Alumni Focus: Lacee, Christopher, Cassidy, Karli, Anna, Anamaye, Matt, and Missy

Lacee Black

“Laying low this week to allow myself to relax and enjoy the holidays with my love ones. Here’s a little flyer I was asked to do for a neighborhood Christmas party. I’m really pleased with the layout of the header they wanted. I feel like my type layout skills have definitely improved over time!”

“Had the pleasure of creating another shirt for my kiddo. (I can see my growth with every step). So on this Christmas Eve 2021…..To all my friends, family, etc. “Merry Christmas, y’a Filthy Animal!””

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Christopher Clark

“And Merry Christmas to you and yours! Enjoy one of my last productions! Kinda has a Christmas story in it.”

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Cassidy Demkov

“I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas spent with their loved ones. I wish you all peace, joy and happiness in the coming year. Thank you for all of your love and support this year.”

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Karli Duisen

“Some stained glass critters I made for the critter lovers in my life.”

“Another little critter for that special someone who doesn’t have any pets.”

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Anna Florin

“Lil’ digipainting of my beautiful mother, age 15.”

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Anamaye Lanayru

“Merry Christmas to my loved ones far and near. May your day be blessed and full of cheer.”

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Matt Page

“Drew this last night of my character Kinderhook from Future Day Saints. Not sure why, just started doodling and this came out.” #futuredaysaints

“Merry Christmas!”

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Missy Van Wagoner

“We got our first snow a few days ago and it feels like it is officially the Christmas/ winter holiday! It’s so fun what wonder snow brings and joy to my boys. It’s pretty peaceful.What could make it better? I’m so glad you asked! Hello rainbow and unicorn meet frosty the snowman and a whole new winter wonderland. Now that would be aDream. Come. True.Happy Winter Wonderland friends!”

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2020 INK Show – Open Now!

Be our guest!

Unfortunately, the on-campus 2020 INK Show scheduled for November, was cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The 2020 INK Show instead is online! Please visit:
2020 INK Show

ALUMNI FOCUS: Derek & Brighton, Vince, Keith, Lacee, Ruben, Cassidy, Katrina, Esther, Norah & Cami

Derek & Brighton Ballard

“The risograph turns 40 today! 🎉🎏 We love these sweet, cranky machines, and in celebration of such a milestone, wanted to share with you the next big thing for Neuer Geist! Scroll through for a sneak peek ——> 🔜🔜🔜”#colorseparationofchurchandstate#risogeist #risogeistslc @ Salt Lake City, Utah ~ Neuer Geist

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Vince Bayless

“Inktober 52 Week 14:Green”

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Keith Beard

“I’m so woke.” (1am – 4am)

“Happily Melting away in the palm of your hands.”

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Lacee Black

“The owner of this piece is retiring and moving out of the country. She has graciously allowed me to sell prints of her piece. So with her permission we had a little photo session this evening. Take your fill folks, this is the last time we’ll get to see this baby in person! “

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Ruben De La Torre

“Arte Album”

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Cassidy Demkov

“Never thought I’d be excited for the month of January but this definitely has me looking forward to 2021.”

“I am so excited to be able to share my newest collection with Cloud9 Fabrics , inspired by all of the Spring flowers popping up in my garden. Go to my website http://www.cassidydemkov.com to see the entire collection or visit Cloud9’s website” https://cloud9fabrics.com/fabrics/perennial/

“In my little backyard garden I have doves, birds and squirrels that spend their mornings and evenings at my feeders and playing in my flowers. It was just too hard not to include them in another pattern. They have made an appearance in a few of my patterns because they are just the cutest little guys.“

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Katrina Flores

“Oh students, how we miss you! We cannot wait till the day when we can have you talented people back in the studio creating beautiful things. But for the time being virtual classes seems to be doing the trick:) here is what we painted with one of our students over a FaceTime art lesson today. We can still have have great art lessons through technology!” ~ Black Rabbit Studios

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Esther Longmore

“A little illustration I did over the weekend. Might put it in my bathroom.”

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Norah Strebel

“Working on a new collection….here is first “tester” What do you think?”

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Cami Thurber

“I had a day full of meetings. Doodling turned into the Green Man. Just in time for Beltane.”

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Lucas, Alisa, Cassidy, Amber, Ben, Magen, & Lacee

Lucas Ackley

“I had these pins made and am selling them exclusively at the Misplaced Showcase. It’s a symbol that means a lot to me along with a quote that means more. Please swing by and pick one up to help raise money for the Children’s Justice Center.”

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Alisa Bishop Bradley

“Fall is my favorite time of year and it only took me my entire life to do an illustration that commemorates it! “

“I’ll be at GeekGirlCon this weekend!
Come by if you’re around! “

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Cassidy Demkov

“Took a few days to relax for my birthday and it was just what I needed. Here are a few things I did for the Crate Paper, Inc. #cphooray collection. The birthday cake/treat pattern has me craving cake so bad.” 🙈💗

“I love it when I get to design something that truly speaks to me. Anything that combines birds and flowers is a win for me. Here is a peek at this pattern I did for #journalstudio The journal cover with this in gold foil is my favorite.” ✨

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Amber Giles

“A recent lettering project for one of my sister’s birthday presents. I loved pulling this one together!” 😁

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Ben Heighton – Destroy Brand Graphics

“I wanna throw a ball
Gunna throw a ball tonight.”
#ska #puns #mustardplug #pug #mustard #destroybrandgraphics

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Magen Mitchell – Obake Style

“We had such a great time at the Misplaced Showcase yesterday! Thank you so much to everyone who helped put this on, all the artists who participated, and everyone who came out to buy some art or just have fun!”

