Since the age of six I have had the habit
of sketching forms of objects. Although from about fifty I have often published my pictorial works, before the seventieth year none is worthy.
(Unknown author)
Current stage
Before year 2003 I was involved into print design. In 2003 while browsing the Internet I asked my IT friend: "How is it done? What is offstage, behind the screen?" He showed me the source code. I fell in love with the web. I made my first IT and Web Design Certificate the same year 2003, and built a couple of table-based, amateurish web-sites. Money matters called me back to print. New Zealand's Fairfax Media also wanted me as a print GD. In 2009 I moved to Wellington to make my web drive to come true. This web-site is the next step in my long digital odyssey.
Pre-history
My first inspiration came from scents of glossy art albums and oil paint. I would spend my time with Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, Pieter Bruegel and the Impessionists rather than playing soccer with my friends. Next inspiration came from Japanese ukiyo-e painters, especially Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Ando Hiroshige. Then Graphic Arts, typography and print design expanded my visual universe.
Advanced
- Mac/PC operating systems
- PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat
Intermediate
- XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL
- Flash, jQuery, WordPress
Pre-Intermediate
- JavaScript, Action Script 3
Self-employment / 2009-2010
- Web Designer/Developer
Fairfax Media, NZ / 2007-2009
- Full-time Graphic Designer
BIG Advertising, EU / 2006-2007
- Full-time Graphic Designer
Self-employment / 2003-2006
- Web/Graphic Designer
Natcoll, Wellington / 2009-2010
- Diploma Web design and development
Vilnius State University / 1987-1994
- BA (Honours) Graphic design
Passionate about
- IT, Web and graphic design, Fine arts
- Super novas, Ukiyo-e and oriental culture
Fascinated by
- Nature, Photography, Quantum physics
- Austrian poetry, world of scents