EMIRA AND LAUREN
Occupation: Graphic Designers Website: Boss Lady Biography: Emira and Lauren are friends and business partners who are eerily alike in personality type, although they've managed to individuate themselves to some degree by participating in different hobbies. Between the two of them, they run a website design business, Raised Eyebrow Web Studio, as well as their blog, Boss Lady. What do you do and how did you start? We're website designers, and we got into the business by different paths. Lauren had a best friend and roommate who was a web designer, and he generously taught her how to use Photoshop and how to code HTML and JavaScript, and got her her first paying client. Eventually he hired her to work for him and she continued to refine her skills on the job. This was in the early days of the web, when it was much easier to get a job without any training! Emira was working for a high-tech company where she held the position of Marketing Director, but was in fact required to...
AMANDA WOODWARD
Occupation: Illustrator & Graphic Designer Website: amanda woodward & woodward design Biography: In the beginning, there was nothing. And then Amanda Woodward spoke up and said "I’m all for white space, but this is ridiculous." Millennia later, the universe is a much more colorful place and Amanda continues to do her part by designing and illustrating into the wee hours of the morning. Her design boutique, Woodward Design, is ultimately a work of heart and owes its continuing success to Amanda’s passions for art, people, life, and the occasionally covert sniffing of a grapefruit. What do you do and how did you start? I am a freelance illustrator / graphic designer, I run Woodward Design from my home in Edmonton, Alberta. My husband, Dana, is a part-time helper (also a designer), and my cat Isis is a wonderful outlet for serious critique sessions. I began doodling when I was very young and was always encouraged by my family to do art & craft projects. It all just grew from that. How old were you...