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About the Author About the Illustrator About the Photographer
Twitter: @Spencer_Hanson Randy Hanson Daniel Peckham
spencer@brotherswhim.com randy@brotherswhim.com daniel@tracinglight.com
I graduated from BYU Provo in 2007 and started For whatever reason, I love drawing and jumping. I was born in Papua New Guinea, spent much of
my first job as a mechanical engineer designing If it’s cool, I want to draw it. If it’s dangerous, I my early years in Southeast Asia, and have since
printers for Hewlett-Packard in San Diego, CA. want to jump it. traveled across the globe, though I currently live
I’m a creator at heart, so engineering was a good in Southern California. This multicultural
fit. F For as long as I can remember, my dream job has background has shaped my life deeply and given
been animation. My favorite movies were always me an appreciation for all cultures and places in
M My beautiful boys, Zack and Austin, were born in y beautiful boys, Zack and Austin, were born in the Disney Platinum DVDs with the special this world.
2007 and 2009. When Austin turned 2, I began features. I’d re-wartch those until I had them
telling bedtime stories, which quickly became the memorized, The classic greats like Fred Moore, M My photography is often landscape and travel y photography is
preferred bedtime ritual over reading books. I Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston inpsired me to related, but extends to just about everything
asked my artistic brother, Randy, to illustrate a hours of classroom doodles. else, including my wife and two children. I'm
couple of our first characters, thinking it would always itching to get up early or stay out late for
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be fun to see them come to life visually. The Unfortunately, I let life intimidate me away from nfortunately, I let life intimidate me away from the next
b boys loved it and so did I.oys loved it and so did I. my dream of becoming an illustrator. But now, to some faraway place to capture unseen beauty.
after years of tinkering around with different
In the excitement of developing my first stories, classes and majors, I’m finally chasing my dream
I called up my brothers and cousin and asked and going after a degree in illustration. Working
them about working together to openly publish on Brothers Whim with my brothers reminded me
stories that would inspire our children. Brothers how much I love it, and gave me hope that it just
m
Whim Storybook Workshop was born. might work out. I would love doing this for the ight work out. I would love doing this for the
rest of my life!