I'd say that when I was younger and I had specifically decided that, should I actually grow up to be an artist, I wasn't to be a painter or a sculptor, an animator, designer - I had specifically wanted to be an illustrator. And I didn't know what medium I would work in - I knew I didn't feel comfortable in the traditional mediums, but I hadn't know at that time what it would be. Maybe I'd grow into pen and ink, or acrylics ... But I found it eventually - the computer. And I remember first realizing that I wanted to illustrate when flipping through art books of the works of Michael Whelan and Frank Frazetta. It wasn't that they were awesome painters, it was that they were awesome visual storytellers. I wanted to tell stories too ...

When I was in my teens and I'd flip through girly magazines, my attention always gravitated to the illustrations. And definitely I had hoped that one day I could draw for the magazines too. I found the illustrations inspiring, they made the articles come to life for me. Even though it had always been my goal, first in the back of my mind - growing steadily bigger till it was just something I had to make happen - I am still amazed that I am DOING it. I AM an illustrator, a visual storyteller, and - lol - I get to draw fashionista teens in "embarassing moments," crushing on cute boys, hanging out with friends, shopping, etc. etc. etc.!

One of my favorite mags to work on is Girl's Life. I do the Guys section. Pretty much ever article has to do with a guy oriented diemma. I LOVE it! Lol! It's just always so cute and funny. Light-hearted.

I thought I'd upload my most recent piece for them, which is out now in their February/March issue.

It's all about being bummed out about you and your crush breaking up, but then he wants to get back together and you have to decide whether it's worth it or not - taking into consideration allll those bad habits he has!