Ted Blore, Admagic’s founder and director, started out as a formally trained graphic designer, illustrator and photographer. In 1988, he was head hunted for a job on the first Quantel Graphic Paintbox in Australia. After 12 years as senior retoucher at Tranny’s, he moved on to become head artist at Alias. 8 years later, he established Admagic.
Over his extensive career, Ted has worked for virtually every major agency, both locally and abroad. He has seen retouching move from paintbrushes, to million dollar Quantel mainframes, to 28 core Macintosh. This has allowed him to embrace and exploit the latest technology, whilst being able to draw on ‘old school’ methods if needed (he still owns an airbush).
Australia’s most experienced digital retoucher, he has acquired an attention to detail and an understanding of briefs that only a lifetime can generate.