I haven't read up on his history, but he may have come from the airbrush/black velvet fad movements. For example, the airbrush movement was when the fad of airbrushing hit the public and little shops appeared in malls where you could buy an airbrushed shirt or portrait. The more money you spent, the more realistic or complex the result. A lot of people who worked at these shops were teenagers who were taught the craft in the blink of an eye.Somehow they managed to produce high quality representations of the subject they were illustrating. Airbrushing is relatively easy, but it teaches you the fundamentals of shading techniques in a full throttle, smash mouth way. When the fad bubble burst, there were a lot of people who knew how to produce high quality paintings in a short time.
Many are doing cover illustrations for books. Of course, this could be totally unrelated to Dru Blair.
Please don't levelshot. Levelshot is an enabler for cheap asses who don't want to move out of their parent's basements, get a job, and buy a real monitor that can display over 320x240. More importantly, it'll fuck up the image.
Edit: "He later found employment in Myrtle Beach, SC. as an airbrush artist painting shirts." LOL, I was right.
