User blog comment:27finnsprincess/a actual blog about AT and not fighting OMG/@comment-4661088-20120530002004

When I was a little kid, I was fascinated by animation, and the process of making a cartoon and bringing characters to life through writing and drawing. I loved Pokemon, Spongebob, and Miyazaki- stuff like that. I used to draw my own cartoon characters all the time.

In middle school, I gave up on my dream of being an artist because I felt like I wasn't good enough.

Then the Adventure Time pilot came on TV... I loved it. It reminded me of why I love cartoons so much.

I was thrilled when they made it into a show. The episode that impacted me the most was Too Young. I had never seen a character as strange and charismatic as Lemongrab.

And I started drawing again.

I'm 18, and am currently studying art in college. My dream school is RISD- the school where Andy Ristaino- the lead character designer on AT- studied animation and illustration.