The sudden rush of introductions from lurkers has made me feel very
guilty for the lack of mine.
But I have a good excuse -- honest -- which will become clear.
My name is Andy Warwick and I am a sole trader working as Creed New
Media Design. I've been in the graphic arts since leaving 6th form (and
dropping out of art college) in 87/88. Then it was cow gum, process
cameras and photo retouching with an airbrush and process white. After
moving though various editorial and artworking jobs, at numerous
agencies, I ended up drifting more into the technical end of graphics,
multimedia and web design.
Upon the breakup of my marriage, and after being head-hunted by a
certain list-member from Nottingham called Karl Dankbars, I spent a
couple of years out of the stressful agency life in the relatively
idyllic and peaceful surroundings of a digital photographers. Over the
next couple of years, in what was meant to be a role playing to my
graphic design and web design strengths, I found myself doing more and
more photo-retouching and picking up a more-than-passing knowledge of
photography. During my stint at Unit 5 I would often have interesting
postings in prodig bought to my attention, so I 'lurked-by-proxy' long
before I ever joined the list.
Fast forward a couple of years, and with personal life sorted out to a
manageable degree, it was time to move on. Upon leaving Unit 5 to
concentrate on what I had originally intended to do (web design), I
found myself with another competitive string to my bow. While I can't
take great pictures, nor understand the minutiae of f-stops, lenses and
camera backs, I can retouch with the best of them and 'fix a lot of
stuff in post'. I still do retouching for Karl when he's snowed under,
as well as offering technical support when he's battling with tech
issues. My strengths are the technical side of computers, multimedia,
and web design, with a particular emphasis on accessibility.
Having worked in numerous agency environments, in both managerial
positions and at the pointy end of the studio, as well as a digital
photographers, and now my own business, I often find myself as middle
man, translating jargon between all the separate people in the supply
chain.
Of course, having left U5, I also found myself missing Prodig, so have
joined under my own banner. What never occurred, of course, is that
under my own name I owed an introduction.
So there you have it.
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Andy Warwick
Creed New Media Design, Nottingham, UK
[t] +44 (0)115 8476867
[w] <http://www.creed.co.uk/src/prodig/index.htm>
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