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I
was born and raised in Southern California. After graduating from
Ramona Convent High School, I spent a fair amount of my time being
a Goth in Hollywood even though the prevailing music at the time was
Metal-Hair-Bands. Remember Rocket From the Crypt, Lita Ford and Poison?
When I realized the futility
of this gesture, I moved up to San Francisco to study art. After
three years at the Academy of Art College (pre-animation, computer
and video departments), I was struggling to find steady work.
It was at this point
that longtime "X-Men" and "Spawn" letterer Tom
Orzechowski had asked me if I knew Pagemaker. Lucky for me I spent
one semester learning Pagemaker 3.0. I began my lettering career
by helping Tom on "Barefoot Gen" by Keiji Nakazawa for
Project Gen. I did the preliminary typesetting and pasting body
copy onto photostats of original art. From there I was put into
service to help complete the lettering and retouch on the last issue
of Masamune Shirow's "Orion", where I did my first bits
of retouch and had my first experience with screen tone (which wasn't
entirely successful).
The manga lettering and
retouch work has been abundant and rewarding and, if nothing else,
I certainly acquired the discipline to finish projects (something
that I couldn't say I had learned at art school). Hopefully soon,
I can apply that discipline to other creative endeavors...like finishing
this website!
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