Sukesha Elizabeth Ray, otherwise known as “Sushi” to most, is not who you would call your average artist. She not only wields a pencil, but also a microphone. A dual talent in the game of art and music, she transcends the line of both.

Born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Sukesha always dreamed big. It all started with her doodles when she was a child. She drew over all of her notebooks, sketching characters that inspired her. When she was little, her father bought her her first video game for Christmas: Sonic Adventure 2, which later ended up sparking Sukesha's love for anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture. Her senior year in high school, she built her own business and started travelling the world with her art, selling it at pop culture conventions as well as online.

But Sukesha didn’t stop there. She found herself in an uncanny  ...