When I was a kid professionals in this business was called commercial artists. And that was what I wanted to be. No fireman, police officer or any of the other small boy's dreams for me. And a commercial artist, or rather graphic designer and web designer is what I am to day.
Past-up and the graphic darkroom were kings when I studied graphic design at the Art and Handcraft School in Oslo back in the late 70'ies. Our craft was still very much a handcrafted one.
Few professions have seen such a revolution in the last 30 years. Simple desktop publishing were followed by powerful tools like Illustrator, Corel, PhotoShop and PageMaker and then the Internet was introduced with new challenges and new tools.
It has been a bumpy ride, but a very satisfying on. And I feel that having experienced the profession while it was still done by hand makes me able to bring something into the work that few of those who start up now can.

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