Tony was born and raised in Laurens, South Carolina to a family of 8 children. To keep himself occupied he picked up drawing from his older brother. This started around the age of 6. Tony was so good at recreating people that his mother would bring home pictures for him to recreate, for her coworkers. Tony was the illustrator for a book that was published in 2018 and has currently completed the illustrations for a children’s book that is waiting publication. In his regular time, Tony is working on creating and printing his own comic books. Tony is a self taught artist.