I have been involved in visual art in one form or another my entire life. When my parents introduced me to pen and paper it created a certain positively charged obsession. There were many things that inspired me throughout this journey. In the early stages of my life I was definitely inspired by the surroundings including my family members. But also, as any kid of that age, cartoons and animation played a big role in shaping my own preferences. Towards the late nineties the emergence of video games in my life definitely gave me a new surge of inspiration. It definitely helped that my father was just as interested in playing video games. During this time I was drawing countless fantasy and sci-fi weapons and items that I imagined to be in my own video games. In 1999 and through to 2002 my parents decided to seek a better life in Canada. The process of immigrating from Ukraine was a grueling one that put forth many challenges for our family.

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