Erich Campbell is an award-winning commercial digitizer, long-time e-commerce manager, and industry educator. Erich digitized for commercial production since 2000 and is now helping to develop innovative industry tools with the wizards at Embrilliance. He is a columnist and contributor to industry magazines, textile art blogs, and occasionally writes for the industry at his own site, ErichCampbell.com, where you can find his main production, the weekly live show The Takeup, streaming every Friday. A small selection of his favorite stock designs can also be found at TheOnlyStitch.com.
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