Well as you can see at the time this site was initially designed I wasn't so serious about web design.  Though I have learned and progressed well beyond that point I am still first and foremost an artist/writer.  A little background info- I was born in Cleveland, Ohio some 32 years; my father is a tax lawyer with a passion for remodeling and design, my mother is a French teacher and author.  After living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for 15 years and graduating from UNC with a BA in ancient/medieval history and a creative writing minor I moved to Austin, Texas to pursue my love of art, music, writing, and someplace that still had a pulse after dark.  After a brief stint contracting, waiting tables, and working as a sys admin for Vignette Software I came into my own as a digital artist and have been working freelance full time for about seven years now; with my business continuing to grow with each passing year.  Creative control and flexible hours are something I can't imagine giving up anytime soon; the world of 3D graphic art has become an enduring passion to say the least.

The things that I would most credit for inspiring me are music (gothic, metal, techno, celtic, industrial mostly), movies (LOTR, Matrix, What Dreams May Come, Dark Crystal, Legend, and Interview with the Vampire to name a few), and fantasy artwork by some of the greats- Royo, Cleavenger, Chichoni, Brom, Linsner, Barlowe, Frazetta, Hildebrandt(s) and others- as well as the Austin-never-sleeps atmosphere and the very cool people I meet here.  My myspace page can be found here.

 Halloween 2006.  Left to right Fran, myself, and my inspiration- Whisper.

As far as digital tools I use mostly Photoshop CS2, Rhino 3, and Maya 7, as well as Poser 6 (training on Poser 7 currently), Bryce 5, Painter 6, Zbrush 5.5, Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Flash, UV Mapper Pro, ACDSEE, and Quicktime Pro as well as numerous utility applications for 3D content development such as Mat Pose Edit, Dial Cleaner, P3DO Explorer, Multi-Search and Replace, PBoost, CR2Edit, OBJto3DM, UTC Texture Converter, PWizard, Morph Randomizer, CC2 Pro, Morph Manager, and The Tailor.