Community Artist Spotlight - Jh0ward414 enter image description here Greetings Guardians! Our community has many talented and skilled Guardians in it, some of those Guardians are artists. Each week we will showcase some works of art created by one of our very talented artists in the Destiny community. This week, our spotlight goes out to a Guardian that is a Master class Hunter, that has been playing Destiny since its release. Purchasing the game on day one and has encompassed so much passion for the community created by Destiny. Jh0ward414 has been a digital designer for over 15 years, but very casually. Jh0ward414 " Prior to my current love of stream and media art, I used to design logos and websites for musicians and bands". His preferred medium while creating pieces is exclusively in a digital format, Jh0ward414 adding "I actually can’t “draw” much of anything, but am aspiring to learn. Hence why I call myself more of a designer, rather than artist". Seeing the pieces he creates for members, and groups inside and out of the community, its easy to see that he is very talented at what he does and is truly an artist using a creative eye as well as putting alot of heart into each piece and logo he creates. Playing Destiny since release Jh0ward414 didn't always have other Guardians to team up with and enjoy group activities like so many other solo Guardians in the community. Jh0ward414 found his way into the DRPfam (DestinyResetPodcast) clan. Asking Jh0ward414 what his favorite part of the community was he replied "My favorite part of the community always has been the people, mainly my clan the DRPfam. They are so positive and will welcome anyone into the group with open arms. I've learned so much as a gamer and as a friend from these people. And they always have supported me and my art. I love these guys! And of course, the artists. They are so talented, but also very humble. They will always help you creatively and offer positive feedback to help you in your discipline". enter image description here AER0KNIGHT, Jh0ward414, and CyborgSasquatch

The DRP (DestinyResetPodcast) clan has welcomed so many incredible Guardians new and old into the community (myself included). With there support towards everyone as well as spreading the true positivity of the Destiny community that its known for, which is one of many reasons they call themselves the DRPfam. Jh0ward414 quickly became a part of that family and to this day still is a member of of the DRPfam and a huge supporter of the Destiny community as a whole. With wanting to help grow the community as an artist with other artists in the community, to help support and collaborate with other artists Jh0ward414 is one of the founding admin of the DCA (Destiny Community Artist). I Asked Jh0ward414 how did the DCA come about, he answered with saying "The DCA was an idea of myself and TRIllustrates (Tyler Ryan). I was a fan of Tyler's art, and would frequent his streams. We started talking more personally on Twitter, as I commissioned a piece of art from him. One day, he was looking for people to game with, so I introduced him to the DRPfam and to Discord. He liked the idea of Discord, and suggested we form a group of artists in a server, to chat and game with. We started sending out invites to our colleagues, and formed a small group. Faysal Mekki was brought in as a friend, and had great ideas of how to operate and maintain the server, so was made the 3rd admin. After sending out more and more invites, we developed an amazing group of talent from around the world, and of many different disciplines". Being sometimes described as an enthusiastic fan/supporter myself of all the incredible art and creations made by artist in the community, I asked Jh0ward414 what was his favorite part of being a member of the DCA? he replied with saying "The best part of being a member / admin of DCA is just the thing I get to see, read, and feel when I sit in the back and lurk. We literally have the best of the best here, and they are all sharing their work, and helping each other. Its super surreal to know that we made this space for everyone, being that above all, I'm just a fan of every one of these artists. Im star-struck everyday believe it or not!". enter image description here Its absolutely incredible what Jh0ward414 has helped do for the community and with creating some of the most recognizable logos in the community for Guardians, groups, and events throughout the Destiny community. He is truly a talented and skilled digital designer not to mention one of the nicest most approachable members of the community, somehow always finds the time to help anyone that reaches out to him. When he is working on a project for client however, I asked Jh0ward414 what music or stream does he listen to while he is working. He replied saying " I usually listen to electronic stuff, but I do have other streams on while I'm working. Art streamers always have good music on!! Tyler listens to reggae, Khan and KobOne usually have on chill hiphop. But my favorite is xWingBlade. (aka Auraee.ii) Not only is she an amazing talent to watch, but she has the absolute best music! Either epic soundtrack music from anime, or insane electronic..I can zone out to her playlist all day". I also asked, what kind of emotions are there when a client sees the finished piece? Jh0ward414 replied excitedly with saying "Being that I stream live, the client usually sees it being created. But, its amazing when I’ll have an idea and try it, and the whole thing just comes alive, and I see the client in the chat say something along the lines of “WOW!!!!!!!!!!!.” That’s a great feeling. I also remember a time when I made a logo for a streamer, and he was in the middle of streaming a game when I sent it to him. I went to his stream and got to see his reaction on camera. He was absolutely thrilled. Such a great moment, and it always makes me super happy". Asking what the most exciting piece for himself was that he designed? Jh0ward414 replied " Probably the stuff I’ve made for the DRPfam members collectively. The DRPfam Tshirt, CyborgSasquatch rebrand, and I work with AeroKnight on designs (hes actually quite a good designer himself). They are my gaming family, so being able to work with them has been an amazing experience". Having helped and done so much in the Destiny community Jh0ward414 has an amazing Guardian story and has been on alot of community podcasts telling that story as well as talking about the DCA. A few of those podcasts you can find Jh0ward414 guesting on are Barely A Destiny Show, Destiny Addicts, DadTales Podcast (2x), Rasputin Radio, Destiny Truthcast, Potato Thumbs, DCCRadio, and the Destiny Reset Podcast. enter image description here AER0KNIGHT, CyborgSasquatch, Sentineldad, imtheblueranger, and Jh0ward414

The Destiny community is lucky to have a Guardian in its community that creates incredible digital designs that truly takes an artist to create, and the amount of support he gives to every artist in the community. Asking Jh0ward414 after collaborating on few pieces in the past who he would love to collaborate with in the future? Jh0ward414 replied "I’ve collaborated with a few artists already on some projects, (mainly doing design layout work) but I would most like to collab with my other admins Tyler and Faysal. They are both so good in their own disciplines, and I would love to see an idea that we 3 could come up with". With being a huge supporter to other artists in the community, Jh0ward414 shows his support by assisting anyway he can and by supporting other artists streams. Asking Jh0ward414 what other artists streams he enjoys tuning into on Twitch?. Jh0ward414 replied " I like all artist streams! A few that I watch regularly are YungKhan, Clinton Felker, xWingBlade, KobOneArt, and DrAssenov. There is so much to learn from watching these amazing people". It is a true honor having Jh0ward414 as our community artist spotlight. He is an incredible community supporter for all Guardians and artists, as well as a truly talented Guardian himself as a digital designer, it takes a true artists eye to create pieces like Jh0ward414 creates. Lastly asking Jh0ward414 what is in store for the DCA in the future and will he be attending GuardianCon in 2018, he replied saying " Yes I will for sure be at guardianCon 2018 with the DCA artists. As much as I appreciated everyone helping me get there last year, I should be able to make it on my own this year. – another reason why I love this community. As far as the future, we will be doing more themed group projects, and a lot of us will be attending gCon, so it will be great for the community to be able to meet everyone, and see / purchase some art". To find Jh0ward414 you can check out his stream at twitch.tv/jh0ward414 normally stream Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 8pm. You can also find him on Twitter at twitter.com/jh0ward414, and his portfolio at his website at 414graphics.weebly.com/portfolio as always thank you for reading! and i'll see you at the Spicy ramen shop in the Tower. Stay up to date with Stats, News, and everything Destiny with us at destinytracker.com

"I am inspired by all the artists as a collective. My unique role in the community has allowed to me gather inspiration from everyone". -Jh0ward414