Leila Hazlett » killing the messenger http://www.leilahazlett.com Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:28:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Interview with Oktane http://www.leilahazlett.com/2009/08/05/interview-with-oktane/ http://www.leilahazlett.com/2009/08/05/interview-with-oktane/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:52:37 +0000 leilahazlett http://leilahazlett.wordpress.com/?p=78 Meet the lovely Oktane. She’s a model, art critic and all around bad ass!

dn Interview with Oktane

-What inspired you to start modeling?

My start to modeling was quite different than most people’s. I was contacted by a photographer on myspace asking me to do a shoot (they liked my tattoos, plain and simple) and slowly got involved with the more pinup rockabilly modeling then. I grew out of it and wanted some sort of hobby to occupy my spare time.

-What do you enjoy most about being a model?

When i first started modeling,  I worked at a restaurant with a really strict uniform policy, so wearing something other than khakis was a huge relief and something really exciting. Now I just like creating images that really inspire people and speak for themselves about me.

-Are there any photographers/models who have inspired you or that you really enjoy working with?

MellyKitty, hands down. The first time I met her, we got naked on a rooftop together. Now I drive 160 miles round trip just to go hang out with her. Someday I’m hoping to be as good of a model as she is!

I feel the same about jerhoc, my photographer from Deviant Nation. A few months after our first shoot together, we committed to the fact that he’s pretty much going to be the only person to shoot me. He’s incredibly talented, I don’t look half as good unless he’s the one behind the camera!

-Has posing nude on the internet ever caused any problems for you in real life like family or coworkers coming across your photos?

It’s never really affected me. My coworkers have to tell me to put my pants back on at least four or five times a day because I keep using my body as reference to their artwork. My family for the most part generally know that I’m nude on the internet, but more along the lines of a don’t ask don’t tell basis. My mom’s pretty open about it and keeps asking me for copies of my pictures because she thinks they’re cute… not so much sexy. Just really natural. It bothers my brother to some degree, I’m sure. One of my cousins is probably my number one fan, primarily cause I’m not a PINK girl.pin up Interview with Oktane

-You mentioned that your husband is a practicing Buddhist, has being naked on the internet ever come in conflict with his or your religious beliefs?

None of my religious beliefs actually interfere with my being nude. I don’t really believe in sin, or god so much as I do making things right and living well.
Even if it was an issue, he just wants me to be famous so his band can get some points off of me (major shout OUT: Killing The Messenger, DENVER METAL http://www.myspace.com/messengerkill)

-Society has become more accepting of tattoos recently but there is still a stigma attached to heavily tattooed people, especially girls. What about tattoos appeal to you and have you ever had any negative experiences because of being tattooed?

My grandmother disowned me for almost 4 years. I showed up to her house when I was 19 with a double nostril piercing, a monroe and a vertical labret. A few weeks later I had my chest piece done. I had just dropped out of college, and she freaked out. My sister was in law school and my brother had kids, so I think she thought no one would ever want me, because she certainly didn’t. It wasn’t until I had my really oddly religious uncle talked to her at the death of my grandfather saying how my grandpa never gave a shit and just wanted me to express myself  that she even started acknowledging me again. She now keeps calling me asking if I want stuff.
However outside the family, Denver’s got a pretty relaxed social setting as to girls with tattoos. I meet most of my friends by having people approach me about my tattoos. I met my husband by him complimenting my tattoos (I have far more than he does). On top of that, I manage a tattoo studio. I can’t sell my product unless I use it. My owner agrees and tattoos me until I cry once a month just to make SURE all my tattoos are perfect. He can’t WAIT until I get all my old shit lasered off so he can go crazy on the rest of my body.
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