Hello
Take a long walk with me and listen to me wax poetic about being a visual translator, a hidden beautifier, a pretty maker. See me jump on my soapbox and exclaim that creativity is a muscle and we must use it to survive! Pause for effect. Then comes a soft whisper; to see the beauty in the details, in the everyday mundane. To know that design surrounds us and inspire people to see why it matters.
However, to hear any of these diatribes, you must first say hello.
FAQs
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FAQs •
What’s your favorite Design program?
Lately, I’ve been all about Illustrator, but part of my heart will always live with InDesign. Blame it on the professor that made me present every project in it.
I’ve also been dipping my toe into Adobe Dimension in the 3D space. Always up to learning new programs.
What do you do when you’re not designing?
I love consuming media. Visual inspiration is everywhere. I love watching old movies, if you know Chicago, I love the Music Box Theatre specifically. I love TV, and reading. I like making games and forcing my friends and family to play them. I also give architecture tours of Chicago in my spare time.
Did you really meet ted danson?
I mean, if you count staring at him wide eyed for five seconds as he entered the restaurant I was leaving, then yes for sure.
Have you ever cheated at a gingerbread contest?
What a weird question, who told you?!?!
Yes, I once did use my powers of photoshop for evil to help my parents win a Covid-era gingerbread contest against other family members, just don’t tell my Uncle Matt.
What’s the project you’re proudest of?
See Summer Party section of my work. I can still remember getting back to my desk after a relaxing vacation and having a list of 50 or so graphics to design in 3 days. I got into a flow state and designed and produced everything on time. And it looked amazing. A designers dream, bold, simple colors and space to play.
What’s the weirdest project you’ve ever worked on?
Listen. Covid was a crazy time. I designed quite a few very boring virtual event spaces. Finally we got a client agree to do something more fun. We made islands for meeting rooms, had treasure maps and a submarine help desk. One of the C-suite execs really wanted to have his face on an eagle flying over one of the islands and that’s how I found myself spending hours trying to create a likeness of his head on the body of an eagle. And reader - I did it.