Drew Bates...his friends and family describe him as Unique. One day, he discovered he could make a really cool robot voice by speaking into his drinking cup. He watched countless science fiction movies, and cartoons. He played video games, read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and National Geographic. One day, he found a sci-fi book at a school book-fair about robots.

He took it to school, showing it to everyone that would look. He tried sharing it with his teachers; his English teacher responded. "Do a book report about it," she boringly replied. But he realized that it wasn't enough. He searched his home for supplies; a hell-bent mad-scientist in his laboratory. Using a cardboard box, a shoe-box, wood strips, coat-hanger wire, wooden dowels, wagon wheels, Plexiglas, nuts, bolts, nails, silver and red spray paint, plus a light-switch, bulb and receptacle, he created a robot. Then using a tape-cassette recorder, he performed his book report using his robot voice adding, "If you don't give Drew an A, the robot will destroy you."

Drew founded UniquePublications LLC in 2006 to create spec animation concepts. Not your average concepts, but…Unique.