I grew
up in an artistic household, back in Brooklyn
Park, Minnesota, where my dad had played the role
of Senior Art Director in a company for 13 years.
I guess you could say I inherited his talents
at an early age.
Most of my life I spent painting
and drawing the typical sports/comic book heros
and taping Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles while
drawing them from the TV screen. I first touched
Photoshop 2.0 in 10th grade but got involved in
photography and started using Photoshop 4.0 seriously
when I was 17. From there I started doing what
I could with design and photography, and just
trying to figure out what I could possibly create.
I attended North Hennepin Community
College for two years and never really finished
school there. Instead, I took an opportunity to
work alongside a friend who was in the industry
and learn more about the Web and try to back up
my talents with a little technical know how. I
worked there for two years and then overlapped
that with my own business, and started freelancing,
which I have been doing now for almost two years.
I hope to be moving to either NY
or CA by the end of the year, and making new connections
possibly taking an opportunity with a design
firm of some sort. I don't like making too many
goals, but I would like to be creating motion
graphics/title sequences for movie trailers in
the next five years or so.
I spend most of my time handcuffed
to the computer, or outside enjoying the great
and unexplainable Minnesota weather. |