Is a career as a graphic design sustainable long term?

Looming deadlines and high expectations surround the table of a staffed production artist or graphic designer. Multiple projects overlap. However, is a career in graphic design really sustainable in a modern world? Burn out affects everyone.

Health and Wellness, working from home, and being plant based.

My website is mostly about art, but lifestyle quintessential to being an artist. Separating the two would unravel our molecular identity, because the artist lifestyle is based on self exploration, holistic approaches to searching for inspiration, and drawing out the soul. I discovered an inspiring podcast on how we are literally unraveling from the molecular level. I have provided a link below if you don’t want to read about my weekend. Just scroll to the bottom to see one of the videos we watched from the Rich Roll podcast.

Are Trade Shows Dead in 2020?

Working with Facebook Pixels

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Best Pattern Design Class On the Internet

I used a product mockup from Mockupworld to create this bag with my watercolor design on it. Bonnie Christine’s Immersion course is a great opportunity to learn all of the inns and outs of the pattern design world.

Trying Out Adobe's Project Gemini for iPad

Revealing My Watercolor Process

I reveal my watercolor process for creating a snow scene landscape of Mammoth Lakes, California. I reveal this in a 5 part process.

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What does the 2019 pantone say about the year?

What has been your favorite pantone color of the year? I blog about the 2019 color of the year which is coral. January is an exciting time of year for designers as trends update colors, fonts, and styles. The pantone for this year PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral is provocative and fresh. Coral means life.

What to Expect in a Graphic Design Portfolio Review

What happens in a student portfolio review? I give a few tips of how to make your review sessions successful and what to expect if you are a reviewer.

Children's pattern inspiration & taking from nostalgia

I designed this children’s illustration pattern with pastels using Procreate.

Digital Painting with Procreate

You can check out the video on my Youtube channel showing how I create this digital illustration in Procreate. Procreate is a very powerful program where you can design just like in Illustrator or Photoshop with brushes.