Creature Preacher:<\/strong> I’ve been drawing since I was a little kid. Airbrush painting is my source of income. I do a lot of t-shirts and other custom painting. I sing, play guitar, play drums, the harmonica, and I am learning to play the violin. I record my own music on a 4-track recorder here at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> What kind of music do you record on your 4 track? Do you release your material for the public to hear, or for yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> I did a 90 minute tape called the “Chopping Block”, that can be ordered from my zine, “The Creature Preacher” issue #3. It’s mainly heavy metal stuff combined with a lot of preaching. I record soundtracks for my live plays, videos and such. I’m into a lot of different music, but I usually do a lot of heavy guitar and melodic harmonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> What bands and zines have you done work for? Do you do art work for secular bands and zines?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> Mainly just Christian metal bands such as; Mortification, Lament, Metanoia, and a few others. Just a few zines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> Why mainly Christian zines\/bands? Do you have trouble drawing things that you may be against, so to speak?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> I don’t promote Satanic or hate garbage, but I have to paint whatever makes the money. Since I’ve been involved in the Christian metal scene, I naturally do a lot of that kind of work. But I have to be flexible if I want to make a living doing art, so I do a lot of different things as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> What inspires you to draw? Does your mood influence you on what you draw?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> Sometimes I have a dream or a vision, or I just get an idea. But to make a living, I mainly draw\/paint what other people pay me to do. Money can be an inspiration. It helps listening to music when doing a piece as well. Music always inspires me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> What are some of your favorite bands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> Some of my all time favorites are; Kiss, Black Sabbath, Manowar, Mercyful Fate, and older stuff like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> So you don’t have a problem listening to secular bands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> Not me, because most music I hear is not as inspirational as some of the secular music I like. I groove on the music and usually don’t pay attention to the lyrics. Some people say that by listening to secular music that it affects them in a bad way, if that’s your situation, then don’t listen to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> When did you become a Christian and what made you choose that path in life? What makes you certain that it’s the right path to walk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> I accepted Jesus at the age of 21 while I was on a PCP trip. I had what seemed to be an out of body experience. I was descending downward into hell when I called on Jesus to save me, and he did. I know it’s real because of how God answers my prayers. He does it all the time and I am so thankful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Outcast:<\/strong> But don’t you think that because of the timing and how you came about your faith, do you not think someone will say, “Oh, you only found God because of your PCP trip.” Has anyone ever used that against you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creature Preacher:<\/strong> I consider the experience I went through to be a gift from God because He used it to reach out to me. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. God can use unexpected ways to work miracles in out lives. But no one has ever accused me of that, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Creature](\"\/theoutcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Creature-Preacher-2.jpg\")