Artist Statement
I love being a comic artist. I get to write a story and bring it to life with illustrations, giving me the chance to entertain others as much as I entertain myself. My obsession with sequential art was fostered and raised by my favorite things to watch growing up: cartoons and animated movies. Now I have so much fun creating characters and plots of my own to share with the world. My goal is that you'll love them as much as I do!
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My current tool set includes an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, Procreate, and Clip Studio Paint. I've considered myself a digital artist since I started dabbling with a Wacom Tablet and Photoshop in sixth grade. Though "classically trained" as well, I'm just not much of a traditional artist (but when I do pick up a pencil then it's guaranteed that I'll try to zoom in at least once).
About Me
Backstory
My youth was split in two parts: I wanted to write novels until I wanted to do nothing but draw. Sometime in college, I realized there are ways to combine those talents and so I began making comics. Small ones to start, but then in-between getting a Business Management Degree and an Art Degree I decided to take on my magnum opus, Sunkissed.
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I graduated from the University of Delaware in 2018 with two degrees and not even a month later started working full-time at Faithful Friends Animal Society as the Volunteer & Community Affairs Manager. And so for the next two years and four months, I smelled like cat pee everyday.
While it was no doubt a rewarding way to pay off student loans, working at a non-profit really consumes your entire life!! Art had to take a bit of a backseat and a number of things I'd been working on fell into an indefinite hiatus. That was until the Spring/Summer of 2020 when I took full advantage of a global pandemic and working remotely to relaunch my baby, Sunkissed, and get started on plenty of new exciting projects. It felt good to be back!
What Lies Ahead
From 2020 to now, I have cycled through a number of day jobs (from nursing homes to coffee shops to grocery stores), all the while developing myself as a freelance artist. I still have big hopes & dreams for what's to come, but for right now I'm just excited to be sharing my art and stories with so many people. And thanks to the support I have received over the past few years, I've been able to put even more time into those stories!
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