Eric was born and raised in Chicago, and from a young age he knew what he wanted to do; create video games. When the opportunity to pursue an education in game design arose Eric put everything else aside and followed that dream at Sanford-Brown College - Chicago. Eric is has completing his education in game design and have honing his skills in Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, Zbrush, and UDK. Eric aspires to become an Environment Artist making new worlds that have never been seen before. Eric can work in a variety of styles whether making environments look photo realistic (sometimes without using photos) or more painterly and hand crafted.