How I got into (2D) Computer Graphics (Part 1)

 



It must have been late 2004 when I decided to finally buy myself a Wacom Graphire 2 - a graphics tablets that I had often dreamt of owning.There were about 3 or so versions of this tablet and this one didn't come with a mouse but had quite a cool software suite and I was fine with that.

Previously, I had dabbled with CorelDraw at my job back when I used to fix PCs, and I'd even done a course learning the basics at my computer college that I didn't complete  because the college closed down, but this was my first time with my own PC and my own software - Photoshop Elements 2.0. And I seemed to be a natural at it - it certainly was fun.

Soon though, I started hitting walls and had to look up tutorials online. That was when I discovered  layers - now that really set me free. I taught myself 3D graphics (a story for another time), then I joined a small (miniscule, really) photo studio and attempted to build a portfolio - I had even bought a flash drive after using an MP3 Player that I had gotten for Christmas one year. Then naturally, while attempting to upload my portfolio to a portfolio website, the drive got lost.

Okay,  that's it for part one. In part two I talk about how, after  a hiatus of more than a decade, I got back into it.

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