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Just to briefly introduce myself, I am a 26 year
old web designer currently living in Wigan in
the North of England. However, I was born and
bred in London, hence the URL - oopnorth.co.uk.
As everyone's parent eventually does, my Dad used
to take me into work with him. Me being an overexcitable,
hyperactive kid - he used to dump me in the graphic
design department who were a lot more patient
(I wasn't complaining though, they had Page 3
girls on the wall). It was there that I really
gained an appreciation and love of the design
process. It was also there that I first ever played
on an Apple Mac - which would later be my weapon
of choice.
From that point on I decided that I wanted to
be a Commercial Artist - an idea that soon got
dropped when I found that everybody else seemed to be doing the same thing
- and let's face it - at the time I wasn't any
good!
As soon as I was able, I dropped any subject that
wasn't going to get me a design job. I did a B-Tech
National Diploma in Graphic Design in Guildford
Tech and then an HND in Graphic Design at Kingston
Uni and if I have to hear another lecturer telling
me not to rely on a computer for designing on
I'm gonna scream!
Following a complex chain of events involving
Bertolt Brecht, award-winning public toilets and
lesbians (which obviously I'd prefer not to go
into) I created my first website - and became
hooked!
And I've been hooked ever since!
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