::NAME::	DAVID SIDDALL
::D.O.B::	02/10/1980
::LOCATION::	MANCHESTER, UK
:::HISTORY:::

I started out with art and design, properly, at high school, gaining the school's first A* GCSE award in Art & Design since it opened.

From there I went to the local Sixth Form college and studied; Art & Design, Sociology and English Literature, all of which remain my true love's to this day.

From college, I attended a Foundation Diploma at Bolton Institute, as a pre-requisite for University, a course I felt was a waste of both the tutors and students time, whilst it did allow some students to develop visual and design skills that their college's had never paid attention to, it served only to act as a holding ground for students that had already spent time developing their talents.

I proceeded to enroll on a BA (Hons) degree in Digital Media, which I had become fascinated with during my Foundation Diploma. I spent my time learning as much as I could about as much as I could from image manipulation in Photoshop, to HTML and JAVA coding with Dreamweaver, along with film and sound editing and construction, animation, and design theory.

I graduated from University, and immediately set about establishing myself as a freelance graphic artist in my home town of Manchester, working with local promoters, bands, and clubs on flyers, CD artwork and websites.

Today, I find myself juggling a number of personal projects as well as commissioned work from the local music scene.

I have a number of comic-book projects in various stages of development with writers, as well as plans to release poster sets, stickers, and other tacky garbage.