Hi Cory, let’s start with your artistic background. Were you the kid in school always known for his artistic ability? Did you go on to study art?
A story I’ve told a few times is that when I was in kindergarten we had a little project where we had to draw what we wanted to be when we grew up. I had no idea what I wanted so I just started drawing. I ended up drawing a policeman with one of those old hats, the ones with the badge on the front. I distinctly remember setting my pencil down and thinking, “Man, that’s a good looking hat!” After that my abiding memory of school was doodling in my books, looking up, not knowing what was going on, and then getting back to doodling. I never played sports much or anything like that, I just liked to draw. From there I went on like most people interested in drawing, I took art classes in high school and majored in art in college. Read more →
