Tommy Hankins
Artist | Professional | Digital Art

United States

Tomikaze (or "boodokadi" here on DA) is known in the real world as Tommy Hankins. Growing up in middle-class suburbia,Tommy opted to spend more time drawing than doing his school work. Often times he would even draw on his school work. These habits gained him the admiration of his peers and the honor of repeating the first grade. Tommy’s drawing habit persisted all the way through high school and into Community College. It was at that community college where Tommy would be introduced to some new friends, Photoshop and Illustrator. Thus, the digital element was introduced and his art would be forever changed.

Sometime in the early 00′s another incident would change Tommy even more. While attempting to catch a soaring frisbee in the park, Tommy fell into what can only be described as a “concrete chasm” (complete with jagged rocks at the bottom.) This act of self-sacrifice for the sake of frisbee earned him the nickname “Kamikaze” which was quickly changed to “Tomikaze” because it seemed clever and original at the time.

So Tommy lived on as Tomikaze and used the name as his new web identity

www.tomikaze.net