I am a chick who calls the Midwest my home, born and raised in Illinois. I work at my "real job," which I am very lucky to enjoy and love; I also do commissions and feelance artwork on the side. I earned my AA in 2004, my BA in 2009, and hope to move on to pursue my MA in Art Education sometime in the future (though I'm taking a year off school first to regain a little bit of my sanity!)

My main interest is illustration and drawing, but I dabble in art of all kinds. If I can get my hands on the materials and play with them, I will! I love working in mixed media when the opportunity presents itself, covering a piece of paper or canvas with marker, pencil, paint, crayon, chalk, and anything else that strikes my fancy to dump onto a piece of art. Painting, photography, ceramics, and all kinds of design have my interest and I've worked with it in the past; I also love to knit and scrapbook, meshing my love for design and photography together.

I love to write but don't really produce fiction as I used to. I began an online comic book called Six Pack of Otters in 2004 and am still serializing it today; my second comic project is called Pimo is Awesome and launched in late 2008. I participated in National Novel Writers Month in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and completed my novel every time! One of those novels was the original work behind Six Pack of Otters; another novel is going to become a future comic project, dubbed Simon & Sebastian.

I am a sponge when it comes to influences and inspiration. I soak up everything I see around me and can be inspired by the simplest of things. I love music as well, and allow what I hear to inspire me as much as what I see. My other passion that doesn't involve producing some kind of artwork is my little sheltie, Auggie. Auggie and I participate in several AKC sports, including agility and rally-obedience, and hope to soon start participating in herding trials.