Michael Albrechtsen was born in Bountiful, Utah in 1962. He grew up in Utah playing baseball, ice hockey, and all kinds of sports and when he wasn't kicking or throwing a ball around, he was drawing. His mother tried to convince him to take an art class. At age 10 he finally agreed, but wanted to go outside with his friends playing ball, instead of being surrounded by students much older. His next attempt at an art class was in high school. Discouraged by his teacher and a D grade, he quit the class, but still continued to draw every chance he got.

Michael completed three years of technical drafting in the engineering program at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, before he realized his true...