About Me
Growing up, I was fascinated and inspired by great works of art and imagination. From Spielberg films, to Space Operas, animated works from Disney, Don Bluth, and others, books such as Madeleine L'engle's A Wrinkle in Time to Richard Bach's Jonathon Livingston Seagull, and especially The Magician's Nephew and the other Narnia books by C.S. Lewis.
From a young age, you might say my teachers saw me as an interesting student - which often wasn't always in their favor. However, one thing that my third grade teacher claimed to have noticed was that I was strong in both my logical learning and my creative learning. I especially loved learning from the sciences--from biology, physics, and computer science as well.
At the same time, I enjoyed writing stories since I was since six years old, and practicing drawing pictures, and immersing myself in imagination and daydreaming.
My third grade teacher asked me how I felt about my mind. I replied with enthusiasm, "It feels like I have a supernova in my brain."
I didn't like school completely growing up - but now I attribute that to the social clashes and communication misunderstandings between me, my peers, and teachers. I did, however, love learning and I still do today, and I am grateful to have had loyal friends and patient, inspirational teachers whom I treasure to this day.
At age fourteen, I was diagnosed with what was then known as Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. I was actually relieved to learn about this diagnosis because I finally had an explanation to why I felt disconnected from many of my fellow human beings. Shortly thereafter however, I was also hit with a grave case of clinical depression. I was entering the chaotic social world of high school at the time, and still had a long way to go before I mastered my grasp of sensory limitations, communicative skills, and putting concepts in perspective.
My depression lasted several years - which I consider lost years of my life - and I feel I've picked up several phobias since then - fears pertaining to concepts and environments I still like to avoid.
However, that monster is now under control and I feel I have a much better understanding of my autism and to how to work with it.
I graduated from college in 2010, and from there I worked for a Micro Enterprise Development Company where I was a media consultant, assisting in graphic design, illustration, and various other media required for many of my clients' businesses. Because the team of the Company (then called Business Builders) knew I had a disability myself, I'm grateful that they were understanding and gave me the time, patience, and faith which allowed me to excel, and I owe it to both the coaches and clients there who helped me and who I was able to help in return.
I now work full-time on growing my own company, Dolphin Star, freelancing as a traditional, digital, and multimedia artist. My skills range from logo design, illustration, painting, animation and visual effects, editing, ghost writing, publishing consultation, comics, creature and character design, story boarding, and audio production. In the near future, I may gradate this career into working with an animation team.
Above all, I have learned to enjoy life and celebrate it, hinging on the principals of love, hope, respect, community, service, fellowship, and faith in Christ. Prominent in my life are the virtues of careful thought, open-mindedness, exploration, justice, imagination, hard work, ingenuity, learning from history, peaceful actions, curiosity, problem solving, humility, and charity.
From a young age, you might say my teachers saw me as an interesting student - which often wasn't always in their favor. However, one thing that my third grade teacher claimed to have noticed was that I was strong in both my logical learning and my creative learning. I especially loved learning from the sciences--from biology, physics, and computer science as well.
At the same time, I enjoyed writing stories since I was since six years old, and practicing drawing pictures, and immersing myself in imagination and daydreaming.
My third grade teacher asked me how I felt about my mind. I replied with enthusiasm, "It feels like I have a supernova in my brain."
I didn't like school completely growing up - but now I attribute that to the social clashes and communication misunderstandings between me, my peers, and teachers. I did, however, love learning and I still do today, and I am grateful to have had loyal friends and patient, inspirational teachers whom I treasure to this day.
At age fourteen, I was diagnosed with what was then known as Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. I was actually relieved to learn about this diagnosis because I finally had an explanation to why I felt disconnected from many of my fellow human beings. Shortly thereafter however, I was also hit with a grave case of clinical depression. I was entering the chaotic social world of high school at the time, and still had a long way to go before I mastered my grasp of sensory limitations, communicative skills, and putting concepts in perspective.
My depression lasted several years - which I consider lost years of my life - and I feel I've picked up several phobias since then - fears pertaining to concepts and environments I still like to avoid.
However, that monster is now under control and I feel I have a much better understanding of my autism and to how to work with it.
I graduated from college in 2010, and from there I worked for a Micro Enterprise Development Company where I was a media consultant, assisting in graphic design, illustration, and various other media required for many of my clients' businesses. Because the team of the Company (then called Business Builders) knew I had a disability myself, I'm grateful that they were understanding and gave me the time, patience, and faith which allowed me to excel, and I owe it to both the coaches and clients there who helped me and who I was able to help in return.
I now work full-time on growing my own company, Dolphin Star, freelancing as a traditional, digital, and multimedia artist. My skills range from logo design, illustration, painting, animation and visual effects, editing, ghost writing, publishing consultation, comics, creature and character design, story boarding, and audio production. In the near future, I may gradate this career into working with an animation team.
Above all, I have learned to enjoy life and celebrate it, hinging on the principals of love, hope, respect, community, service, fellowship, and faith in Christ. Prominent in my life are the virtues of careful thought, open-mindedness, exploration, justice, imagination, hard work, ingenuity, learning from history, peaceful actions, curiosity, problem solving, humility, and charity.