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Born in the early 90s in Curitiba, Brazil, I spent a good chunk of my life behind a computer. Weekends on end connected to dial up, on IRC chat rooms and surfing the web.

Before selfies were a thing, I was taking them with a TekPix keychain camera and applying Photoshop effects to them before posting them to my flog, and later on, to my Orkut page.

I had a blog and posted pixel art dolls that I made using Paint and Animation Shop... and yes, I drew them pixel by pixel 😭

Until the computer maintenance guy saw what I was doing and gave me a book on Photoshop 4.0.

At that point Photoshop 6.0 was already out, but I didn't get it until 7.0 came around.

//saudades

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i took these pictures out of an old CD
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Walquiria Biazetto, circa 2004
Walquiria Biazetto, circa 2004

I learned basic HTML using a huge book my mom kept with the encyclopedias I was allowed to use for school research, and the lovely Microsoft Front Page, before I got my hands on Macromedia DreamWeaver. I built a lot of table based pages on GeoCities before I learned how to Blig, Blogspot, WordPress and cPanel.

Over time my interest in photography, design and all of that "computer stuff" got me taking classes on Adobe and Office software, and 3D design and animation. I read design magazines and discussed art with other design enthusiasts. I learned how to Corel Draw and got a job as a graphic designer, and then I went on to become an image editor for a wedding photographer, where I learned about Lightroom and WordPress.

I bought my Canon during my first year in New York, thinking about following the footsteps of so many of my family members, talented photographers. Then, life took me to Arizona, where I stumbled back into the tech scene—and guess what? I climbed that corporate ladder, diving headfirst into web design.

//tchau

These days I'm based around the great Tampa Bay area, and open to freelancing opportunities worldwide.

If you're in need of a creative mind with a diverse skill set, let's collaborate.