meraki [may-rah-kee] doing something with soul, creativity, or love.
The page you see before you began in 1997, when I began tinkering on an original version of Corel Draw 7 (software I still have to this day). Through the years computers and software improved and I continued to learn new systems and programs. In 2005 i purchased my first iMac and then it happened in when Apple Final Cut 5 dropped, a software that finally gave me the ability to be creative like nothing before. Within that software I discovered the Motion program that allowed me to manipulate graphics in three dimensions (software I still use today, newer version of course). Final Cut allowed me to open my own videography business that I owned for several years.
From there I continued to push my self to be more creative by deep diving into photography and building websites for local small businesses. I would use those skills to amplify websites by building beautiful graphics to help those businesses stand out. But at that time the Apple Motion software only got me so far into the creation process. It was only meant to build graphics for videos and I was using it to create jpg. graphic files. Then I discovered what the Adobe Suite could do for me, giving me endless possibilities to create. After countless hours through the years of reading manuals and watching how-to videos, I taught my self how to use this powerful software.
Everything I create today is built with Adobe Suite Creative Cloud and an iMac. Using the latest Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Premier and Lightroom.
What started out as a hobby in the late 90's bloomed into a passion to create digital artworks for people to enjoy.
