A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC9zc6Fmzc4&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Heather Crook is an artist and artist alley director traveling from Kentucky. She's been volunteering at Middle Tennessee Anime Convention since 2004 and has been director of the artist alley for at least two years. She's also currently illustrating her soon-to-be-released webcomic. Her work can be found at http://facebook.com/SezakusIllustrationEmporium and MTAC can be found at http://mtac.net.??I'd like to thank Heather for speaking with us so candidly and wish I had the opportunity to show some of her art and look forward to promoting her webcomic when it launches.??All inquiries for MTAC artist alley can be directed to artists@mtac.net.??????????????????This independent artist interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog, Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com).