Amber Rose O’Brien has always been fascinated by the inner worlds of imagination. The life and passion it breaths. Through the years of her life she has walked through the tunnels of those inner worlds and found her heart in them. To this day she drives such love and passion from storytelling and the things it has brought her. She wishes to share the wonder she sees. She writes stories of worlds unfathomed. She believes fantasy is reality within us and she wants to invite others to share in the adventure of imagination. A lot of her work has diverse influences. Some are emotion, the soul, Celtic pagan culture, punk music, Japanese animation, world war 2, junk yards, and new age spirit concepts. Tim Burton, as well has influenced her work she has absorbed these influences into her over her life. The themes pop up in certain stories she writes and they get filtered through her style. She would say that her work deals with energy and interdimensional worlds. It explores the emotional paradigms of the individual characters. Each one is a spark that breaths the passion of heart. Each piece fits into the whole they echo landscapes of gold water and kaleidoscope sky’s the characters they are portals to understanding things about ourselves. She uses them as tools of wonder and self-development.
Where she is from
Amber is from Highwood IL, she grew up around Lake Michigan and the nature that is by it.
What she is studying.
She is studying film and animation at Columbia College Chicago. She is working at becoming an author.
If you want to know more about Amber O’Brien and the creation of her work follow this link. To a short documentary she was involved in featuring her and her creative inner process.
youtu.be/AY-uyJ890vI My focus should be on what I do in life, not knowing everything, excluding knowledge on what you do. The is key to find a purpose, whatever it truly is that God wills me to do; it's crucial to find a truth which is true to me, to find the idea which I am willing to live and die for."
Books: Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children Volume 1 and 2. Amethyst Eyes
Current Residence: Chicago
Favorite genre of music: Celtic, Techno, Punk, Classical, Rock, k-pop, chill step, Ambient, I really love piano and violins.
Favorite style of art: Fantasy,Mix media, Comic, Textured,
Operating System: Ps3
MP3 player of choice: Ipod touch
Favorite cartoon character: Jack skellington, Spider man, Ed full metal alchemist, Grell sutcliff