© Anna Gabali 2010
I was born in the French Caribbeans (Guadeloupe), raised in Suresnes (Paris), and arrived in London about 17 years ago.
In France I was lucky enough to get work experience with the biggest names in advertising such as En Direct, Publicis and
Young and Rubiccam, I guess the fact that I spoke more that one language helped a lot, but to tell you the truth, languages,
sports, music and art were my best subjects. I also worked for a while at Young & Rubicam (la Defence) as a bilingual
receptionist, but got scared when offered an assistant job and left a team of good friends behind. I arrived in London in 93
and started my live as an immigrant and experienced things that I was not even aware of in France.
I managed to work in the IT field and from there took a liking in multimedia, in the mid nineties, I taught myself a load of
software packages such as Photoshop, PageMaker, Quark, Bryce, Cinema 4D, Dreamweaver, and I have managed to go to uni
while working and got a Pg Dip in New Media Management. I have done anything with it, but it helped becoming a teacher,
and teach different multimedia software packages as well as IT and project management.
I also use anything and everything digital for my work, I have a Sony A200, and a Cannon 450 D (for pictures), and my computer is
loaded, with software; 3D, imaging, editing and Fractal. I usually start with a blank project and let my imagination, and feelings do the
work, and the computer helps by trying this and that. Looking at my artwork unfolding is like looking at a plant growing in a natural
environment.
My best critics are my students, and they say: - "Your art is kind of weird but nice" - "You are very spiritual" - "I want to learn with you" -
"I just love your Buddha, can I put on my blog?" - "Thanks Anna, you have inspired me and I want to become a graphic designer".
Many do see digital artists as lazy and think that the computer does it all. But a computer has to be told what to before it can compute,
render any graphic. There is a great input from the artist too. For my part, I send a big thank you to all the programmers out there, who
have made it possible for me and others to be creative with a dumb machine.
I managed to work in the IT field and from there took a liking in multimedia, in the mid nineties, I taught myself a load of
software packages such as Photoshop, PageMaker, Quark, Bryce, Cinema 4D, Dreamweaver, and I have managed to go to uni
while working and got a Pg Dip in New Media Management. I have done anything with it, but it helped becoming a teacher,
and teach different multimedia software packages as well as IT and project management.
I also use anything and everything digital for my work, I have a Sony A200, and a Cannon 450 D (for pictures), and my computer is
loaded, with software; 3D, imaging, editing and Fractal. I usually start with a blank project and let my imagination, and feelings do the
work, and the computer helps by trying this and that. Looking at my artwork unfolding is like looking at a plant growing in a natural
environment.
My best critics are my students, and they say: - "Your art is kind of weird but nice" - "You are very spiritual" - "I want to learn with you" -
"I just love your Buddha, can I put on my blog?" - "Thanks Anna, you have inspired me and I want to become a graphic designer".
Many do see digital artists as lazy and think that the computer does it all. But a computer has to be told what to before it can compute,
render any graphic. There is a great input from the artist too. For my part, I send a big thank you to all the programmers out there, who
have made it possible for me and others to be creative with a dumb machine.
