A B O U T
The Nomadic Bard began 2 years ago when I
first began getting more serious about my drawings and art.
I by no means consider myself a professional, but I do think
I have improved when I compare my work to the standard I was
at lets say, 6 months ago. I recon if I keep on improving
at that rate.. who knows! Maybe one day I will be able to
call myself a professional and not feel like a total poser!
haha
This site started out as kind of a hobby
of mine.
I started it up years ago to teach myself html... but back
then it was called "Eleven" I only started it really
because at the time I was sick of art and wanted to prove
to people that I could do more then just draw stuff. Then
I started to get addicted to updating and changing things.
Learning new ways of creating pages and I kept on wanting
to make the site better. haha.. bit of a change to now days,
where I dont update or change anything for months at a time!
Ahh.. dont worry im working on it :P
The name Nomadic Bard came from a brainstorming conversation
I was having with my best mate Kat. I wanted a cool name for
my site and I couldnt think of anything good. I love bards
and wanted to use that in some way, and then BAM Kat said
Nomadic Bard and that was it!
About Sarah
 Ahh,
I really hate writing about myself.. probably why I havent
updated my "about" info for about a year! BUT, I
promised myself I was going to make an effort, so here I go!
My names Sarah Enid Dixon, but a few months
ago I was a Moule :P I married my highschool sweetheart on
the 15th of July 06 :) Jeremy and I have been together for
7 years now, he makes me more happy then I ever thought I
could be. He believes in me and puts up with my annoyingness..
and for those of you who really know me.. thats quite an achievement
:P haha
We recently got our first baby!! Hes a Shar-pei
puppy called Noob. Hes a great dog, and finally.. after months
of torture, he loves cuddles! He slobbers over everything,
chews up my stuff, poops in the backyard constantly so its
like a bloody minefield out there now and makes Jem and I
very happy. He also snores and farts VERY loudly.. which keeps
my childish humor happy ^_^
I guess I started liking drawing and art
at a young age.
My dad is a fantastic artist and used to annoy the crap outta
me because he could always draw better then I could. But,
because he never craped his work up so I would feel better,
it made me strive to be better. I never wanted to be an artist
tho, it was just a hobby I enjoyed. I wanted to be a Palientologist!
I LOVED dinosaurs, ahh I still do.
I started taking art more seriously when
I got to highschool. I had a wonderful (dont tell him) Graphic
Design teacher, who made me feel like my work could be great
if I tried. And I did! I think if it wasnt for this teacher
(he knows who he is) I probably would have got into mechanics
or something instead of art. In year 11, he asked me to be
part of an arts course our school did. It was pretty important
to me, because I was asked.. I didnt apply.
During this arts course (VID - Visual Industry
Design) I learned heaps, but mostly, I learned that I did
actually have some tallent. I wasnt the greatest in the class..
by FAR, but I wasnt the crappest either, which was great for
my confidence, which is something I struggled with alot during
these years.
In year 12, I graduated with a DUX in Art
and Design. I was so proud I almost poped!! Buttt, it was
also a bad thing, cause I got a bit too arogant, and after
leaving highschool.. enrolled in an art course at tafe (which
is like a really cheap univercity for australia). I was there
for 3 years, and by the end of it.. I never wanted to do art
again. I loathed it! Not only was I pretty much, the crappest
out of all of my classes, the teachers didnt inspire me to
try harder.. the did the opposite and told me and others that
if you werent born with it... you just didnt have what it
took to be a professional.
Needless to say, I quit :P
After that, I got into IT and website design.
I did a tafe course on Webdesign and development and found
that I really enjoyed what I did. I met a lecturer there who
really believed in me, and told me that if I pursued any other
career i would be making a very wrong desision :P So I stuck
to that for about 2 years, and Im still doing it today!
I work as an "Online Developments Officer"
for an aged care retirement home. Its the largest one in WA,
and believe it or not, is leadign the way in technology for
the elderly. I manage their website, their intranet, all their
documents and alot of advertising. I also do alot of graphic
design work for them and run their staff newsletter.
I cant say as I dont enjoy my job. I have great friends there,
alot of mother and father figures :P I am very close to a
few of the girls. I like my boss, he might be a nazi when
it comes to some things, but hes really helped me grow and
put up with alot of my mistakes.. specially my spelling! haha!!
I am giving serious thought to leaving at
the end of this year and doing a teaching course to become
a Teachers Aid for primary schools. I would love to be a teacher.
Well yeah, thats pretty much me! Well.. the
working and career side of me anyways.
I have great friends, a wonderful group of
boys who I adore and a few girls who are great :P (Cept you
Chloe, u suck :P) My best friend Kat, is a constant inspiration
to me.. and if it wasnt for her, I wouldnt be updating this
website, so go thank her!
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Well.. for someone who didnt like writing
about herself.. ive done a pretty dam good job! GO ME!!!
Sarah Enid Dixon
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