Who am i?

Spawned and summoned from the nerdiest depths of the graveyard. His mind, savagely filled with the insanity of a garbage container full of raccoons. His drive, bloodthirsty and full of unspeakable acts of quirkiness. His aura, an aimlessly charismatic golden retriever wagging its tail upon a pile of rotten and dead leaves. He ruthlessly aims to fill this forsaken world with the countless cutesy macabre illustrations at his disposal. Beware, for all who cross his path just might find themselves with a bony hug and a gruesomely heart-felt smile. Duh Duh Duhhhh!

Suspenseful music playing the entire time while you’re reading this ;)

From Womb to iPad

Joking aside, let me tell you a bit about me! So picture this — I spawn into the world missing my left leg and seven fingers. Basically, life booted me up on hard mode right out of the womb. But the thing about being born like that is… you figure it out. There’s no tutorial, no extra limbs in the settings menu — you just learn to make it work. I was told all my life that I couldn’t draw, play drums/guitar/music, or even do something like skateboarding (Besides my wonderful parents; they were also so supportive of my passions and always urged me to do and be the best I could). So, I perfected my handwriting (which everyone said looked “too pretty” for a dude — thank you, I took that as a compliment), skated for as many years as I could before countlessly injuring myself, played drums since I was about four, and never let anyone convince me I couldn’t make art.

Growing up, I was the shy, awkward kid who hid behind sketchbooks and noise-canceling headphones blasting Slayer. While other kids were drawing houses and stick families, I was sketching Resident Evil monsters, Swamp Thing, and whatever abomination my imagination thought was cool that week. My best friend and I made stick-figure horror comics about surviving zombies. I was definitely “the weird kid,” but I leaned into it. My sense of humor’s always been a little dark — if you can’t laugh at the chaos, it’ll eat you alive.

My first real memory of drawing was around age five — I doodled a T-Rex with shading that made it look 3D. My teacher lost her mind. That moment stuck with me. I started tracing other artists to learn how they did things, obsessing over detail, and by middle school I was deep into realism — grids, rulers, pencil dust everywhere. For years, my goal was to make drawings that looked exactly like real life. But the more I chased that, the less fun it felt. I wanted my own style, but I didn’t know how to get there yet.

Then came the Great Trash Bag Disaster. I was moving apartments and decided to put everything I owned — books, sketchbooks, CDs, paintings, collectibles — into trash bags for convenience. You can probably see where this is going. During the move, I accidentally threw away like six bags of my own stuff. Gone. Poof. Basically deleted my life’s save file. Loosing all my sketchbooks, artwork, half my CDs, books, etc was a rough one. But in that weird, terrible moment, something clicked.

I’d been following Dave Greco for a while and was obsessed with his digital illustrations. I didn’t have the tools for that kind of art yet — just an ancient MacBook that wheezed when I opened a browser tab. But after losing everything, I figured: screw it, time to go digital. I would rather be able to take my art process everywhere and not worry about damaging or loosing my art again. So, I downloaded Pixelmator (I was poor and couldn’t afford anything), used the trackpad as my tablet (10/10 would not recommend), and started making pixel and realism horror pieces inspired by my favorite dark folklore and movies. That kicked off my first real digital phase — messy, weird, but mine.

After years of that, I saved up enough to finally grab an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil. It was like unlocking the art equivalent of bionic limbs. I could actually draw with my hands again. I was rusty at first, but I fell in love with digital art fast. Hundreds of brushes later, I started developing a comic-book-inspired style — thick lines, high contrast, dramatic poses, and all the weird, loud energy I grew up loving. My art stopped trying to copy reality and started looking like my own reality instead — part horror movie, part comic book, part fantasy, part fever dream.

These days, my work lives somewhere between chaos and comedy — a mix of monsters, folklore, metal, and the kind of humor that can only come from figuring out life one limb short at a time. I like to say everything I make looks like a comic cover you’d find in a haunted record store. It’s been a journey of drawing through the noise — and turning every limitation into another creative tool. Whether it’s missing fingers, funds, or missing files, I always find a way to keep creating. Because at the end of the day, I was born to make things — and maybe crack a few dark jokes while doing it.

The Oridrami Style

My art usually starts with a vibe before it ever becomes a sketch or a concept. A song, a movie scene, a creature design, a color mood — something that grabs me by the face and says, “draw me before you go to sleep or I will haunt you.” Metal riffs are usually involved. The louder the better. (If the neighbors aren’t concerned, I’m not warmed up yet.)

