Famous When Dead, born in 1980, was raised in the industrial pottery city of Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Showing an interest in art from a very early age, he adopted the alias of Famous When Dead in 2005. Although self-taught as an artist, he studied graphic design, illustration and animation up to university level. He continues to reside in Staffordshire, England, where he works full time as a CGI artist and creates artwork in his home studio space.