Chris Censullo grew up in the imaginary world’s of children’s books, comics and animation, which sparked a lifelong love of drawing. Through high school and art school he worked in the children’s department of his local library and fell deeper in love with the medium. The term "cute things" was a term he adopted as a child, to describe a cartoon character, stuffed animal or cereal box mascot that appealed to him. Now it's what he calls his art. His work is heavily influenced by anime and he considers Jim Henson to be his greatest creative inspiration. In 2013 he published his first children's book, called The Boy with the Big Blue Hair. It was the realization of a lifelong dream. Tin Can is his second book for children and was released in spring 2015.