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Relevant links: resume, graduate portfolio (6mb PDF)

Justafrog is like neapolitan ice cream

This site is meant to reflect me overall, and as such will often be a mix of design and real life. After all, I am a designer but I also have tons of other interests, some indirectly related to design and some not related at all. This site serves as a professional portfolio, an art and illustration portfolio, and a blog all rolled into one.

I draw pretty pictures

Like every good designer, I have a Biology degree. Let’s just say that back when I was emerging from high school with strong artistic talents, the grown-ups told me that the path of an artist was one that led to eventual starvation and homelessness. Being that I enjoyed food and also shelter, I did what was practical and got a Biology degree, thinking that I would go on to get a masters degree in Ecology or Zoology.

This, however, just wasn’t meant to be. When I graduated from UNBC I entered a saturated Biology field, possessing a degree with such a broad range that I knew a little bit of everything without being an expert in anything. I worked jobs completely unrelated to my field, and eventually become totally disenfranchised while working a decent paying job as a traffic operator at a prominent Canadian telephone company.

I was fed up with the mundanity of my supposed professional life, and decided I needed a big change. So, I moved to Vancouver and got a diploma in graphic design. Eight years after graduating high school I had finally discovered the field I was meant for all along. Who knew you could work in an art-related field and NOT go hungry?

I’m a relatively new designer, so my professional portfolio is going to be pretty sparse for a while. In the meantime, you can peruse my graduate portfolio, which is a 6mb PDF download.

Want to read other boring facts about me? Then check out my resume.

Contact

Generally I would ask that you email me. I’m not going to give out my phone number or address on some website all willy-nilly, because let’s face it, the web is full of weirdos. Just look at me!

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Justafrog is the personal website of Leigh Peterson, a graphic designer and sometimes artist living in Vancouver, Canada. For more info click on “about” in the main nav.

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