Well, it was 1994, I was in grade 3 and I saw the boy next to me draw a pretty cool looking mouse character and I thought "I wish I could draw like that". I then drew my first cartoon. Not anything too special looking, just a guy with a top hat that covered his eyes and rested on his huge nose. Wore a black suit and black shoes, pretty simple looking.

Everyday after that I went home, sat at the dinner table, looking through my Garfield comic books and drawing the characters. Ever drawing I drew I'd run over to my dad and show him, he's been proud of my drawing since then.

For a while I copied the style of a cartoonist here in Australia named Larry Pickering who had an afternoon game show where he'd draw on a whiteboard and the contestants had to guess the catchphrase, scene or TV Show he was referencing.

I remember one time at primary school at lunch I was sitting on the ground drawing Chucky Finster (from Rugrats) and I had like 10 spectators just watching me draw. I was pretty well known at that school after that.

My first year of high school was great. I was bored one night and decided to draw everyone in my class. Everyone seemed to love it, my teacher pinned it on the wall and it stayed there for my whole tenure in high school. The next year I did the same and my drawing ended up in the year book for that year. Was awesome.

As the years went by I advanced my skills (as much as I could up until now). I went through a craze where my characters looked very like Matt Groening had drawn them.

And now, here I am. Still trying to perfect my skills, create my own unique style and still loving what I do.