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Continue reading →: As One Chapter Ends, Another Begins.2025 has been an exciting year so far. First off, I finished illustrating my cousin’s book last night! Now she will take it and pitch it to publishers. I’m so grateful that she reached out to me and asked me to work with her on this project. I didn’t think…
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Continue reading →: Exploring Character DesignI’ve been studying character design and having fun illustrating little daily moments and trying to make them magical. So far I’ve mostly worked on proportions and the human form. I’ve found that I’m pretty good at copying images and details from a reference (most of the drawing I’ve done in…
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Continue reading →: Kickstarting 2025: New Goals and Family CelebrationsWelcome to 2025! On New Year’s Eve, we let the kids stay up until midnight for the first time ever. We each took turns choosing a game to play, but after four games with at least one of us having to learn the game each time, we were pretty tired…
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Continue reading →: Realistic Goal Setting & a Free Printable Daily Goal TrackerTomorrow is New Year’s Eve! It’s crazy to think that 2025 is only a few days away. I was recently looking back at some of the lofty goals I’d made for the new year and it made me laugh. In 2022 I made a goal to master all the arm…
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Continue reading →: Wrapping Up 20242024 is almost done! Ryan and I have a shared camera roll on Google Photos, and I love going through at the end of the year to relive all the memories. Here are a few highlights from our year: January February March April May June July August September October November…
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Continue reading →: An Artist’s Thoughts on AIToday I read the talk “Things as they really are 2.0” by David A. Bednar and I found so many gems. I’ve been thinking a lot about artificial intelligence, how amazing and helpful it is, and what it means for me as an artist. I used to try to create…
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Continue reading →: Because She is a MotherI recently finished a piece I’ve been working on, and I actually love how it turned out so I wanted to share. I’ve been trying to develop a style that uses the realistic sketchy stuff that I love, but also incorporates color. I’m illustrating a children’s book right now, and…
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Continue reading →: Printable Halloween Coloring PagesWe’ve had the strangest August that I can remember here in western Washington. August is usually our hottest and driest month, but it’s been nothing but rain, thunderstorms, and clouds for the past few weeks. It looks like we might get a little bit of sun this week, but it…
“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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