It all started at a young age, around eight years old, when videogames inspired me to start drawing my favourite charcters. While I wasn't very good at it initially, this small step lead to a wider interest in drawing and design. Only simple steps were taken during primary school, where I had only developed a rough idea that I was interested in art.

It was during secondary school I slowly became more interested in design in particular, such still mostly through drawing around topics such as magazine layout, advertising posters and typography. Towards the end of secondary school I got my very first computer, and that's when digital design appeared before my eyes like the solution to all my cravings. The computer presented me with the chance to create the sharp and detailed images I had always strived for, as well as the opportunity to explore interactivity, another spark that playing videogames had set off when I was young.

Being so new to the area, I, like many others, took baby steps into the field, aided by software I had found that made creating webpages "easy", named Homestead. These pages were badly designed, rendered very badly in any browser, and of course the html behind it was hideous.

Soon I progressed to Dreamweaver, at first using layers, and then switching to tables. After a period of this, I began to just type up webpages in notepad, and I suspect this is where my later dabbling in programming originates. Later I moved into other areas of digital design, such as Flash, 3D and games. Creating a game is generally the most demanding area I have encountered, as it requires a large and varied number of skills, but it is also the most satisfying since every area is getting a good 'workout'.

The only problem was that I had gotten my first computer roughly six months before I entered University, so I had a lot of catching up to do in order to even pass the course. Over the four years I was at University I developed all of my skills, my style and my range, as well as forming solid ideas about what I believed was good design.

After University, I was still not confident with where my skills were at, and my complete lack of a folio was also a worry, so I decided to take some time out before job hunting and build up a folio that was more representative of me and where I was headed. This was the most difficult stage of my life, because the only reward gained was that of a completed project. Having no peers above me to tell me if I was doing well or badly was also an interesting situation, as I really had to trust myself and work very, very hard.

Today I am working on improving in all areas of design, in the hope that one day I will actually be good at it and create something entirely new.