My name is Ziggy, and I live in Norfolk, England. I was born here in November 1981.

The three great loves in my life are Music, animals and art. I play the guitar, and have done so since I was 8 years old, but only took it up seriously at the age of 15. I also play piano, bass and I sing. I spent almost 3 years as bassist for a small local band but eventually left out of frustration at not being allowed any significant artistic input of my own. Now I write songs on my own and plan to do some solo gigs. I have a wide and varied music taste ranging from Aphex twin to Slayer and everything in between, though my all time favourites are Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, Slipknot and Mr Bungle.

I spent four years doing a college course on commercial music, then a further two years studying animal management. I now work on the Tech Crew in the theatre of a 5 star holiday resort. Unrelated to the courses I took, but I love my job and the people I work with are fantastic.
My heart, however, will always belong to my rats.
They're like my children to me. I currently own 19 who have their own pages here. I take in rescue rats from the RSPCA, The Norfolk and Suffolk animal trust and several other animal charities in this area. I never know when my next one will turn up! I also own a cat, a hamster, and I am passionate about wolves.

I love to draw, cartoon animals being my favourite subject.
I'm constantly looking to improve my art and I welcome constructive criticism about my work. On average, I create a new piece of art every few weeks, though sometimes I do many more, and there are times when I don't produce anything for weeks. Not everything I draw gets uploaded.
My art work can be found here, along with an FAQ to answer any questions.
I am on DeviantArt also, and my account can be found here, though it will be mostly the same art there as is here, except you can comment on it! Yay!

I also write and have been working on a series of books for the last 5 years or so which may or may not end up being published, depending on how much bastardization of my art I can tolerate.

Online, I tend to go under the name Ziggy if at all possible, though sometimes I will use 'SicPuppy', 'shadowrat' or 'RatGirl'.
I have a LiveJournal which I update regularly. It's friends only due to the fact that there are things within my LiveJournal that I don't want people in my 'real' life to read........again. I do add people to my friends list from time to time, but only if they are online friends and have little or nothing to do with my 'real' life. It's just easier that way.

Feel free to email me