I first got my start as an artist probably when I was about 3 years of age. I actually started off by coloring on my parent's walls in the house, and when I got busted doing that, I moved to coloring on the wood part under my bed. I was originally inspired by my love for Ariel from The Little Mermaid, and so the majority of my drawings were of mermaids, unsurprisingly.
I think the day I knew I was going to be an artist for a living was when I won in my very first art contest in the 2nd grade. What I initially believed to be an effortless piece of work left most of my classmates and all of the teachers in awe. I felt really good that day and I think that was the first time I had ever considered making art on a serious level.
