1.0crowdspring Bloghttps://www.crowdspring.com/blogRoss Kimbarovskyhttps://www.crowdspring.com/blog/author/ross/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ztQoH411va"><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=ztQoH411va" width="600" height="338" title="“12 Questions: Meet Ivan Fedorowich (Canada)” — crowdspring Blog" data-secret="ztQoH411va" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://images.crowdspring.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/27132051/ivan3-300x300-1.jpg300300In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice. We’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).  I’m a 32 year old male, married 6 years to my wife, Beka.  We have two busy boys, Xander (5) and Luka (1). I’m an ex-army brat, born in Nova Scotia, Canada. One year later, we moved to Germany for 6 years…then to a base north of Toronto, Canada for about 11 years. I’ve 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.  Ottawa also happens to be in the top 10 “Coldest Capital Cities” in the world.  When I moved here I was hot out of high school with no plans to go to college or university.  I’ve always loved art and design but never thought about it seriously as a career.  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…would you want to be a cleaner for the rest of your life? My personal epiphany came around February, 2005.  I thought…I’m going crazy. I need a hobby. I love art…why not see if I can make some money doing it too?  I started doing some Google searches for logo contest-type sites. Looking at the posts here and there led me to key words like…vector (huh?) and raster (double huh?).  I found out that these were just fancy words in the design world for infinitely resizable lines and not infinitely resizable pixels. Next step…what 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’t start doing vector work until about three months after I bought the product  – couldn’t get over the fear of the unknown – go figure. So…in case you still haven’t figured it out, I have zero design school education – which I regret to some degree. My learning curve was quite sharp…sink or swim.  I am still learning as projects or boredom push my limits. 3. You designed crowdSPRING’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.  I remember receiving a lot of feedback...