Location: Portland, Oregon.

Duration: I’ve been freelancing as an illustrator for about four years and continue a day job as an assistant at a small branding agency.

Education: Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Cultural influences: I find my work constantly influenced by the Byzantine frescos, work from the neoclassical movement, American Gothic horror writing and modern Japanese animation.

Artistic influences: Jillian Tamaki, James Jean, John William Waterhouse, Yoshitaka Amano, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo... I feel like the list could go on infinitely.

Big break: I’m not sure I’ve had one.

Work environment: My apartment.

Technique: Hand-drawn sketches, scanned and painted digitally.

Philosophy: Commit to something fully or don’t do it.