Meet VisualSpicer, the Seattle based Graphic Design Artist.

Here we go, first blog entry, woohoo, I’m screaming on the inside from excitement. Ok, calm down dude, take a deep breath…

I’ve been avoiding writing for years, thinking it’s not something I’d be good at, I’d rather make videos, I’d rather design things which communicate a message. Who has the time or the interest to read this stuff anyways? But, now here I am, in a completely new stage in life with writing as the only possible creative outlet.

To the readers not familiar with who VisualSpicer is, here are some quick rapid fire bullet-points.
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• Born in Ukraine during early 1980s.
• Began to show artistic abilities at a very young age.
• Started painting in after school art classes at age 7.
• Immigrated to United States with family during 1996.
• Continued drawing video game and anime influenced art through grade school.
• Broke both arms at age 14. Got casts up to shoulders to repair the damage. Parents bought my first desktop PC to keep me occupied during my injury recovery.
• Started learning Photoshop 4 by making funny photochops of my friends and modifying game graphics.
• Studied Fine Arts and Visual Communications at a tiny yet very specialized university.
• Began working professionally as a web designer in 2002.
• Went full throttle and graduated with a BFA in 2004, half a year ahead of my class.
• Began tinkering with paper engineering in 2008.
• Got my first dream design job in 2009, working as a UI Designer on Forza Motorsport at Turn 10 Studios.
• Tried working in a startup environment during 2015. It didn’t go too well and I was laid-off after eight months.
• Came back to Microsoft during 2016 to work as a Visual Designer on Remix3D.com.

​Now that we got this very short summary of the past 35 years of my life out of the way it’s time to move on to the more interesting stuff. I will share with you highlights from my creative journey, advice from my experience, and general creativity tips. Hopefully this information will be of value and help you live a more fulfilling, more creative life.
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See you at the next post!

Taras at VisualSpicer.com