One of the things I have always been drawn to, even as an adult, is how magical opening a book and immediately being drawn into a world can be; yes, you can have a book with words and no pictures, and you can have a book with pictures and no words, but I think there is little argument in the fact that the book with no pictures is the one lacking magic (for a child at the very least).I love to create characters and get to know them, and, as I do, see their family, friends, sidekicks, and environments emerging and revealing themselves to me, and then I get to share them with the readers through my paintbrush.