About
Hello! Thanks for spending a few minutes to learn a little bit about me. I grew up in Calgary Alberta, a lifelong doodler and lucid dreamer who is passionate about the power of imagination. I set aside my creativity to pursue an education in computer science (Queens University), which in a round about way led me to follow that up with a diploma in respiratory therapy from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). After nearly a decade as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) & Certified Clinical Anesthesia Assistant (CCAA), a personal family tragedy, the loss of my mother, forced me to re-evaluate my life path and choices. I retired as a respiratory therapist and began to literally chase my dreams by packing up and moving, driving across the country from Calgary to Toronto. The chase was for Veronica, now my wife! We married at her family camp, The Hollows Camp. Her family and I run the camp and it is a dream come true indeed. I spend half the year as a 'Woodsman / Camp Director of Imagination' leading the adventure club, bushcraft and paintball programs. The other half of the year I am glued to my custom built threadripper PC managing the camp website, digital marketing and social media campaigns. My constant pursuit of knowledge and love of learning is what motivated me to voraciously study motion design to train myself to become our in house camp animator/marketer. In 1 year I have completed 4 courses from the School of Motion and 4 courses from Motion Design School. Everyday I am inside Cinema4D, AfterEffects, Photoshop and Illustrator letting my imagination go wild. 15 hrs at the computer feels like 5 min to me. When passion meets focus time stops functioning normally and creativity explodes out of every molecule - this is my happy place and I'd like to share it with you! None of this would of been possible without the School of Motion and Motion Design School. I cannot thank them enough!!! As well as the very long list of instructors, TAs, motion friends, and YouTube stars that have taught me something over this year. I couldn't end without thanking my biggest supporters and inspiration, my wife and family, THANK YOU! I hope you enjoy the artwork I have posted here, if you are interested in having something of a similar style made feel free to get in touch! I have reasonable rates and am always keen to do charity animations for good causes. If you made it this far, thanks for reading my brief introduction about my journey into motion graphics :)