... (blaa-TOE-dee-uh) ...
It lies just beneath the surface
Lurking monsters and faerie mischief
All at once person, place, thing, idea and force-
of Creation, BlatOdea is the Mr. Hyde to my Dr. Jekyll.
The Artist
Ever since I can remember, I've been an artist. Recreating Mario Bros. baddies on paper in all their
pixelated glory. Giving life to my own toons and martian characters, beach scenes and seascapes. For a
while I took an interest to insect life and was sketching their kind with charcoal pencils. In school,
precious few assignments got away clean, most riddled with designs and decoration; few lectures got
the attention they deserved, sketchbook under my nose.
My artwork was once primarily pencil & ink, but I've expanded my artistic horizons, working with
anything from oil pastels to computer graphics and even mild steel.
The Web Designer
Back in school, when it came to computers, I thoroughly enjoyed knowing how to do things others couldn't.
One such thing was transforming an ordinary text file into something much more interesting... HTML.
On a few occasions I dazzled classmates and even teachers by creating web-pages on the desktop, decorated
with images I'd made in MS Paint (good times). It wasn't long before I had my own geocities website online,
displaying my various works of art alongside famous quotations and other interesting literature.
In fact, this very website is a direct descendant of the first I ever put online.
I proudly proclaim that ALL of my knowledge in the areas of web-design & scripting is self-taught.