Once the spark hits, I start messing around with rough ideas directly in Procreate. And when I say rough, I mean it looks like a jumbled mess of sketches/references/pictures/etc, all slammed together in an unresolved format. But that’s the point — I’m not necessarily chasing super hyper realism anymore. I’m chasing energy, gesture, attitude. I’m trying to catch the character before I clean up the lines. What I typically do first, is gather enough references that I need to make sure I get the idea down (if I didn’t sketch out the idea first…which truthfully isn’t what I typically do anymore). I will then piece the fragmented references together to get the forms, shapes, and basic ideas I need to fill out the composition in my head. This process is typically somewhat chaotic, but it helps my brain visually get a grasp or glimpse of what I want the design to present itself as. This means Ill take the hand position of one reference, the bust from another, a beautiful tree I spotted in real life and dropped the photo into Procreate, and kind of Frankenstein a sketch together before I begin finalizing anything permanent.

After the gremlin sketch phase, I go in with thick line work. Heavy, bold, comic-inspired inks that make the character feel strong. I want everything to look like it could jump off the page and start giving unsolicited life advice. I learned for years how to be precise, realistic, and careful — and now I use that control to make something stylized, expressive, and loud. Thick lines are confidence. Thin lines are detail. Shadows are attitude.

I’ve always loved the way that thick inking looks on digital illustrations! It’s something i’ve always been drawn to and something I believe I will do for the entirety of my artistic work. In my opinion, it’s so freeing to just make your outlines and then fill them in with color; kind of like a coloring book format. That’s why finding the perfect shapes, angles, posture/poses, and composition is a must before the coloring and effects happen!

From This

To This

Color comes next — and this is where I treat every piece like it’s a comic cover or an album poster. High contrast, saturated shadows, dramatic lighting, bold shape language. I don’t just want the character to exist; I want them to announce themselves. Every highlight, every gradient, every glow is placed like seasoning. (If the shading doesn’t feel like a guitar solo, I’m not done.)

When doing my coloring, I typically start with a straight monotone shade and then progressively build up from there! After i get my colors situated, I start focusing on how im going to apply my typography and logo/font. Because I grew up obsessed with physical media — album covers, VHS tapes, graphic novels — I design each piece like it’s meant to be held. I add custom text, logos, shapes, background elements, and framing to make the finished art look like it belongs on a shelf, a shirt, or a poster in someone’s room covered in LED lights and questionable life decisions. This (most of the time) involves me deleting certain parts and redesigning to accommodate the name and typography I end up creating for the character or scene.

Once im finished with everything, Ill then go over every with a specific colored-texture overlayed so it gives the colors and shapes more pop and feel. Then I add my current favorite final touch - halftone or noise. I think adding noise and/or halftone to the pieces brings them to life and adds that final umph!

I typically don’t like to make “just drawings” or standard illustrations. I like to make covers. I like to make moments. I like to make art that has a deep lore or vision behind it. I’m never really liked to just make art unless it has a bigger picture and meaning behind it. This is why im so stuck on doing things that aren’t just one offs, but things with an entire collection and story behind it. It starts with a giant plan, and then eventually becomes an illustration, a full novel and a design envisioned all into one.

The Oridrami style is basically a mixture of comic book bones, metal fantasy album attitude, video game energy, and the emotional resilience of someone who has definitely fought a printer before. I want bold. I want dramatic. It’s sometimes cute, sometimes creepy, sometimes both; but it always carries a little bit of humor — because life is weird, and art/design should have fun being alive too!

Design A Kitty (Process)

  • This one actually started out as a sketch! I dont usually do this, but I couldn’t get the idea out of my head!

  • Procreate refinement sketch! I started redesigning the shapes and getting a feel for what I want!

  • Final Sketch Refinement! I started redesigning adding better line work, better shapes, and ultimately finalizing my idea!

  • The final outcome! I add my rendering and background! Now I can mess with different versions and complete the design!

The Yule Cat / Tiny Terrors (Process)

  • Someone told me about the cryptid/folklore of the Yule Cat and I just had to it! The first thing that popped into my head was the shape of these trees. I wanted a border where a thick evergreen-type tree breaks outside the outline border.

  • I then wanted to have a sense of environment and add a path and area that makes it seem like its not just an incased place; but a place that feels lived in and real (without breaking my usual “snapshot” of how I like to have my creatures/characters living in).

  • I then had to add housing for this northern Scandinavian town, and I wanted 2 homes to try and capture a town while also making it seem like you’re peering into a snow globe or something similar. I also had to add a child just finishing a snowman (before it looks up to see its demise).

  • For the final version of the inking/sketch phase, I had to add my main character/creature. I started by putting a standard cat shape and giving it its iconic belled collar. Then adding it amongst the trees to give a sense of its size and ominous form!

