{"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 Ivan Fedorowich (Canada) - crowdspring Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wotHAVJSdh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-ivan-fedorowich-canada\/\">12 Questions: Meet Ivan Fedorowich (Canada)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-ivan-fedorowich-canada\/embed\/#?secret=wotHAVJSdh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;12 Questions: Meet Ivan Fedorowich (Canada)&#8221; &#8212; crowdspring Blog\" data-secret=\"wotHAVJSdh\" 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 Ivan Fedorowich, (crowdSPRING username: intrepidguppy) today. Ivan lives and works in Canada. 1. Please tell us about yourself. My name is Ivan (aka intrepidguppy).\u00a0 I\u2019m a 32 year old male, married 6 years to my wife, Beka.\u00a0 We have two busy boys, Xander (5) and Luka (1). I\u2019m an ex-army brat, born in Nova Scotia, Canada. One year later, we moved to Germany for 6 years\u2026then to a base north of Toronto, Canada for about 11 years. I\u2019ve lived in Ottawa, Canada since 1994. Ottawa is home to the longest skating rink in the world and one of the birthplaces of modern competitive hockey.\u00a0 Ottawa also happens to be in the top 10 \u201cColdest Capital Cities\u201d in the world.\u00a0 When I moved here I was hot out of high school with no plans to go to college or university.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always loved art and design but never thought about it seriously as a career.\u00a0 I did a lot of volunteer work in my area with the local Deaf community and so took work as a night cleaner for local businesses. It paid well and gave me a flexible schedule. 2. How did you start out doing graphic design? Seriously\u2026would you want to be a cleaner for the rest of your life? My personal epiphany came around February, 2005.\u00a0 I thought\u2026I\u2019m going crazy. I need a hobby. I love art\u2026why not see if I can make some money doing it too?\u00a0 I started doing some Google searches for logo contest-type sites. Looking at the posts here and there led me to key words like\u2026vector (huh?) and raster (double huh?).\u00a0 I found out that these were just fancy words in the design world for infinitely resizable lines and not infinitely resizable pixels. Next step\u2026what product should I use? Does it match my current budget? ie cheap? Is it used by a lot of designers? So I went out and bought Corel Draw 12. For some stupid reason I didn\u2019t start doing vector work until about three months after I bought the product\u00a0 &#8211; couldn\u2019t get over the fear of the unknown \u2013 go figure. So\u2026in case you still haven\u2019t figured it out, I have zero design school education \u2013 which I regret to some degree. My learning curve was quite sharp\u2026sink or swim.\u00a0 I am still learning as projects or boredom push my limits. 3. You designed crowdSPRING&#8217;s logo back in 2006. Please talk a bit about that project and the challenges you faced designing for a brand new startup. It was kind of funny remembering that project.\u00a0 I remember receiving a lot of feedback..."}