PK Graphics — Clubbing the Competition

Around 1990, Paredes decided to learn commercial art, so he assembled a group of artists to design a line of t-shirts with original characters. While the t-shirt business fell apart, Paredes found himself freelancing his artistic services.

“(One company) wanted to create stickers...something new, urban and hot,” Paredes says. “I worked for them for almost a year and started to realize that I was a very good graphic designer. I was self-taught, and continued training myself on all of the Adobe programs and some of the 3-D programs.”