I really don't know when I started drawing. Although I remember drawing pictures when I was little, I don't have a "this was my first drawing" memory. I did recently discover what might have been my first drawing on an ancient (well, only 1986) home video, however. We were looking for something else at the time when we came across me, lying on the kitchen floor drawing, off in my own little world. It amazes me to know that I have been mangling paper since the age of three.

My first memories of creating art come from first or second grade. This was probably the time when I became enfatuated with dinosaurs; as such, I drew them like crazy (sometimes I drew a picture a day). I continued to draw a through middle school, where I discovered the joys of dragons through such classics as Dragonlance and Anne McCaffrey. Dragons, I found, were more fun to draw as they didn't have to look like anything in particular--they didn't have a set design or particular features (for the most part). Dragons could look however I wanted them to.

It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I began to draw seriously. I stopped doing only line art and started shading, I learned how to use colored pencils properly, and I discovered the joys of micron pens. (Thank you, Mr. Davidson!) In college, I began using markers and graphite pencils (again, properly this time), and I took a university-level drawing class, which showed me that I can do realistic stuff if I spend enough time with a drawing. The most important thing, though, was the realization of my biggest fault in my drawings--dimensionality--which I'm working hard to improve.

I derive inspiration from anything from physics and astronomy to others' artwork to air force jets to a random butterfly that visited my balcony one fine summer day.

My artwork can also be found at other online galleries like Epilogue, Elfwood, AllAvatars, and DeviantART. I am also a contributing artist at Ellen Million Graphics if anyone is interested in artwork products.