Gerald L Fauntroy

About the Artist

I was born and raised in Washington, DC. From drawing the green ranger for my kindergarten self-portrait to getting in trouble for coloring characters on the back of my homework. I’ve always had a passion for illustrating characters and storytelling. As a child my uncle would joke and say “you’re going to grow up to be a cartoon”, and honestly I couldn’t agree more. I attended the visual and performing arts program at Suitland Highschool, majoring in Fine Arts. Shortly after graduating, I dove right into my college career at the Art Institute of Washington. While I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Media Arts & Animation and a focus in Sequential art. I am proud to say that I went on to self-publish two original comic books, The Trials of Atlas and The Cloud Network. A dream of mine has been to create or direct my own animated series coupled with books, movies and interactive media while still pursuing my goals in fine arts. I am currently in the exhilarating (eye roll) field of security still pursuing my goals as an independent artist with big aspirations to develop major production one day.