What Does 698 Mean?
(If you read about me I'll tell you.)
Growing up I had the greatest attraction to space ships, technology and anything futuristic. I began drawing UFO's and aliens and spaceships at the early age of 5. Then as I was drawing more and getting inspiration for new ideas, I was always caught taking apart things like the portable stereo and my Mom's hair dryer just because I wanted to see what made it work and what the parts looked like inside. When I was older I realized, that curiosity and attention to detail along with a drive and fascination for the new and weird, helped me grow in my drawing and art through out high school and later in my design career.
I moved to California in late 1995 and attended Orange Coast Collage in '98 taking classes in computer graphics and digital media arts. After completing the courses I jumped right in and began working. My fist job help me get my feet wet with designing small marketing projects like PC desktop backgrounds for computers being sold by The Computer Guys as well as their mouse pads which are a big hit with their customers and a ongoing project every year.
After working with The Computer Guys, I finally started designing web sites. BRG Racing was my first site design project, I had moved all the way up to northern California for a year. The project finished and I moved back.
Shortly after moving back, a good friend of mine asked me to work in the web department at Evil Angel Productions an Adult entertainment company, being his Lead graphic artist. Now this is where I had jumped into the pool. My main tasks were, web design, magazine advertising and print design. Fallowed with photo manipulation and post production editing and correction. At the end of each year there were convention & Expo material design including designing all the booth banners and decorations as well as all the marketing and print work, such as posters, fliers, t-shirts, lighters, beenies, DVD samplers and much more. (Very busy times!)
During those fun and experience filled times I had also done a lot of freelance work, including Hotwax Cosmetics and site design for other directors in the adult industry that I met along the way.
I left Evil Angel late of 06' for an opportunity closer to home and got into the automotive performance industry designing web sites with shopping carts using OS Commerce, for selling product. Which gave me the experience with implementing and managing databases, entering product and performing photography for both the online store and featured car build and product showcases. Also designed and created flash banners for forum adverts, fliers and handouts, clothing design, conceptualized and designed company logos, branding and styling and much more.
Which brings use to date, I've now been a graphic designer, professionally for 8 years now. Have started up my own clothing company with a close friend of mine called Not A Robot™. Which has prompted us to start an apparel screen printing shop to print for clients and our selves. During this time I have maintained my current client design work and projects, as well as gained new clients.
Life has given' me a wide range of experience in my art & design career. Which has allowed me to only turn that around with my tenacity and drive for understanding, creating and designing something new, to bring life to what can only be seen in our minds eye. Which kind of makes me a mental artistic interpreter.
Thanks for reading and I hope it gives you a good insight to the range of experience I have and when you have a change to see some of my works here, you'll understand what I mean when I try to get inside you'r thoughts and see the picture only you can see and bring it to life, as well as what my talent can bring to you when givin' the reins.
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So now that you have read about me (I hope you haven't skipped down to this part?!) I'll tell you.
When I draw or do art work I sign it with "698" which is my initials in numerical form. The "6" is a "G" for Graham, the "9" is a "P" for Paul and "8" is a "B" for Bowes...
698
