© 1999 Paul Shotan

Anything Is Possible This was one of my very first (can't you tell) attempts at mastering my newly acquired (£150!!!!!) Corel Xara 1.5. As you can see I've used the clip art fish but added my own fob watch — why does everyone do these? I was amazed at the intricate detail that I could achieve and completely blown away by the transparency options. This was the most amazing program I'd ever seen and yet so ridiculously simple. All wanted to do in this picture was to play, and to have visual fun. It looks very twee now but it started me off on the learning curve.