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It all started back in 1996 when I was waaaaay into surfing. Being the determined Aries that I am, I was president of the Association of Women Surfers (AWS), a non-profit organization of over 170 female surfers as part of WISA (Women’s International Surfing Association). (Oh, and did I mention …
One thing I am grateful for is how my parents nurtured me and my brother to be our creative selves. Last weekend I had the incredible opportunity to see my brother star as the lead in a Portland Broadway play called Parade. Besides being brought to tears by his exceptional …
One of the things that I have been having a blast creating is visual content for clients. Visual content is an image that has a quote, infographic, or photo that has a watermark or a client’s URL on it that is easy to share on social networks. The thing I …
Get your hand away from that Word doc… and no, don’t you dare put any clip art on that. Yes, do-it-yourself can sometimes save you money. But at what cost? Your branding is what people see and connect with; it’s the first impression that people have of your business, your …
Perfectionists strive not only to make things perfect in their life, but also for those around them. For perfectionists, a mistake feels like a death-sentence because it feels like everything that they’ve worked for has failed. “How do you know this?” you ask. Well, let’s just say that I’m something …
The use of stock imagery in graphic design items or website design beats having no imagery at all. But why go with “blah” when you can stand out? I had the fantastic opportunity to create some hand-drawn illustration for the financial marketing crew over at Shoe Fitts Marketing. The result is …
I’ve been so busy with web design, graphic design, and my webcomics that I haven’t put aside much time for my painting. Yet, I somehow manage to squeezed in a little time this last month when I had an creative surge, painting my two recent paintings: “Surrender” “Courageous Expression”
Did you know that you cannot just grab photos from the web and use them anywhere? Each photo or image has a creator and copyright owner. Simply using a photo without buying a license or getting permission can cost you (and believe me, with the ease of finding out who …
No, seriously. You’ll never guess, so I’ll tell you: I went to the post office to get my mail the day before my birthday and there was this package from India. Inside were 20 drawings from children who live in a children’s home in India. They are sent to this …
Lane Jones, marketing consultant and owner of Fresh Take on Content, comments that “It’s amazing how by just taking ordinary words… and putting them on a background makes the difference between a post that barely gets noticed and one that gets liked, shared, retweeted or reposted.” In an article by …