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And in addition to that, we've got an exhibition shop, which I've been working closely with the Quentin Blake Center to deliver a range of fun products to sell in the exhibition as well.

It's an opportunity I never thought I would have had.

It's just so fun to just pinch myself every day and be like, this is amazing.

What are you doing here?

The last time I used analog techniques was 16, 17 years old.

I'd made a lot of lino prints at school.

I made a lot of paintings and drawings.

I could draw incredibly realistically.

I could recreate images in black and white pencils.

So that was the last time I used them.

And I was quite good at it when I was at school.

And then obviously architecture training, very digital.

We made a lot of handmade models in the CNC machine and the wood workshop.

We would use our hands tactically.

And we were actually throughout architecture school, we made a lot of tangible items.

They just weren't drawings.

There were books, there were models, there were physical pieces, one to 50 scale models of a foam board and stuff.

So I was lucky to be at university at a time where all of this stuff was encouraged to be made by hand.

But then in 2012, when I transitioned from architecture to illustration and art, I

digital products were at the forefront, I think Wacom tablets and graphics tablets and clients were demanding a lot of work digitally because of the quick turnaround.