Cam de Leon

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Born in Modesto, CA, one year before Kennedy’s assassination
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Father was/is a piano player – Mother was/is a singer
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Emotionally stranded between 2 older brothers and 1 younger sister
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Suffered inexplicable series of random minor head injuries
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Cleaned toilets to pay tuition to cultish religious school
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Wanted to be a Goth but queasy about attracting undue attention
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Found to be profoundly challenged in the areas of social interaction, personal fashion sensibility and team sports
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Left home at 19 to become an artist
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Fell into the world of art’s sordid flea-bitten underbelly, advertising illustration
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Disillusioned after 8 years of dedicated service, hellish deadlines, and thankless clients
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Attempt at career in Make-up Effects industry cut short by belief that Monsters should be beautiful
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Renny and Jordan arrive!
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Renewed creative convictions and hungry children boost work ethic
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Desire to help spawns 9 years worth of highly visible, though virtually unrecognized, art and design work in support of best friend’s rock band
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Meets love of his life, Dawson
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Finds new hope for professional happiness in Visual Development for animation
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Fascination with New Media turns simple online portfolio into overblown underfunded art project (thanks Liane, Homer, Brian, and Anders)
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Head spins out of control with creative possibilities for the future