  • I then started adding my color and rendering it to fit the vibe and presence that I wanted to go for. I wanted it to feel like a town just going about their business, then a gigantic cat sneaking up without anyone knowing.

  • I then added more shading and refined the background trees to feel out more of the vibe I was going for!

  • I then colored and rendered in my big cute kitty! I ended up going with a standard black cat over the lores Maine Coon because the dark grey fluff didn’t look the way i wanted it to look, so I changed it to allow for the cat to retain its ominous presence and give it a luring threat. The thought of a giant child eating cat sneaking through the trees to come for your children is terrifying.

  • I then finished up the sky and moon to further establish that unnerving spooky vibe of the entire situation. A child going outside at night to make a snowman, unknowing that within the dark woods a giant cat awaits to pounce and devour!

  • Now i finish up the final touches and add my signature white outline and dark background. I felt this one gave my vision of the Yule Cat, but still managed to keep it lighthearted and cute!

FAQ’s

  • Imagine a blender. Now throw in horror movies, folklore, cryptids, video games, comics, metal music concepts, chibi/kawaii art, and the emotional stability of a werewolf during a full moon. Blend. A smorgasbord of B rated horror movies mixed with comedic and cute fashion. That’s the vibe i typically love doing.

  • I absolutely love monsters, creatures and characters of folklore, horror stories and tales of old. Monsters are just emotions with teeth. They have better personalities than most people. They commit to the bit!

  • Yes. I fell deeply in love with it ever since i could legitimately remember. While most kids were watching Barney, I was binge playing Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, etc games. As well as binge watching horror movies and reading horror novels.

  • Truthfully, when it comes to digital illustrations, Dave Greco is my main go-to. He was the reason I wanted to switch to digital art and add a fantasy style to my realism background. His portrayals of characters are simply incredible! His understanding of rendering and shapes is something I strive to develop within my own art! I would also love to add my current influences and artists that are fantastic and ones that I follow consistently and look up to!

    The Drawfee team (love them so much and they are so amazingly talented with everything they do), North of the Border (his sculptures are the best things that exist period!), NerdForge (I legit love them so much and hope they’re able to keep making the things they love forever!), Jordan Persegati (his horror artwork is unmatched and he has such an amazing way of taking things that aren’t horror and making it terrifying. so brilliant!) and Crossing Crafts (shes so amazing at making cute dioramas and I can’t wait to see her channel continue to grow!).

  • Occasionally. When im working on something for a very specific purpose (that’s not involved with my Oridrami vision) I’ll dabble in realism. I typically find myself wanting to lean more into a digital oil painting style and im working to refine my rendering.

  • Somewhere between “20 minutes of hyperfocus black magic” and “a week of screaming into the void.” Theres really no in-between. It typically comes down to how well i’ve thought out the design beforehand. Sometimes I have a full flushed out idea in my head and it comes together really fast, and others where I sit and struggle with a compositional pose for days. My brain works in a weird way. I visually see what I want to do in full flushed out detail, BUT that doesn’t mean I have the skills to illustrate it. So there are definitely times where I struggle to call something finished because it never lives up to what I feel it could ultimately be!

  • iPad Pro + Apple Pencil 2 + Procreate + Hundreds of Digital Brushes (With around 5 being my ultimate favorites = 2 comic brushes for line work and coloring, some airbrushing for shadowing and shading, and some effects brushes for lighting/speckles/blood/etc.) + Dr. Pepper + Metal Music / Podcasts + My car (where i do all of my artwork).

  • Okay. It may seem weird, but my car is my safe place where I actually get all of my artwork done. It’s definitely not good for my back and posture, but it helps me stay focused and get work done. I will typically go to my favorite parking spot with my fully charged iPad, a battery pack, a bunch of Dr. Peppers, a pack of cigarettes (sorry im a fan of tobacco), and some great music/podcast/or youtube video.

    I do this because I have insane ADHD and i can get distracted easily. I’ve also never really had a workspace to do my art throughout my life. So being in my car was my safe place from family drama, people, and just life in general. It’s a way for me to be outside and let my mind pool into my art. Because I dont have a consistent way to keep my iPad charged, it also allows for me to dedicate specific time for illustrations/designs until my iPad dies. I can then go home, eat, and ultimately go about my usual business without sitting for 12 hours straight working on artwork. It gives me a solid deadline to work and then I’ll return to it later!

