Paul Woodward was born in 1969 and originally trained as a musician, playing piano and keyboards in various semi-professional bands, wine bars and as a session musician.

He then trained as an artist and completed a degree in 3D Design before taking a part time job as a teacher of Design and Technology.  Paul is now a well qualified teacher having a PGCE in Further Education, Qualified Teacher Status for the Secondary Sector, a Masters Degree in Educational Research, almost a decade of experience as an Examiner and Moderator for the AQA and 15 years of very successful teaching in a variety of state and independent schools. Examples of student projects can be seen in the 'Education' section of the site.

Paul established envision-imaging to provide computer visualisations and illustrations to industry and this led to continued use of the 3D program 'trueSpace' which he now uses to produce most of his digital artwork. In a strange twist of fate, Paul was also commissioned to design the icons and the user interface for trueSpace 7 which was then bought by Microsoft Corporation and has since been downloaded by almost 1 million users.

In his spare time he created Buddy World as a means of entertaining his own young children, but it has now grown into a wide range of books featuring lovable characters and stories that will amuse both adults and children alike. Over time, Buddy World transformed from a paper based book project to a unique internet based experience and was officially launched in July 2008.

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