I’ve been wanting to talk about this project for the longest time and I’m so happy to finally be able to share what a wonderful experience it was to work with the MassArt Illustration Professional Freelance Studio program for this year’s WBUR holiday cards. These were the illustrations that captured the holiday spirit: It was […]
Category: work life
Slack’s new helper tool…
is the bane of my existence…which is made worse by the fact that my laptop is so locked down that anytime I need to make a quick update, I need to fill out an IT helpdesk ticket so that someone on that team can update it for me. P.S. I did attempt to re-install via […]
“Canva Create: Work Redesigned” Keynote
If ever a brand were to bring to life and lean into confetti, it would definitely be Canva. Some designers look down on Canva, but I’m not one of them. In fact, I use it myself sometimes. If it can streamline the parts of design work that is super easy but tend to be a […]
New Business (Mini) Cards
I recently re-designed my name mark by using a more beefy type – a nice balance of round and hard edges – and added a swoosh element over the dots of the i’s to symbolize: It’s simple and minimalist which is a hallmark of my work. Instead of having standard-sized business cards printed, I opted […]
My Jan/Feb Design TBR List
The theme is color. I recently added three color books after seeing one of them pop up in my Threads feed. It’ll be fun and interesting to learn about the histories and stories behind color, how it’s applied in different ways and the psychology of it in terms of user experience. Hopefully, I’ll be able […]
My Pokemon Fanart Workspace
This is where all the Pokemon fanart is created. The table is the Ikea Jokkmokk kitchen table which I’ve had forever – it comes with 4 chairs! Anyhow, there’s a pile of Crayola construction paper within easy reach and the kiddo divided the Crayola crayons into two containers when one is sufficient, but toddler minds […]
Happy 2024
It’s a new year and here are a few updates… So, January is off to a pretty good start…other than this flu I caught on Christmas which still has not released me from its clutches.
Interstellar Work Productivity
Tiktok told me that if you listen to the Interstellar soundtrack while you work, then you’ll be more focused and…it’s true. Enjoy this 10-hour loop.
Design Ramble
It used to bug me that 95% of the designs + illustrations that I work on never see the light of day. But now? I appreciate them because there are worse tasks I could be doing….like, updating a spreadsheet or having to sit through meetings that could’ve been an email. As long as I am […]
Work Laptop Tragedy
The keyboard on my work Macbook Air is slowly dying. I’ll actually need to take it in for repair/replacement now. I’ve had to force caps lock on in settings in order to get lower case to work, an extra space gets added after I hit the “n” key, and now I’m getting weird returns/quotation marks/emojis.