Dean's first paying gig came at the ripe old age of 13 when he was commissioned to do some cartoons for a building supply store brochure. When he realized that he could actually make money by drawing stuff, he quickly reconsidered his career as a paper boy and has never looked back since. For the past 20 years he has created "laugh out loud" funny illustrations for some of the top Ad agencies, Toy manufacturers and magazines in the US.