Royce works with ambition because illustration is important to him. The purpose of creating art is more than paying bills. The time spent working can never be saved for more important things. His ambition is to build a secure and stable illustrative career. Royce graduated from the Academy of Art University and the University of Toledo. His figurative studies were based on live studio models and photographs of models. Royce is familiar with principles of craftsmanship and draughtsmanship. He prefers not to use a digital devices such as the iMac, PC or cameras to capture his most original human concepts, gestures and images. Royce likes to draw and paint on nice canvases and papers.