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Brief Bio: I create.

Not So Brief Bio:

Raised for most of my memorable life in Rocky Mountain House, I always showed interest in the arts. As a child that mostly included cartoons, lego and comic books. All of those still interest me to this very day, but in different ways. I moved to Calgary and attended the foundation year at the Alberta College of Art and Design. I learned many things good and bad about the world of high art and decided not to continue my education there. The next year I landed myself in the digital animation course at the Applied Multimedia Training Centre. Animation was my primary specialty, though I learned many other things like web design, photoshop, and editing there. During my stay at AMTC, I met Johnny Luu and Steve Gervais, whose friendship would continue long after graduation. Vicious Ambitious was formed later and I found myself with a great group of like-minded artists

As an artist, I'd consider myself somewhat of a guerrilla. I'll analyze and adapt art styles and formats to what I need to grow as an artist. I recently wrapped up a story for the Round Three anthology and I'm currently working as an Assistant Director on Raven Tales


Education: Alberta College of Art and Design, Applied Multimedia Training Centre, the 'Streets'

Skills: Writing, storyboarding, Drawing, Inking, Animation in 2D and 3D(Maya), I can make a mean chicken curry, and dance like a fool.

Resume: Two guest strips for Ninja-Djs, 1 print ad for Hellstone, 1 pin-up for Hellstone, Animation Supervision and Assistant Director on Raven Tales, 10 page 'Police Dogs' story for Round One, 10 Page 'Thor and Frankenstein' story for Round Two, Honorable Mention win for Comics Jam War 2006, 2 page 'Cranky and Beaner' story for Tales From the Harbor Vol. 1, 22 page 'Seven Ravens' story for Round Three.

Favorite Artists: Ashley Wood, Mike Mignola, Oliver Copiel, Humberto Ramos, Jaime Hewlett, Adam Hughes, James Jean, Frank Quietly, Bruce Timm, Darwyn Cooke, Alex Maleev, Mike Allred, Eric Powell, Paul Pope.

Favorite Movies: Kill Bill, American Beauty, Snatch, Ghost in the Shell, Fight Club, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Leon the Professional, The Incredibles, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Kung-Fu Hustle, The Fountain, Pan's Labrinth, Grindhouse.

Favorite Bands: Tool, Nine Inch Nails, The Distillers, Massive Attack, Deftones, A Perfect Circle, Tenacious D, Prodigy, Gorillaz, System of a Down. Controller.Controller, The Organ, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Electric Six, Pretty Girls Make Graves.

Favorite Retro Cartoons: Astro Boy (80s), Inspector Gadget, Transformers, Sabre Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Spiderman (60s), Robotech, He-man, Jonny Quest.

Favorite Modern Cartoons: FLCL, Clone High, Family Guy, Samurai Jack, Futurama, Harvey Birdman, Venture Brothers.

What Am I Reading Right Now?:D'Airain, Countdown, Nextwave, All-Star Superman, Justice.