Early into my teens, I had started finding interest in combining graphic illustration with storytelling. This period also marks the beginning of my study of the arts. Prior to this, I was a just a doodler.

I started taking art classes in high school around this time. I began experimenting with a micron pen, for which I recieved a lot of attention due to my often excessive detail which I exhibited in my works. In my morbid self portrait below, my teenage youth is very visible.

I also began messing around a bit with cartooning, especially the Japanese style; however, it was not too long before I lost interest in it. I continued along with my own style of graphic illustration.

The later part of my junior year of high school marked my venture into the dynamics of figure drawing. This was a bit of an awakening for me as an artist, as well. Note the progress in imaginative figure portrayal in relation to the 1997 illustrations.

I often used a mechanical pencil to make my drawings. Later, I began to add ink. It wasn't until this time, however. that I began do draw with compressed charcoal.

Around this time, I had begun to concentrate more on digital imaging. Most of my imaginative sketches (which are not being shown) were done on a computer using a Wacom tablet,

Two-thousand-three was the year I concentrated fully on studying the world around me and drawing from life. Most of my imaginative drawings were put to use in the graphic novel.