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A
little bit about
FatCreations.... |
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After an accident whilst
racing my bike in 1997 I
was not training for the
first time in years and
was forced to take time
out as a result of
injury. I needed
something to fill my
time with, I was used to
spending hours training,
now I couldn't I knew I
would go insane unless I
found something to do.
So I brought myself an
airbrush and that's when
it all began. It
became my passion and
the more I did the more
my confidence grew with
my new found skills. My
friends and family
started to approach and
ask if I could do some
artwork for them. The
reactions I got to my
work blew me away.
Friends of friends
started to approach me
to do work for them and
so it went on. Word got
around that I was a
pretty awesome painter
(I hate to blow my own
trumpet!!) and pretty
soon I was thinking
about doing it as a
career. My confidence
had grown but its one
things for your mates to
say wow and another to
expect the same reaction
from someone paying you
to create something that
they will be amazed
with, that's no easy
task.
In 2001 I
bit the bullet and so
FatCreations
was born! I have been
doing it ever since and
most of my work still
comes my way by word of
mouth. My passion has
become my lively hood,
and I get true job
satisfaction as my
customers seem
completely amazed with
the finished products.
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A little bit about
the man behind
FatCreations.... |
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Here
is a little about me and
my past.....My name is
Alistair McLean, and
mountain bike racing was
once upon a time my
life!
I spent six years
winning everything
locally and regionally
in the cross country
discipline. Gaining top
five finishes at
national expert level
then I moved onto the
discipline that most
suited my adrenaline
fuelled personality and
spent the next five
years at the very top of
down-hill mountain bike
racing in the UK. I
raced with and for team
Great Britain in both
the world and European
championships. I had
many factory sponsors.
Throughout my racing
career I was a full time
bike tester and
occasional column writer
for an international
mountain bike magazine.
My job alongside my
racing was a research
and design engineer at a
mountain bike product
manufacture (ultimate
sports engineering).
While I was there I
learnt allot about
titanium's and alloys
light weight, but strong
was the name of the
game. I helped design
products from key rings
too suspension forks and
I was responsible for
the bench and practical
testing of our and our
competitors products.
Working there for seven
years I got to the top
of the ladder but I
decided I had to have a
new challenge. By now my
two wheel affair
included the engine
type, off road 1st
naturally started racing
enduro and motor-cross.
I was dam slow for a
while but then I got the
hang of it. I won the
regional hair and hounds
championship in my class
mx and overall seems
that I am tuned too
going pretty fast for 3
hours + rather then very
fast for a few laps. I
enjoyed mx but my
successes were few and
far between so enduro
was the off road one for
me.
Well now you know my
name and a little bit
about me. If you haven't
already I am sure you
will take a look through
my work. Enjoy and
please don't hesitate to
contact me.
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