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Mickey Clausen

MindWinder Studios

 
         I started MindWinder Studios back in 1987 in El Paso, Texas. We moved out here to the San Diego area back in 1991.
       I've been coloring comic books professionally since 1987. I am currently working for Pixar/Boom  Studios coloring Toy Story and various covers for Disney.  I am also coloring a comic called Kid Lightspeed & the Neutron Women. This past year I've finished 2 four issue mini-series, Insane Jane for BlueWater Comics and  N-Guard for Markosia Comics.
      
       Past clients include Valiant Entertainment : The Harbinger Hardcover Trade and "Exposure" and "Jade Warriors" for Image Comics, "Tempest Gates" for Kenzer and Company, and "Wildflower" published in Heavy Metal for Neko Press, and Mattel Hot Wheels, just to name a few.

       I'm also an ROP Instructor at Steele Canyon Charter High School where I've been teaching the last 9 years since the school opened in 2000. I teach 3D Animation,  Multimedia and Web Design class. To view some of the work that my High School students have done, visit Steele Canyon ROP .

 

 
Krystal Clausen / Krystal Visions

 Hi there!  Just a little bit about me, I've been blessed and lucky enough to have the father and the family that I have. I was exposed to the "artistic" world by my father from a young age, at age 12 I started working on coloring and lettering comic books with my dad, and before that, my time was spent reading them under the table at my dads comic book store. Since comic books, I have moved on to explore the many other aspects of the art world.  Photography, Digital Scrapbooking and Card creation, Logo and Print Design, as well as touching in Video Production and Animation.

I am the proud owner of my own company, Krystal Visions. I specialize in Custom Cards, Announcements, Storyboards, and Logo Design. What I love about art design is that, as cliche as it sounds, Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Art gives me the opportunity to express myself and share my visions with others. I learn something about myself everytime I create something, whether its a logo design or a custom annoucement, I leave a piece of me in everything that I do. 

"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself" - Alan Alda

Everybody has a creative side to them, some people just need a little more help expressing it. Come and share your visions with me and let me help to make them a reality.