Despite the cliche, I started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil, and comic books (with a little help from my mother) taught me how to read. I was just a casual reader back then, snatching whatever covers grabbed my attention from the 10¢ box. It wasn't until I was fifteen that "casual reader" became "habitual buyer."
A steady diet of comics upgraded my artistic endeavors from a mere hobby to a possible career, and so I set out to take as many art courses as I could fit into my high school schedule. Two years of vocational commercial art out of Valley Forge High School lead me to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where I graduated with an Associate's Degree in graphic design.
I've been employed as a graphic artist for almost eight years now. I taught myself how to muddle around Adobe Golive, and created a few sites to display my art, but I was always happier in the world of print. However, I've decided it's time I learned HTML and web design in order to make myself a more marketable employee.