I’ve always been an artist, always drawing when growing up. I’d go through stacks of sketch pads, notebook paper, and get in trouble for drawing on the back of my homework. I’ve worked in various fields as an artist–in animation as a background color key artist, texture mapper, animator and character designer in the video game industry, and now I am a contract/freelance graphic designer and illustrator. I aspire to be a full-time painter when I grow up. But for now, freelancing pays the bills and I am more than happy and grateful to be doing it.