I'm  a young illustrator/ animator and a recently native New Yorker. After graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art I did several freelance jobs for some studios in the Cleveland area. Most of the work involved me drawing some stuff for my clients, and then usually building that stuff for use in CG animations. I'm very skilled with Maya and have contributed to a variety of projects for clients such as the Cleveland Indians, Wynn Casinos, Fisher Price, Flipline studios, and more.

Lately I've moved to Brooklyn to try and find some new work that might involve a little more emphasis on my draftsmanship skills rather than my technical skills. I really love to draw, and I would really, really love to make a living just drawing. Although there are actually a few things I'd enjoy doing for a living. I'm very interested in animation and I'd love to do that, and I'm a pretty big dork about video games and I would like to get involved with the creation of assets for video games. However the thing I'm most passionate about is drawing.

It's something I've been doing since as long as I can remember and it's something I'll do almost involuntarily sometimes. When I get bored, frustrated, or when I just need something to occupy my hands I'll usually grab a pencil and sketch something. Lately I've been doing most of my drawing on the train while commuting to and from work. Oddly  enough though I find that I'll rarely if ever draw any of the other commuters. 
Typically there'll be some weird idea or a character I'll get into my head that I'll try and draw. Sometimes I find that other people on the train don't really appreciate having their portrait drawn into my little sketchbook, so I just draw from the wellspring of my over-active imagination.