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I started as an 11yo by learning GIMP on fanmade forums on my crappy old laptop that needed 5 minutes and a coffee break before starting up.
I've never been good at drawing. I didn't know what design was, much less what Product Design was. I just liked to find a good way to make pictures look good.
I designed tons of pfps and web banners, trying to understand how blending modes and filters worked, and eventually I was good and I was an official "Graphic Designer" for the 1st italian Pokemon forum community.
I then nitpicked my university course and invested a lot to get in, and graduated as an Interaction Designer. By then I knew broadly about Graphic Design, Motion Design, Physical Computing, Product Design, Sound Design, Video Editing and Cinema, Print, I had basic coding skills: I was a Designer.
I love having such a large skill toolbox, it helps me analyze the world from different perspective, and not only considering 1 vertical skill.
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