I always keep in mind the personality and the purpose of the character in the story. I collect reference material and try to look at the real thing if I can. I need to find an expression or pose that can define the character..

I had a complicated childhood and drawing was for me a sort of refuge. My family had some misunderstanding with the fact that I isolated myself to draw, but my mother always encouraged me on my artistic journey, and she greatly influenced me through her particular taste for art and writing..

I need to feel free and I love to work as a freelancer. Schedule my work at my own pace isn't just extremely relaxing for me, but gives me more time to spend with my family..

I want to be doing everything I'm doing now when I'm 100 years old! I want to still be animating, drawing, designing and developing cool stuff for as long as I can…

Thinking that you need to be at a certain level to draw something can really hold you back. Make art that you would want to make professionally, you don't have to wait to animate, make a comic, or do concept art. Opportunities will come..

Just be willing to work hard, there's no cut and dry path to being a successful commercial artist. It's taken many people years and years to get to where they are and that never changes. I don't know of anyone who feels like they've 'arrived' at their ideal artist self..

Designing a character is essentially a problem-solving activity. Finding a solution that is not only effective but also visually attractive it's really the biggest brain teaser to me..

You have to put your work out there and push yourself to keep learning and growing. Work hard and don't lose sight of what you really want..

It all comes down to story. I have to know who the character is before I can start putting stuff down on paper. You really have to become an actor and bring that design/character to life..

Never get too attached to your work or ideas when working with clients. Your favorite idea may be the least favorite for your director. Remember that you are envisioning their ideas, not yours…

I think I owe everything to the artists that i love. I wonder what my drawings would look like If those guys weren’t here to inspire me. They made me understand that art is a great way to live your life and to spend your time. I am so thankful for that…

There is no room for ego, animation is about a lot of things but not having the last word. Synergy and brainstorming is the best way to creativity and to solve problems. It can still take time, it’s still a lot of work sometimes but it’s so much easy than when you work on a project alone…

As a child I always drew the type of women I wished to be. Today when I choose to draw a female character, It's coming from a feminist and self-conscious state of mind to create a character that I can say something through her, or she can tell me something new about myself..

I absolutely love drawing people. They all have a story to tell and you can see it by the way they walk, the way they dress, or the way they try to not notice you drawing them. Every character has a backstory and I want to be able to tell that story through my drawings…

I love the push and pull between the character design and the story you're working on. The story informs your character design, but then you discover things about the character as you're designing them as well which changes how you see the story..

I always loved to create characters and I've been always fascinated by the ones I used to see in games. How much story they can tell only by the way they look! I used to write pages and pages about the character’s story until they almost exist to me..

I love to have no filter and fully express my imagination when I'm designing. Working this way makes me find the inspiration for new projects..

I ask a lot of questions to my clients, almost too many, I want to be sure what they have in mind for their project. You have to realize how free you are, what are the limits, how much of your inner world you can put in that project..

Just draw really. Or do what makes you happy. I'm not sure I'm one who's made a lot of right decisions, but I do know that doing the things that didn't leave me fulfilled led me to doing the things that do…

There’s nothing definitive in art. There’s always room for experimentation, failure, there're turning points in every artistic career, and when you know how to create, you can always shift from one industry to another without making big sacrifices…