Creative Technologist Michael Norman on Learning Through YouTube Tutorials and Saying Yes to Challenges
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Shelly Peleg
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A profile/interview with Michael Norman, a creative technologist based in London originally from Perth, Australia. He shares his journey from graphic design and illustration to becoming a developer/designer, highlighting how he learned new skills through YouTube tutorials after saying "yes" to challenging projects during an internship at Pretty-Soon studio. The piece focuses on his creative process, passion projects, and inspirations behind concept websites.
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· 3 pulledI said yes to everything, and that night I would teach myself through Youtube tutorials.
For each project I would learn something new on the fly.
I started off as a graphic designer and illustrator, but a few years ago I landed an internship at a studio called Pretty–Soon.
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