I was born in 1979 in the United Kingdom to a family of luthiers. I grew up in a large, cold, creaky Victorian house full of cobwebs, spending long hours alone inventing new places and creatures in my head. In 2008 I began working freelance as a web designer and graphic artist, eventually enrolling on an illustration degree at Coventry. I worked on numerous commercial projects as a prop designer, concept artist and cover illustrator for authors, indie film-makers and small videogames companies.