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30 Rock Storytime – a picture book project
30 Rock Storytime – a 30 Rock picture book project When it comes to funny sitcoms with ridiculous characters and smart, witty writing, 30 Rock is near the top of my list of favorites. I started a personal portfolio project to see what jokes and characters from the show could be like if they were illustrated like a children’s book.
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Make Haste To Be Kind
Make Haste To Be Kind During the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, I did lots of reading on the candidates. This quote from Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s book, The Shortest Way Home, really stuck with me and I decided I needed to create a motivational lettering illustration for it to serve as a reminder going forward: “Make haste to be kind. Be quick to love.” I ended up doing several different iterations of the design and ended up with these two that I liked so much! Download my motivational handlettered illustration wallpaper: If you like them as much as I
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#inktober Craft Beer Label Illustrations
Craft Beer Label Illustrations I am in love with craft beer and the craft beer label illustration and design that goes along with it. For inktober, I decided I wanted to have some fun with it and design my own beer can art! Alternating each day, I would create one new ink drawing on the first, then color it and mock it up on a beer can for the second. Inktober is a daily drawing challenge that takes place throughout the month of October each year. It was initially started by illustrator Jake Parker and today has hundreds of thousands
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Music Illustrations
Hand Lettered Music Illustrations and Song Lyric Art Aside from art, music is a major love in my life! While I can’t really play it, I really enjoy coming up with album and song lyric illustration and lettering pieces that reflect my love for some of my favorite bands (and bring a smile to people’s faces.) My current playlist includes LOTS of The Avett Brothers and needtobreathe. Being a child of the 80’s and early 90’s, I’ve got a soft spot for some Vanilla Ice and the David Bowie movie, Labyrinth.
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Motivational Lettering & Illustration
Motivational Lettering & Illustration One of my favorite things to letter is motivating and inspirations thoughts and sayings that I read or hear on podcasts, songs and movies. They serve as a constant reminder for myself, and I hope, anyone else in need of a pick-me-up!
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36 Days of Type 2019
36 Days of Type Lettering Challenge 36 Days of type is an illustration and lettering challenge that happens each Spring on instagram. For, yep, 36 days in a row, designers create each letter of the alphabet plus the numbers. (Spoiler alert! I didn’t do the numbers.) In 2019 I decided to take on the challenge and push myself to come up with something every single day! It turned in to, not only a way to improve my skills and help to develop my illustration style, it also allowed me fun ways to share my interest and personality. For each letter,
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Movie and TV handlettering illustrations
Movie and TV Hand-Lettered Illustrations I LOVE movies! And they inspire a lot of my movie and TV handlettering and illustration. I could sit down on a weekend and just watch movies if… you know I didn’t have other things to do! Some of my favorite movies of all time are (usually because I grew up with them – not necessarily because they are world-changing… maybe!) The Three Amigos, Star Wars, The Last Dragon and Shaun of the Dead.
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Never Not Hungry
