I'm a self-taught artist and illustrator inspired by life, my furry companions, nature around me, and the books, comics, and movies I enjoyed growing up. Many of the characters in my comics (the cats especially) have real-life counterparts. Coconut is the most recent addition to the family, and is probably the most expressive cat I've ever met!

Digital vector art is my specialty, and I've been growing my skills through daily paintings since October 2015. It's hard to believe I crossed 2600 days (and 7 completed Inktobers!) just a short while ago.

I was inspired, or more so frustrated, into starting my daily drawing habit because I wanted to make more comics. I just didn't have the skills to draw the stories I was writing. I stopped and started many times, and around the time of this winter post on Bored Panda, I was just starting to hit my stride and figure things out.

One of the biggest struggles for me was figuring out the 'space between frames' - or how to pick and pace the action and poses from one frame to another. I was bashful with expressions, detailed environments, and things like rendering trees and water. I found the more I practiced, the better I got, oftentimes falling in love with drawing subjects I used to creatively avoid.

Years later, I have published my 4th volume in my comic series, Book of Kyoot, and I am excited for many more volumes to come! I have started learning animation by making stickers of my characters on GIPHY, and my next big goal is short animated scene loops. Cozytown and the characters of Kyootland are my happy place, and I love that through social media and wonderful sites like Bored Panda, I can share the smiles it brings me with others, and put something I created out there with my whole heart behind it.