Hey everyone! My birthday is this week! To celebrate, I want to give a gift to one of my readers--maybe even you! What's the gift? A signed copy of my third book, "Cheeper: Seasons of Song." Cheeper is the story of an orphaned baby robin that my family and I rescued and raised after a …
Sharing From My Heart
(Written back in December, 2016–haven’t gotten around to sharing until now.) When my friend who heads up the Congo Frontline Missions newsletter begged me to write an article about my experiences in Africa, I really didn’t know what to do. “I don’t know what to write about, Mom,” I wailed on the phone in my daily …
Vector Illustration: Portfolio
Folks, I am DONE with my Elementary Education degree! I just completed my last class (Vector Illustration, ARTS 332). As the title of this post suggests, my final project was to create a portfolio of all my work throughout the class. The instructions said, "The portfolio must be designed with an appropriate level of aesthetic. Create …
Vector Illustration: Infographic
This project took me forever to do, but I really like the finished product. The idea was to create an "infographic" showing how to complete a process of 5 or more steps--something that we are good at. Here were a few of my ideas. I decided to go with the How to Organize a Bedroom …
Vector Illustration: Pattern Collection
This assignment asked us to create a pattern collection--a main print (contains all elements of the pattern), secondary print (contains same colors/style, but has fewer elements), and blender print (complementary print using only one or two elements/colors). I started by putting a couple ideas onto paper. You can see that I played with two types of patterns: Organic …
Vector Illustration: Custom Typography
For this assignment, my job was to create a pretty layout for a quote of 6-13 words, paying attention to hierarchy and style. I started by exploring 3 ideas. Idea 1: I was going for emphasis of the main words, simplicity of design, and a focus on the text, rather than the background. I loved …
Vector Illustration Class: Icon Re-designs
Second major project for my Vector Illustration Class (ARTS 332) at Liberty University: Completely redesign 3 Mac app desktop icons. I could choose from the following: 1) System Preferences, 2) Finder, 3) Photo Booth, 4) Trash, & 5) Calendar. I decided to do all 5! I first had to do lots of research into different icon styles …
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Vector Illustration Class: Swirl Mania
I'm done with my drawing class now, and on to my very last class for my Bachelor's: Vector Illustration (ARTS 332 at Liberty). For the following assignment, I was to find an illustration that I liked online and recreate it in Adobe Illustrator. I was quite captivated by the following illustration: It even had a …
Drawing Class II: Freestyle
At first I didn't know what I was going to do for this week's drawing, since it was "freestyle" week (and my VERY LAST assignment!). That is, until I saw the black marker drawing by Doug Stahl in this week's textbook reading (sorry, I don't think I can show it to you on here due to copyright …
Drawing Class II: Self-Portrait
This assignment required us to put our learning to use in creating a portrait drawing. What better way to do that than through a self-portrait? As usual, it's not perfect, but I am SO HAPPY! I have never been able to do a self-portrait that is so close to actually looking like me! And …
