In 2002 when I was in sixth grade, my brother showed me some of the basics on Adobe Photoshop. I had always loved drawing and sketching, so this was a completely new medium to express my creativity. I searched around for tutorials and starting making amateur abstract designs, and looked around on message boards and compared my work. I started making larger things in photoshop around '03 and '04 such as:

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/9216/dilute.jpg

and

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5258/synapse.jpg

and then moved into more Illustrator related design work in about 2005

Now I make stuff like this:

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3373/lokedownpreview.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/56/shirtgridpreview.jpg

I've always been inspired by people like Justin Maller

http://www.justinmaller.com

and other freelance designers with lots of different styles. I'm excited to expand my skills beyond Photoshop and Illustrator and work with 3D programs, animation programs... whatever. I think it would be cool to try animation and video production, and of course I would be pleased to do almost any sort of design work as a career.