Daily Lobo Spotlight

Daily Lobo: Do you know what you want to major in?
Cid Fairbanks: Media arts. I’m transferring from the Art Center Design College.
DL: Why are you transferring over?
CF: Well, it’s cheaper and I always wanted to go to UNM since I was little. It’s just cheaper. It’s going to meet everything. I was taking photo, fine arts and animation. They have everything here in the new media arts program.
DL: What did you do for Thanksgiving?
CF: I went to my daughter’s friends and my daughter’s (house). I’m a grandma if you couldn’t tell.
DL: If you could ask Santa for one gift what would it be?
CF: Money. I got to get out of debt.
DL: Do you have any hobbies?
CF: I draw all the time. I’m always drawing. When I’m bored, I draw while listening to music.
DL: Is there any specific thing you draw?
CF: Mostly rock stars.
DL: What is the best rock start you have drawn?
CF: Eddy Van Halen. I do dots — stencil pointillism — so it’s all pointillism of Van Halen. The lights behind him and all the shadows it’s all cool.
DL: What are you listening to right now on your headphones?
CF: Sheryl Crow.
DL: I see you have a lot of tattoos.
CF: I’m going to be starting an apprenticeship as a tattoo artist.
DL: Really, which tattoo studio?
CF: No Limits Tattoo.
DL: Have you been tattooing for a while?
CF: There is a little town in Hagerman, my ex-husbands hometown, where like 70 percent of the people have my tattoos.
DL: What have you done a lot of tattoos of?
CF: Anything. When it’s money, it’s for (the customer). I like dragons and I usually like black and white (tattoos). Color is not my thing.
DL: Cool. Is there anything you want to add?
CF: I’m 44.