Andrew Michael SmithIllustrator Andrew Michael Smith is a Student of Life who creates, adapts, and evolves. He grew up on the Pacific shores of Southern California in the bustling art and beach community, Laguna Beach. Known as an affluent birthplace of California Landsape Painting and the En Plain Air 19th century art movement, this coastal town molded Andrew's aspiration of learning the Arts from landscape painting, naturalism, realism, abstract, life drawing, and illustration, which all became creative outlets. Growing up, he loved cartoons and animation art: Walt Disney Movies, Looney Tunes, The Jetsons, Flintstones, GI-Joe, He-Man, Transformers, and ThunderCats. They were imaginative stories featuring creative artistry. In his later teens, Andrew discovered Japanese Anime which released a new appreciation of Fantasy and Sci-Fi illustration. Andrew's mother provided him with the brilliant opportunity to collaborate on her book and illustrate Moon Child, Moon Magic. They are delighted to share this magical and inspiring story together. Read More Read Less