{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"crowdspring Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog","author_name":"Ross Kimbarovsky","author_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/author\/ross\/","title":"12 Questions: Meet Allen (Utah, USA) - crowdspring Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xK4Fh4J5Tj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-allen-utah-usa\/\">12 Questions: Meet Allen (Utah, USA)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-allen-utah-usa\/embed\/#?secret=xK4Fh4J5Tj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;12 Questions: Meet Allen (Utah, USA)&#8221; &#8212; crowdspring Blog\" data-secret=\"xK4Fh4J5Tj\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community &#8211; in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly &#8211; activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we&#8217;ll take notice. We&#8217;re very proud to feature Allen (crowdSPRING username: vibes35) today. Allen lives and works in Utah, USA. 1. Please tell us about yourself. Well, I live in Salt lake City, Utah, where I was born and raised. I enjoy traveling from time to time, especially right within our beautiful state &#8211; Moab, Zions, lake Powell and other fun areas. I really just enjoy life and spending time with family and friends. This provides a great release and break from sitting in front of a computer screen day in and day out (Which by the way is very easy for me to do). 2. How did you become involved with graphic design? This is really a great question. The closest I can pinpoint the moment when art and design really entered my mind heavily was in 7th grade where I had a wonderful art teacher who spent time really teaching and inspiring his classes. More specifically I remember vividly where he taught the class about 1-2 and 43 point perspective in drawing. I was hooked &#8211; I had always enjoyed freehand drawing and much in those days was art inspired from reading the Lord of The Rings Trilogy &#8211; but when I began to play with perspective and architecture &#8211; a whole new realm opened- up in my mind. I am grateful for that 7th grade teacher for taking the extra time to encourage and inspire me, always willing to answer questions and even stay a bit later if needed to help me understand specific ideas and concepts. The second moment was in 9th grade where I began working on the school computers and learning some basic programming. I enjoyed the WYSIWYG of working with computers. I remember the drawing tools in basic programming were very rudimentary and basically consisted of point and line drawing (something like draw 0,0 to 100,150 or something similar &#8211; it&#8217;s been a while). \ud83d\ude42 Anyway, I remember trying to take what I learned from art classes and work on creating perspective drawings using basic programming (I wish I would have saved some of that work). It was very difficult at times to use basic programming to convey the image or thoughts I had in my head &#8211; but this practice forced me to think carefully about each item and line. I really can trace my beginnings to those 2 key moments. Of course the tools today are far superior and beyond anything I dreamed of then."}