The ARE sketches were created out of a desire to share knowledge and help other emerging professionals get licensed as an architect.

Much like their original inception, the AREsketches™ Visual Study Guide grew from a handful of people saying they’d like to see the sketches in book form. The best things grow organically and I was raised that when you see a need, you find a way to fix it.

Here’s the thing: the AREsketches™ aren’t *about* me. Sure, they’re by me, but they’re not about me. They’re about Joe Intern or Susie Graduate who have a passion burning to better the world through architecture and the next step is the process of licensure.

If I can help make the path to licensure even slightly easier by making the material more easily digestible – then I’ve succeeded.

Because the more hearts-on-fire, passionate young architects we can bring into this profession, the better off we – and society – are as a whole. If the sketches help do that? Then I’ve achieved what I set out to do.