Qualifications
 

• A.S Degree in business management / microcomputer.
• Accepted to the Center for Advanced Imaging (St.Louis)
  
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop®/ Adobe Illustrator®/ Macromedia Flash® and 3D applications.
• I have also completed programming courses in VB/ VB. net, Microsoft office applications/ HTML/ DHTML/ Php / Mysql.
  
• Over 15 yrs. experience in either business management or business ownership.
• One of the founders of a successful help group (now going on our 5th year) based in chat, dealing with everything from family crisis and abuse, to alcoholism and substance abuse.
• This social group also deals specifically in P.C Repair (all aspects), internet security, and networking.
• We organize various social functions and events that are carried out throughout the year.

                               Why the Name Studio 4:45 ?

4:45 p.m., is when someone always bursts into the room that your working in and offers a crazy statement that involves a new small project that must! go out before the end of the work day ( lol ). I now know just how true that is.
 
 With that in mind, I want to take this opportunity to thank someone for introducing me to the world of computer graphics. Nat Dickerson, you are one of the finest graphic designers I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Your strict attention to detail, and willingness to teach will always inspire me to do better.
Thank you, for just being you.

  I started with a piece of scanner software, that allowed me to make a nice little frame around a scanned image. I thought it was the coolest thing on the planet since hand drawing a fairly good resemblance of "Tippy". A charactor in an add in the T.V Guide that could be drawn, and submitted to an art institute when I was a kid. ( I liked the turtle better than the pirate).

 Everyone else just thought I was strange getting all excited over a bland, mismatched colored frame around a poorly scanned image. None the less, from that point on I was hooked. I just had to learn more about this computer program that would let me make images, and put them into a image catalog and then scan them into a photo. Shortly thereafter, a close friend named "Nat" introduced to Adobe Photoshop® and an ASUS Dual Processor Motherboard. 

 A lot has sure changed since then as far as computer graphics go. But one thing hasn't changed, and thats my willingness to learn more every day.
So with that said I'm sitting here, in a dimly lit room, with my favorite gourmet blend of java, impervious to the wee a.m hours. On a mission to do what I can to give you a little of the joy I receive on a daily basis through graphic design/illustration/ and digital imaging

Thats all for now, and thanks again for stopping by.

"Bert'o"