About
Hello!
My Name is Theodore Tolis, most people call me teteo...
A made-up name that it was supposed to be a joke and it stuck with me for more than a decade !
I'm a Graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts Greece (MA)
and a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts Greece.
About me:
I live in Greece,
I have a big art range, from fine art installation art, to illustration, comics, etc, and can adapt to other art styles.
I’m proficient with digital art software, and I know Clip Studio paint better than the back of my hand.
I come from a traditional art background and more specifically in fine arts ,
(MA in Athens School of fine arts), in both Practical and Theoretical studies, including :
Painting, Graphic Arts, Traditional Typography and Traditional Graphic arts, Philosophy, Psychology of
Education , Didactics of Art and History of Ancient Art, along many others.
-What have you studied ?
During my 6 years in the Athens School of Fine Arts.
I've studied :
Practical studies :
-Fine Arts
-Painting
-Installation Art
-Multimedia
-Graphic Arts
-Traditional Graphic Arts
-Sculpting
Theoretical studies :
-Art History
-History of Ancient Art
-History of Architecture
-Didactics of Art History
-Didactics of Art
-Theory of Space
-Philosophy
-Art Philosophy
-Pedagogy
-Psychology of Education
-Aesthetics
-History of Comics
-Anthropology and Contemporary Art
-Where do you draw inspiration from ?
—Nature herself
The sounds of the wind, waves, rain, birds, the celestial bodies ... EVERYTHING
A walk in a forest, on a mountain, or a walk by the sea will recharge my creative batteries without failure.
- People that inspire me.
Visual Artist
-Xavier Houssin
-David Revoy
-Fatemeh Haghnejad ( Bluebirdy )
-Ahmed Aldoori
-Zeen Chin
-Marco Bucci
-Manu Mercurial
-Hayao Miyazaki
-Kamome Shirahama
-Manthos Santorineos
-Pavlos Samios
-John William Waterhouse
-Luis Ricardo Falero
-Alphonse Mucha
-Wassily Kandinsky
-Caravaggio
-Michelangelo
-Leonardo da Vinci
-Rembrandt
Musicians
There are too many, at 2024 I'm listening to...
-Aurora
-Florence and the Machine
-Dan Avidan
-C2C
-Queen
-Jain
-Hans Zimmer
-Thomas Newman
-Russel Shaw
-Edvard Grieg
-Bill Brown
-Jeremy Soule
-Emma Shapplin
-Maria Callas
I could talk for each one of them for hours.
Also, this list, changes constantly !
-Favorite YouTubers ?
-PewDiePie
- Markiplier
- Jack Septic Eye
- The Game Grumps (Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson)
- JohnTron
- Michael Stevens Vsauce 1
- Kevin Lieber Vsauce 2
- Jake Roper Vsauce 3
- William Osman
-Favorite books ?
I read lots of books, I'll share some that I found very inspirational and helpful.
-Creativity and the campfire by Marco Bucci
-Thinking fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
-Steal like an Artist by Austin Kleon
-Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
-Keep Going by Austin Kleon