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Lacee Siler Black

“Just found out ‘Precipice’ was selected to be a part of the 2018 SLCC President’s Art Show!”

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Alisa, Lacee, Christopher, Cassidy, Nadia, Melissa, Matt & Missy

Alisa Bishop Bradley

“I participated in this very cute recipe zine with some friends! I meant to share this earlier, but today is the last day to get the digital version! There’s 6 recipes with accompanying illustrations, mine included and it’s $5.

Proceeds will go toward Meals on Wheels America!”

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Lacee Siler Black

“Sunday sketching. I guess I can’t wait for Halloween either.”

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Christopher Clark

“In light of the fact I’m working on some music videos for the ‘Tab Choir’ and to celebrate their name change, I thought this mash-up was an appropriate kick-off to get things started right! Happy #LDSConf #GenConf weekend!”

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Cassidy Demkov

“So excited to finally share this project I worked on with the Crate Paper team. I loved the florals from this collection.” #cratepaper #journalstudio

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Nadia Dolzhenko

“Bonneville Flats mystery”

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Melissa Hurd – Art with Melissa

“Order a custom portrait of your best friend! The finished piece delivered to you is a high resolution jpeg file, which can be printed as an 8×10 photo. (For a painting of more than one animal, contact me for details and pricing.)”

melissahurdart@gmail.com

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Matt Page

“Alt Press Fest at the Salt Lake Library today. Priya and I both have a piece in the free zine they’re giving away. Go check it out. There’s tons of cool stuff.”

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Missy van Wagoner

“I may be bias but I’m so excited for my Merry & Bright Tag Bundle! This pack is more than worth it just for that ONE item! Click on my exclusive link and not only will you get this amazing bundle but when you use my link you get a extra special lil gift from me created by me for your eyes only! Click Click click it sounds like Santa or Rudolph is on their way!

https://pt175.isrefer.com/go/HBATC/LittleMissMissy/

ALUMNI FOCUS: Paul, Derek, Cassidy, Stephen, Austin, Katie & Talin

Paul Asay

“And just like that another Salt Lake Bees season is in the books!”

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Derek Ballard / Neuer Geist

“Always great to get a finished product in the post! This cute kettle is part of a recent suite of packaging design and branding for @officeherocoffee, hands down the best way to upgrade your at-desk coffee game.”

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Cassidy Demkov

“Have you checked out the Crate Paper Birthday collection, Hooray yet? Here is a cake pattern I did for the collection.“

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Stephen Maloney

“My cover art was cropped from a little promo art for the project I’ve been working on since January. All the instrumentation has been recorded, the vocal parts are nearly finalized and I’m diligently animating. Can’t wait to get the songs/animations done so I can show them off. I’m really proud of the material. ’till then I hope you like the artwork.”

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Austin Record

“I think that they liked my printed design so much that they put into a video.”

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Katie Steckler

“Here it is!! My first published magazine. Go Aggies!!”

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Talin Wadsworth

“Today on the Designing Adobe XD livestream I’m challenging our newest designer, Gayatri Gaekwad, to design a new feature for #adobexd in 30 minute or less.”

“Today on Designing Adobe XD I’ll be designing a new UI kit in #adobexd LIVE on stream 💰 Come design along with me and ask me questions on be.net/live at 12pm PST”

ALUMNI FOCUS: Jared, Derek, Lacee, Anna Marie, Melissa, Ian, Magen & Dianna

Jared Adams

Jared is driving the white truck!

“Get a double dose of yours truly in this new weBoost video. Artwork and Acting! This was a fun shoot, glad I was able to help out.”

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Derek Ballard

“Introducing “Angel Bowie”, risograph print inspired by Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories and David Bowie! My submission to @galleries1988 “Idiot Box” group show celebrating the golden era of television. Opening reception is this Friday 7 – 9pm in LA”

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Lacee Black

“Aaaaaaaaand….done!”

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Anna Marie Coronado

“I did it! I added a new page to our website and got it into the drop down menu.. now for a cookie.” 🍪

Jjs.utah.gov/about-us/strategic-plan

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Melissa Hurd

“What’s your spirit animal? I’ve always thought the doe is mine.”

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Ian Maxfield

“Loved the new God of War Game and I made a poster design for it.”
@corybarlog @SonySantaMonica #GodofWar https://t.co/sh5uihnv4n

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Magen Mitchell / Obake Style

“Magen’s playing around with harpy designs and the idea of reclaiming symbols of wild, irrational women.”

