Francis Tsai

Country: USA

Webpage: www.teamgt.com

Bio: Francis is an artist currently living in Austin, Texas. Prior to that he worked as an illustrator and concept artist in San Diego, California. Most of his work has been in the video games industry, but he has also done work for comic book publishers, role playing games, trading card games, and film and TV design. He has also authored two art instruction books. In 2010, Francis was diagnosed with ALS, which is a degenerative neuromuscular disease with no known cause or cure. It typically leads to total paralysis and eventually death from respiratory failure. When the disease took his arms and hands, he spent some time learning to paint on iphone with his big toe. Eventually even this stopped being an option. With the help of an extremely technically savvy friend he was able to obtain a custom built computer setup that is controlled via eye gaze. This new system allows Francis to use tools such as sketchup and Photoshop to create artwork.

Francis Tsai