Jacqueline D.

I started my journey as a graphic designer in 1997 working in the print world. I quickly became friends with mylar and paste up as those were the two to know back then. Camera ready artwork was my first teacher in getting to know the print process. The basic software–Photoshop, Quark and Freehand–were self taught. At least the basics were anyway. Realizing after a couple of years how lucky I was to have found what I loved and wanted to do as a career. Needless to say, off  to school I went. School and work. Work and school. Doing both simultaneously allowed me to gain real world experience along with perfecting the tools I needed to succeed.   Because I come from print, layout along with typography has played a major factor in my design which I have been able to carry over into the web world. I have often said "I think type should dance on a page." It is now 16 years later from when I began and I tell myself how lucky I am to have found what I love to do so early on in life.