I grew up in the 70's and 80's drawing from comic books and studying fine art. I was heavily influenced by Carl Sagan, in terms of my world view. I believe if we help lift someone up, it lifts us all up. My influences also include Rad Bradbury, George Orwell, Gene Roddenberry, and the makers of adventure sci-fi stories. My desire is to show a little bit of humanity in the alien races across the galaxy. To remove the stigma of "the other." And to entertain!