Join me as I create a new career as an illustrator and surface pattern designer. My goal for this blog is to document my journey and share my process with you (foibles and all).
While going through Immersion 2023 this year something dawned on me. I may be better suited for surface design as opposed to surface pattern design.
Day 54 of the 100 Day Project:I received some really good feedback about the stems of the flowers being too stiff. I agree! I think
Day 53 of the 100 Day Project: Bee Balm, or Monarda, is a tricky flower to illustrate, particularly when you want to vectorize it and your
For day 51 of the 100 day project I had an idea to use traced images of different seed varieties instead of polka dots. I
Days 47, 48, 49 and 50 I focused on creating some more native flowers to hopefully find motifs for my pattern collection. Joe Pye Weed
So I got some inspiration on the Immersion 2023 community about asking longer, more detailed question. For some reason I didn’t think I could or
I am a little obsessed with ChatGPT right now, and trying to understand the best way to ask a question in order to get the
I spent days 44 through 46 gathering all my motifs in one place. Unfortunately it got overwhelming in the end, so not sure how helpful
I was on a roll a while ago but now it seems I’m not. I’m not sure why the heck I decided to obsess over
So I’ve been playing around with Chat GPT and have asked it several questions. Today I thought I’d ask it to help me creatively by
To speak your truth you must honestly and authentically communicate your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. You must express yourself in a way that is true
Drawing a native flower called Pussytoes. They are small flowers that are a larval host plant for American Lady and Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars. I
