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davidovich Interview by Heather Leary
When did you first think about what you wanted to do as an adult? I knew I wanted to do something with cartoons in some form since I was about ten years old. That’s when I found out people made a living doing cartoons and I thought why would I want to do anything else. So all those dreams of astronaut or marine biologist went out the window. Were you encouraged or discouraged by family, friends, teachers, or mentors? They were incredibly supportive.They wanted me to be happy no matter what. I asked my dad recently why he let me do this and he said “You had a passion for it, it was all you did. For all your life all you would do was
draw so of course you would be miserable doing anything else.” I thought that was a nice thing for him to say. Nobody in my family had any experience in visual arts, they’re all very artistic people they do dance, performance and athletics. I was the oddball. Where did you grow up? What kind of kid were you? I was born in a little suburb in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a nice place to grow up. Most of my childhood was spent in my parents gymnastics school. I don’t remember not being with them and doing gymnastic during my entire childhood. I would be there at the gym or I was at the beach, so I had a really great, fun childhood.
