by the visual style of Steven Spielberg. He was one

of the few filmmakers who inspired my imagination when I was

a kid and is still doing it today. When I feel like I’m stuck in a rut,

I watch Raiders of the Lost Ark.

What do you enjoy most about teaching?

My goal is to set off that creative spark in someone like I got when

I was a young artist. The kind of training I do today is the kind

I wish I had available when I was learning. I have even heard that

some of my books have been used in grade school level curriculum.

Do you have any work rituals?

I cannot work in silence. I either have music or a movie playing in

the background. Plus, I’m most creative late at night.

Are there any hardware or software tools

you just couldn’t live without?

A Mac system with Photoshop, and a Wacom tablet. With those

three things I can move mountains!

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