  • Truthfully, no. I honestly dont feel like im established enough to be a proper teacher of art. I still have so many things to work on and ways that I can improve my own skills. I’ve thought about making a youtube channel going over my processes, tips and tricks that i’ve stumbled upon, and just content based more on helping with upcoming digital artists. But, truthfully there’s already so many amazing artists on YouTube that have the skills and knowledge to teach better than I ever could. It’s also so much extra work in my already busy schedule to do all of that. I’m constantly working and dealing with life and other projects that there’s no way I would be able to dedicate the time to establish myself on youtube and keep it functioning long-term.

  • Because im more of a full picture kind of individual, I typically dont spend all my time on one thing. I love to bounce around and dabble in as much as I can! Besides artwork im a musician (drummer, kind-of-guitarist (you know…..missing fingers and all), vocalist and mixer), writer (i have always been an writer ever since i could remember / and i have so many short stories and novels that i can’t wait to share with the world one day!), and many more! I dont want to fill this with a small novel on things I have a passion for, but if you’re ever curious please send me an email and i would love to discuss further!

  • I was born missing five fingers on my left hand, two on my right (middle and ring finger), my left leg mid-way down from my shin (so no foot and half a shin), and some other complications.

    The medical condition is called amniotic band syndrome ABS (or congenital constriction band syndrome CCBS). It happens when fibrous bands, which are strands that come from the amniotic sac, become wrapped around a developing fetus and restrict growth. This causes deformities in fingers, toes, limbs, and/or other parts of the body.

  • Truthfully not as much as it seems it would. It forced me to figure things out a bit differently, but i can ultimately hold a pencil with my right hand (Thank God i was born right handed haha). It was annoying and still can be at times, but it’s better to lose and never know than to know and lose! Theres definitely more talented individuals out there who have it way worse off than I have, so im always humbled and blessed to be the way I am!

  • Absolutely not! It’s just part of my story and my life. I have a super dark sense of humor and i love to joke about it constantly. It was a bit of a struggle getting over the difference aspect of it, but I felt it was better to live life to the fullest rather than letting it hold me down. Screw it! Life is brutal, dark and funny so hit me with your best joke!

  • They are my collection of adorable nightmares. I want to do a cute version of every cryptid, folklore, and spooky tale that I can! This is a collection I will always return to and will always be updating constantly. I have a super holy-crap long notes tab full of all the creatures and monsters that im going to do. Sometimes i put the names into a generator and make what comes up, or if i have a flushed out idea right off the bat I’ll do that one.

  • So legends of Panel is my collection of my favorite characters throughout famous medias (video games, movies, TV shows, comics, books, lore, stories, pop culture, etc). I also have an insane list of the ones I want to do overtime. Typically I’ll go through them and spot one that im in the mood to flush out. And some im still trying to figure out how and what i want to do with it. I also really love doing fan art but i would also like to sell prints and shirts of them so it takes a bit of time trying to figure out good replacement names and ideas for them.

  • This is my personal full passion and baby! My favorite animal is a raccoon and i’ve always wanted to do something with them and i finally stumbled upon the idea to build a universe where they can all live. I wanted to put raccoons vs humanity. I wanted the raccoons to get sick of how humans treat them and the world around them and ultimately rise up to take them over and start life anew. It started as a way for me to be able to make music in my favorite style; which is thrash/death/black/punk/heardcore metal all slammed into one entity and unleashed upon mankind. I wanted a musical project that had metal music mixed with the comic book/b rated horror movie combination. Once i finished my first single, i started working on the artwork. That’s then when it turned into an idea to make comics for them as well. So the project keeps building, and i plan on updating and adding to this universe as much as possible!

  • Hell yes I do! Some of the ones done so far are made for specific people in my life (whether it be for a friend or done by commission). I love getting the ability to make art and designs for people! Whichever idea is presented, is what gets placed in its collection. All my collections start as concepts i want to do, and eventually someone really wants something done in that aesthetic so I add it to my collection!

  • Absolutely! Whatever you need I got you! well…..as long as I can actually do it LOL. I’m always willing to learn something new to give someone something they love!

    I have made many book designs, posters, band album covers, logos, etc for my clients; and I dont intend to stop at any point!

  • Again! Absolutely! Go crazy! It’s an absolute honor if anyone wants to get my artwork tattooed on them. I have actually designed many tattoos for clients and friends. I actually wanted to be a tattoo artist but quickly got pushed out of the scene because of my hands. No one wanted to apprentice me, so i gave up on that pursuit.

  • Anytime! I would love to answer questions, concerns, explore ideas, create things, collaborate, write, discuss lore, explain concepts, go into further details about progress and process, commissions, and ultimately anything and everything! I love talking with the community and fans of my favorite media, so reach out anytime!