Since I was only thirteen years old, I had to thrive on my own when it came to understanding Photoshop. I began taking stock images of models, video game characters, anything really, and manipulating them using a series of brushwork, adjustment layers, clipping masks and other tricks I've learned over the years. I would place these images in my "signature" on the bottom of my forum posts, which led other internet dwellers to request my work. By age fourteen, I ended up having my own shops around forums, taking requests from people and creating artwork for them -- just for the fun of it. I've made buttons and banners for websites, backgrounds, and tons of other things.