Tell us a little about your background as an artist. I have always doodled in sketchbooks since high school, mainly influenced by comics. I studied art at the University of South Carolina, but was mostly selftaught by simply just persistence. I read and purchased a lot of art books from artists like Jim Burns, Michael Whelan, Roger Dean, Bernie Wrightson, Larry Elmore and Keith Parkinson. The internet was young back then so most resources were printed. I learned by going to museums and small sci-fi/ fantasy conventions.
Fantasy, sci-fi and comics have