my name is john seamas gallagher. i go by my middle name, because that's what my father's side of the family does...although no one seems to know why.

i graduated from the academy of art university in san francisco with a BA in illustration/animation in 2004, and started working at crystal dynamics as a concept artist in 2005. in 2008 i started working as a freelance concept artist, which is what i do currently.

some random facts: i'm a huge fantasy nerd. i don't necessarily like eating fruit that you have to peel with your hands. i enjoy beer. i have an unhealthy fascination with the website "icanhascheezburger.com". if i had to choose between flight and invisibility, i would choose flight--unless i could choose invulnerability--then i'd have to choose that on principle. i like listening to celtic harp music. when i was little, i used to walk around and growl at people, pretending i was a tyrannosaurus--seriously, ask my mom--she loves telling the story.