About Doug
Thanks for taking a second to learn a little more about me, clearly you have an abundance of time on your hands.
I owe my entire design career to Dave Chapman and a bootlegged copy of photoshop he gave me back in 2002. I had done some hobby designing- some paint shop pro, front page, photoshop- but I had no clue what design really was, let alone the first thing about color theory, best practices, or accessibility. One fateful day, Dave gave me that disc and a handful of filters to start experimenting with. Slowly he taught me the tricks that helped him make a living as a designer and developer.
Eventually, through trial and error, I learned enough that I landed my first real paying gig- designing web templates for a not-for-profit web hosting angency (I am not kidding). I recieved the princely sum of 7.50 an hour for this job.
Through the generousity of one person, sharing his time with me- I gained the knowledge that has formed a career and supported me full time since 2004.
When not making pretties on my computer I spend my time writing, hiking, camping, painting, traveling, enjoying fine beers and spirits, watching bad "b" movies and counting on both hands all the amazing people in my life.