Thoughts of surgery turned to the entertainment business when she realized the loss of a four-legged patient could be more than she could bear. 

Soon after moving to California she landed her first job in the comic industry working as a freelance color stylist on The Uncanny X-Men.  She also worked on such titles as The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man,  Astro City and many others. Tricia has worked with digital coloring pioneers Electric Crayon and Mad Science Media.

Her work as a colorist led to a career in animation where she worked as a digital background painter and visual effects artist.  Sony Pictures, Stan Lee Media and Disney are a few of the studios where she has worked on such projects as Godzilla, Dilbert, Piglet’s Big Movie, Lion King 1.5, and Kim Possible.  She has recently branched out into writing. Tricia wrote and voice directed Epic Galactic, a 3-D animated project currently in production.  She also has two graphic novel creations in the works. Tricia Hale also appears in Adventures Into Digital Comics.