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When I discovered I love drawing and creating.

In Bastion you return to your home base, the one safe constant in the game, to find it invaded. Having just learned the horrible history behind what had been done to the people attacking me I couldn’t bring myself to fight them like the slew of mindless monsters I’d killed before. I put up my shield and let them throw themselves against it till there was none left. This was the first time a ‘simple’ game had effected me like this, I knew I wanted to be involved in creating works of playable art.

I first realized that I wanted to work in Game Development during late high school. I had just finished playing Dragon Age: Origins, watching the credits roll by when I saw "Lead Concept Artist: Matt Rhodes." I had loved art before that and always was eager to learn, but searching up what a concept artist was that day changed my whole perspective of the creative field. I became dedicated to drawing every day in a sketchbook, in hopes that one day I'll inspire someone as well.

I realized I wanted to work to create concept art when I realized that there were very talented people behind the shows and movies I love, and I wanted to be one of them.