#obakestyle #penandink #penandinkdrawing #harpy #emu #mythology

“Magen doesn’t have a convention this month so she’s excited to get back to drawing! Here’s Magen’s rendition of @cassiexkelly”  #blackrabbitclub for #drawthisinyourstyle @creatorcollab #obakestyle #penandink #acrylicpainting #creatorcollab

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Dianna Totland

“That moment when you run into your design project from months back, live, inaction, flourishing, in the wild!!”
👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻😎👈🏻👈🏻👈🏻
“Pretty cool.”
#graphicdesign #designwrap #designer
#theeyeinstituteofutah #epicmarketing

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Paul, Lacee, Nadya, Jill, Becky, Erin & Missy

Paul Asay

“You should go see who took that photo…”

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Lacee Black

“I’ve been busy lately with some branding work, I can finally post. The client wanted a traditional feeling logo using letters. “

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Nadya Bratt

“O hai, facebook. It’s been a while.
Here’s a quick one for all my homies who struggle with patience and slow results.“

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Jill De Haan

From AIGA SLC:
“The 100 Show, Salt Lake City’s most prestigious juried competition, honors and showcases the years’ best design. Eligible projects are judged for craft, concept, and aesthetic achievement as determined by our nationally-recognized panel of judges.”

From Jill:

“Guys! I won a Copper Ingot at the AIGA SLC 100 Show this year and am just pleased as punch. It’s a real honor to have my work judged alongside the stellar work of SLC designers and illustrators. Thanks so much to the awesome judges this year for picking up what I put down and for @artistsforeducation for letting me work on such a fun project!”

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Becky Larsen Pease

“Lisbon, Portugal – B&W of my life, day 178″

#SorryVegetarians 🇵🇹

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Erin Salazar

“My job is so much fun! I work with the best team EVER!! They allow me to bring out the best in myself as a designer. Don’t get me wrong, there is definitely stress doing projects like this but watching it come to life is so rewarding!” #environmentaldesigner #buildingwraps #twofloorsdowntoday💪 #fivemoretogo #corevaluesatwork

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Missy Turner

“I got an Illustration/Children’s Illustration/Licensing rep! They’re a UK based company called the Bright Agency. These are some of the development illustrations they had me do before signing me on.”

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Alisa, Lacee, Nadia, Ben, Sam, Andrew, Ian, Becky, Erin & Clayton

Alisa Bishop

“Going to try to do at least a couple #MaySketchaDay posts this month, starting with a goal of 3 that is hopefully attainable, haha. It was nice to just draw something that wasn’t overly preplanned like most of my current projects have been.”

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Lacee Black

“30 Pattern Challenge prompt: Icarus and the Sun.”

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Nadia Dolzhenko

Beautiful photos from photographer Nadia!

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Ben Heighton

Destroy Brand Graphics at The Bat Cave Presents: Goth Swap & Bat Cave Fundraiser Bake Sale.

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Sam Loertscher

“Cool catz”

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Andrew Malin

“This will likely be my only entry for MerMay. I didn’t see much representation of fresh water mermaids and so we have… Kitten, who sits on her perch in the white water rapids. Meow!” #mermay #sweetheart

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Ian Maxfield

“Named must be your fear before banish it can.” – Yoda
“Happy May the 4th”

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Becky Larsen Pease

“B&W of my life, day 140.”

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Erin Salazar

“Thought you’d be interested in the professional photos from my conference. I was lead designer this year – so all the artwork, lanyards, signage, flags, brochures etc were all me. Even the foam letters were my grand idea! So much fun!” 

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Clayton Whitehead

“No explanation needed. Peter Berdmun.”

ALUMNI FOCUS: Lacee, Karli, Becky, Andrew, Matt, Missy, Em, & Talin

Lacee Black

“After some trying screen printing adventures we ended up simplifying our T-shirt design. Still pleased with how it turned out. “

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Karli Duisen

“My very first Linocut.”

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Becky Larsen Pease

“B&W of my life, day 126”
#IChooChooChooseYou

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Andrew Malin

“Meet the Gull and Trev Stephen (on left) at Wasatch Comic Con!”

Andrew at Wasatch Comic Con. “Gull” written by Chris Hoffman and Andrew Malin.

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Matt Page

“Sketchbook doodles.”

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Missy Van Wagoner

“I love wild flowers! I love being surrounded by nature even though I kill almost all of my live plants! Negatory Green thumb am I! Does that make sense? Either way I’m going with it hahaha. Any who, there are many wild sayings that pretty much feel like they are lil reminders to tell me from up above that I am the way i am on purpose. This is me! Broken. Not perfect but ridiculously a wild dreamer. So to you wild ones follow your wild heart and remember wild hearts can’t be broken!” ❤️

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Em Veylupek

“Red white blue and silver resin paintings. 10×8 canvas boards 3 for $50 or 1 for $20.”

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Talin Wadsworth

“Trying something new on the Designing Adobe XD live-stream this week. Tune in tomorrow at 12 PST on http://be.net/live for a case study in how we designed the Layers feature for @AdobeXD ! I’ll share design stories, research findings, early prototypes and memes! #uxdesign“

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