Mike was born in Bellevue, WA. His family moved to Ohio when he was only a few months old and lived there for 9 years before moving to Redmond, WA where he has been living ever since.
Mike's mother used to tell her friends that Mike was born a 60 year old man. Why? Because he would wander around doing his own thing, exploring, being independent, but she never had to worry. She would often find him drawing at a table. Drawing anything and everything.
Since then Mike has explored the world of digital art. He attended DigiPen Institute of Technology, working towards a BFA in Digital Art and Animation. He left in the summer of 2013 and continued working as an environment artist at Harebrained Schemes (but also performs a wide variety of tasks when needed).