Jake Parker a New York Times Best Selling illustrator who started drawing long before he could form full sentences. Raised on cultural diet of comic books, cartoons, and LEGO Ihe dropped out college to pursue a career in the animation industry. Simultaneously, he also began illustrating books and graphic novels in the comics and children's book world. In 2009 he started the popular online art challenge Inktober. He is the co-founder of SVSLearn.com that teaches thousands of people how to become a professional illustrator like himself. A husband and father of five, he currently works out of his home studio in Gilbert, Arizona.

In this Episode Jake and Brigette talk about the unexpected path Jake took to following his North Star and choosing the career he always dreamed of.