For as long as I can remember,  I have always loved to create.

When I was young, one of my Mom’s many jobs was as an art teacher in prisons, so I was exposed to all sorts of cool art mediums and tools. Prisoners always used them in creative ways, like using a paper cutter on another inmate's fingers. Dismembered digits in a glass full of ice is a vision I will never shake.

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Like most kids, my mind was all over the place. I wanted to be a comic book artist one minute, and after seeing Jurassic Park, a paleontologist… But, when I realized that was misguided, I decided I wanted to be a monster maker. I was obsessed with movies and how they are made, and absorbed everything I could from TV shows like Movie Magic, and magazines like CineFX. (scroll down)

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