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I've always been interested in visual art, and from a very early age I knew it was something that I wanted to do for my career. My inspirations early on were saturday morning cartoons, lego bricks and the old 8 bit Nintendo games. As simple as they were looking back at them, they inspired me to draw out my own adventures on paper - creating characters and environments from my imagination. As time went on, I was exposed to effects-heavy animated films such as Aladdin and Toy Story, just to name a few and some really great games such as Secret of Mana, The Final Fantasy Series, Metal Slug, Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid and countless others.

I became interested in CG during high school drafting class where I was introduced to the AutoCAD software. I picked up the software fairly quickly, and found the capabilities to be amazing, but it wasn't an artistic tool. Interested in the possibilities, I started reading forums and learned about the capabilities of 3dsmax. Once I started seeing the artwork that the CG and video game community were creating, I promptly made the switch and began learning CG on my own.

Interests: Video games, CG, Cartoon illustration, Writing, Hiking and Photography

Favorite artists: Thomas Suurland, Neil Blevins, Glen Angus, Preston Blair, Gabriele Dell'-Otto, Craig Mullins, Jeff Patton, Waheed Nasir

Most enjoyed films: Ice Age, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Shinobi, Crouching Tiger Hidder Dragon, Prince of Egypt, Titan A.E, Equilibrium

Favorite games: Final Fantasy Tactics, Chrono Trigger, Metal Slug, Castlevania, Breath of Fire, Secret of Mana/ Seiken Densetsu, Zelda, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Diablo

Authors I like: Stephen King, J.K Rowling

Musicians: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Dave Koz, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yasunori Mitsuda, Zero 7, Trent Reznor, Robert Rich, Ministry of Sound, Rick Braun, Boney James, Steely Dan, Paul McCartney, Amon Tobin, Yoko Kanno, The Beatles

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