Max John Gilardi was born January 28th 1988. He grew up in Gloucester, Massachusetts. In his adolescence ,during the mid 2000s, he went under the pseudonym Hotdiggitydemon and started to create flash animations on the website Newgrounds. In 2007 he would start to upload his cartoons on Youtube. He breifly attented the Art Institute of Boston for one year before dropping out, feeling disatified with the education he recieved.