07/02/2023
This is me, Hydi, a weird little artist on a magical journey that just can’t live a normal life or stop being creative. It’s what I live for, I NEED to make things, fix things and find solutions for things but I especially NEED to make things pretty, it’s just what I do.
I started creating, making a mess, taking things apart, fixing things, painting, drawing, sewing……you name it……from a very young age! And it never stopped and it never will!
In school I loved art classes and quickly became top of my class in Graphic Design but back when there weren’t computers so we were hand drawing technical designs which is what I originally fell in love with. Swiftly computers became a thing and my world got flipped upside down when I went to college and uni, way less hands on drawing and tappy tappy, clicky clicky became a thing. I still learnt a lot, and enjoyed it all the same.
Studying graphics, design for digital media, games design, multimedia design in college taught me a lot but during this process I lost the connection to physically creating and wanted to just make a mess and be creative with my hands so I studied Visual Arts at uni and then went back to my roots of sewing and found a real love for fixing things, all still while dabbling in promotion and creating graphics for friends, local businesses and myself along the way.
With no intention of living abroad I found myself settling in Cambodia after a few years of travelling and fell in love with the place where I now living a happy alternative life as a digital nomad and fixer and creator of things (check out to see my side hustle, cos even in my free time I need to be making or creating something!)
Genie Graphics has kind of organically become a thing with the help of a very dear friend I met on a little Island of the south coast of Cambodia (check out his page to see his amazing artistic talents ) We started a digital marketing business a couple of years ago together and realised quite quickly how much of an awesome team we are and pushed each other to grow and realise our individual talents, but we also realised that most of the work that was coming in was design work which is where I was gifted the opportunity to shine. This gave Jim more time to focus on his photography, so although we still work together and are always on hand to support each other, Genie Graphics was born and I ventured off on my own while Jim focuses on his own art. It has been such a beautiful and natural transition into being a proper freelance artist with a support network you could only dream of!
So yeah, this is me and my journey of how I got to where I am and I am excited to start properly sharing myself with the world on a professional level and hope to work with more like minded souls to help make dreams become realty when it comes to design solutions and promoting your business and becoming a brand!
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