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Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ve been having such a fun time creating comics for my side project, Unearthed Comics, that holidays become an excuse to make even more comics. Here are my two newest Valentine’s Day comics:
I had the fun opportunity to work with the kind folks at Obexer’s Boat Company to rework how they promote their private label foods. After contemplating the space of the general store and the goals of Obexer’s, I came up with a simple banner design integrating their existing branding elements. The …
Happy Holidays! I think that one of the weirdest things about getting older is how fast the years pass by. When I was younger, I remember fantasizing about being old enough to drive, and it seemed to take forever to get there. Now, 2014 feels like it has come and …
My husband Rob is a phenomenal guitarist, singer, and song writer and has been playing music since he was young. I learned to play the piano, flute, and some guitar, but really took to playing drums when I was a teenager. I have been playing drums on and off now for …
I’m thankful for all my friends, family, clients, and patrons. Thanks for your love and support in helping me do what I love to do!
Want to paint your own shirt or make your own Day of the Dead shirt? Here’s an art life hack that I learned from a job I had where I had to paint t-shirts: Here’s what you will need: t-shirt fabric paint in a squeezable bottle with a fine tip …
It all started back in 1996 when I was waaaaay into surfing. Being the determined Aries that I am, I was president of the Association of Women Surfers (AWS), a non-profit organization of over 170 female surfers as part of WISA (Women’s International Surfing Association). (Oh, and did I mention …
One thing I am grateful for is how my parents nurtured me and my brother to be our creative selves. Last weekend I had the incredible opportunity to see my brother star as the lead in a Portland Broadway play called Parade. Besides being brought to tears by his exceptional …
One of the things that I have been having a blast creating is visual content for clients. Visual content is an image that has a quote, infographic, or photo that has a watermark or a client’s URL on it that is easy to share on social networks. The thing I …
Get your hand away from that Word doc… and no, don’t you dare put any clip art on that. Yes, do-it-yourself can sometimes save you money. But at what cost? Your branding is what people see and connect with; it’s the first impression that people have of your business, your …