Hello! Welcome to Sixseven Visions.

My name is Liew Qi, and I am from Singapore. Since my name in Mandarin sounded like the numbers 6 and 7, I got the nickname 67 for as long as I can remember. Sixseven was therefore the natural choice for my domain name.

I started learning about digital media when I joined my school's Computer Club in 2002. I "specialized" in Web Design. Aside from doing various school projects and competitions, I earned a little money from freelancing. $150 was a lot of money then for a 15 year old.

In high school (junior college), and subsequently university, computery designy stuff took a backburner. I pursued other activities such as hiphop, soccer, squash, and my Molecular Environmental Biology degree in the University of California, Berkeley. While I was in Cal, I took a Spider Biology class and fell in love with spiders, especially the charismatic Jumping Spider (Family: Salticidae). Their huge anime-like eyes which could see color and their amusing mating dances stole my heart. The logo for Sixseven Visions is my attempt to draw the frontal view of a Jumping Spider, although I am not entirely sure why I drew 3 tufts on top of its head.

I did reignite my interest in digital media when I joined Cal's Innovative Design club's artistic team. It was a good experience catching up with the latest fads in web design and also learning from other designers. I was not restricted by what I could code, as the talented coders would do the necessary support for whatever ideas I had. It was fantastic.

I have never really reached a decent level of proficiency with web design and coding, but I still like to play with various forms of digital media. As I am now outdoors a lot because of work, I like to spend some of my alone free time staying indoors and tinkering with my visual making tools. I like pretty visuals, and I like the little challenges which come with making a website work. Working on Sixseven Visions and random projects is my personal therapy.

Here are some of the tools I tinker with:

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  Photoshop

  I started learning Photoshop on my own in 2002. I am sorry to say that to date I am still hopeless with the Pen tool.
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  Notepad & Dreamweaver

  I started coding websites using Notepad in 2002. I use Dreamweaver sometimes, but I like my old school Notepad better.
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  Nikon D3000

  I won my entry-level SLR in a lucky draw in 2010. I know some basic photography skills, which are enough for me to take satisfactory photos.
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  iPhone

  Yep. The phone goes with me everywhere, and I spend my time "upgrading" photos taken on it using Snapseed and/or Instagram.
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  Flash

  I used to know how to make simple animated ecards and even Actionscript games in 2003, but now I only use Flash for drawing nice curves.
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  Terragen

  In 2004 I would use this program to make 3D landscapes, but it has since been upgraded and takes too much RAM from my slim ultrabook.