"Creating something, be it for work or leisure, has always brought me a profound sense of satisfaction.

Creativity usually has two sides, free-thinking imagination, and structure. I have learnt that both are just as important to bring ideas to life."

Music 🥁

When I am not pushing pixels in front of a computer, by night, I am usually behind a musical instrument composing music in my home studio; or on stage performing regular shows on the drums around the local scene.

Learning an instrument since I was a teenager has taught me a life principle I always live by, ‘we never stop learning no matter how much you’ve mastered it!’.

Creating something, whether it’s professionally or fun, has always given me a sense of personal fulfilment. The process of creativity can be seen as free-thinking. Still, more importantly, there’s usually an underlining structure and process building it up from concept to creation.

"Every child is born as an artist. The hardest part, is staying one when you grow up."
- Pablo Picasso

Creative Beginnings 🎨

Have you ever watched a kid get completely engrossed in something that seems weird and unconventional, but also strangely fascinating? It makes you wonder what kind of person they'll grow up to be, doesn't it?

As they say, kids are at their most creative and carefree when they're young and looking back, I really believe that's true. There's something about the things that captivated us as children that speaks to who we are as adults.

For me, one of those things was typography. When I was just seven years old, I would spend hours poring over old Letraset Books, studying the different styles of serif, san serif, and script fonts. It sounds crazy, but I was totally mesmerised by the way each font could evoke a different mood or feeling. That’s me, the weird kid…nerdy then, cool now!

Now that I'm a designer, I look back on those early days with a sense of connection and pride. It's amazing to realise that my passion for design was with me all along, even as a kid. As I got older, that passion only grew stronger. I started painting murals on the walls of my parents house, to spending countless hours drawing pencil illustrations late into the night, to even beginning an apprenticeship in traditional hand-painted sign writing.

After all these years, it’s heart warming to know I have been true to myself. Even more exciting to know that I will be forever growing from the child-me, with so much more to explore.