I first started working with digital art when I was in High School in 2002, while attending the East Valley Institute of Technology (E.V.I.T.).  I originally was taking a Computer Programming class when I decided to transfer to Digitial Graphic Design class.  I found a love learning the tools of the programs as I was working with the shapes of Illustrator and the brushes of Photoshop.  Later, at Mesa Community College, I learned how to make my own Photoshop brushes as well as make patterns and and website assets with Illustrator to become a well rounded multimedea artist.  In 2007, while going to school part-time for my degree while working part-time, I won the MCC Student Art show for best portfolio website.  Unfortunately due to the ever changing website coding and plugin assets, it was too hard to keep alive and up to date as it was but I do have some images here of how it looked.  I've since used both Illustrator/Photoshop to develop many different assets ranging from motion graphics in After Effects or Adobe Flash, to web assets such as Facebook banners, and even many screen print separations that go on t-shirts.  If you name it, I know all the pre-production steps to make a work of art come to life for professional presentation.