Josh Gainsbrugh (L0cke), along with Derek Liu (Lanzer), Kidkoum Visarutvanit (Sukinahito), Charles Park (CP) and Long Vo (VO), was one of the artists and creators of Gaia. His former girlfriend (now wife) known as Ling was also an artist on Gaia Online. He left the Gaia team in August 2013 due to disagreements with Gary Schofield over the site's direction and returned after Schofield's ouster in December 2016.