ALUMNI FOCUS: Sharon, Lacee, Ruben, Cassidy, Rosalba, Lindsay, Sam, Matt, Emily, Matthew, Jen, and Cami

Sharon Armstrong

“We are Drawing half portrait with a crazy face, in Advanced Art. Here is my demo.”

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Lacee Siler Black

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“I’m pleased to announce, ‘Lunch Break’ has passed muster and been accepted into the SLCC President’s Art Show! Mark your calendars. I hope to see you at the opening, but if not go see it during exhibition hours.”

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Ruben De La Torre

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Cassidy Demkov

“Watching the last of the butterflies before everything freezes and winter arrives. I dread this day more than any other day of the year. I go to bed with a beautiful,colorful garden and wake up to frozen flowers that quickly turn black. Saying goodbye to my garden until Spring is one of the hardest things for me mentally. I put so much work into my garden that seeing it all die so quickly is a bit sad.”
Fern for @cloud9fabrics

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Rosalba Dominguez

“I can officially announce I will be receiving the Dem Believer award tonight from the fabulous group of the Salt Lake County Democratic Party at their sold out Politisauce 2021! event.”

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Lindsay Hope McIver

“Guys I don’t know if you know, but October is the best month, and this was one of my favorite spooky season projects to date.”

FROM LUCKY PENNY RESCUE NETWORK:

“While a little later in the day than we planned, we’re getting in the spirit of Hallowe’en over here at Lucky Penny Rescue Network with a spooktacular update to our logo.” “This logo will stay up for the whole month of October and we just love it! We’d like to send a huge thank you to our logo designer, Lindsay McIver, for her work creating this bewitching makeover.”

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Sam Loertscher

“Signage update for local farm.”

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Matt Page

“Words by Robert Smith from the song ‘Lullaby’ by The Cure. Illustrations by me.”

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Emily Paulson

“If you didn’t have the chance to make it to Minneapolis, my ARTCRANK prints are now available on the web.”

Sunday Flowers

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Matthew Radcliffe

“Beetlejuice!Beetlejuice!!” #beeetlejuice#inktober

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Jen Terry

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Cami Thurber

“My yard shared this array with me today.”

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Alumni Focus: Paul, Derek, Ryan, Keith, Lacee, Brittani, Sam, Matt, Matthew, Stephanie, & Clayton

Paul Asay

“Great to be back shooting the Bee’s, love when the players look like they are having fun.”

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Derek Ballard

“Yes Derek Ballard made a custom Point Break bandana and yes, you can buy it for $30. Click here to purchase now” https://nineteeneightyeight.com/…/derek-ballard-vaya…

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Ryan Bangerter

“One more post to wrap it all up. Thank you everyone for all of your support. I’ve learned a lot from doing this and will hopefully be able to take what I’ve learned into future projects!”

“So I finally finished my first piece for sophiescribble ‘s #lazymermay2021 for Algae.”

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Keith Beard

“Another video I produced for my company. more for recruiting here and in Taiwan.”

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Lacee Black

“I’m back in the saddle again! After taking a year’s sabbatical to take care of some personal issues, I’m making progress again. Thanks to all of your support and love through the last year.”

“Between car stuff, getting a new bathtub installed and my second Covid vaccine shot I have not had much time to do actual paint work this week. But you know what they say about lemons and lemonade….I took all that boring waiting and used to do something else. I finally got off my laurels and got some of my stuff uploaded to printful and Etsy. It’s a conglomeration of fine art prints and other personal illustration/graphic design projects. Take a look, you can click the link my profile to my store. You can also access it from the shop link on either of my sites.”

https://www.laceesilerblack.com/

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Brittani Hodgkinson

“I want to make art….”

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Sam Loertscher

“Montana Projects”

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Matt Page

“Faux-3D variation of the Dr. Sunstone piece I posted yesterday.” #FutureDaySaints

“I was not expecting the great response my first Future Day Saints book received. I figured a sci-fi utopian fantasy which combines Mormon mythology with 80s cartoon/toy properties would end up being too niche and weird for anyone but me. Thanks to everyone who has supported this project and been so complimentary about it. I hope you all like the sequel, which is coming soon!” #futuredaysaints

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Stephanie Smith

“MY NEW WEBSITE IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!!!”

“I am literally freaking out right now!!!! I have been working on this since November (building a website is not for the weak, ya’ll!)!!! “

“I have told Nate for at least a month now, ‘Today is the day! I just know it!!!’ But then, find something else to tweak. I am so happy and proud of it (and so dang proud of myself after seeing all of my hard work in one beautiful place…still have many more images to upload, but it’s either now or never if I don’t just publish it)!”

“I would love if you’d give it a visit and show some love, share my page, or just give me a virtual high five! And of course, if you find anything wacky with it, please DM me and let me know!”

https://stephaniesmithphoto.com

“On another note, I am currently booked until 2022 for Families and Individual sessions, so please book early if you know you might be wanting a session next year. Thank you all SOOOOO much for taking this journey with me and for your love and support on helping me chase and achieve my dreams!!!!”

“Success in no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” ~ Pele

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Matthew Radcliff

“My employer asked me to design a shirt for the employees.Their logo is a simple chameleon, and colors from the logo were used in the company name, INXY “It’s not a sweatshop” is sarcasm because we don’t have AC in the warehouse yet.”

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Clayton Whitehead

“I’VE GOT PEPPER IN MY EYES!!! – I’m actually struggling to find a good tagline for this one, let me know if you have any ideas.”

“Despicable thin, colored fingers.”

“Clown holding a holy hand grenade.”

“MMMmmm TastyWanted to try a different approach of not using heavy black outlines. Happy with the result.”

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Derek & Brighton, Lacee, Ruben, Matt, Matthew, Ingrid, Lauren & Clayton

Derek & Brighton Ballard – Neuer Geist

“Calling all Salt Lake City creatives – did you know that we are Utah’s only open #risograph studio? 📠📜 Risograph printing is an eclectic artform that mimics screenprinting in format, with quirks and textures all its own. If you’ve been interested in risograph, shoot us an email!”

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Lacee Siler Black

“It has come to my attention many dear friends are unclear about I do every day for work. I thought I might spend a little time over the next few weeks clearing up some of that confusion.

Over the last approximately two years I have been working as a product designer for the Pink Paislee team at American Crafts. I have designed primarily scrapbooking lines including everything from paper to stickers and other embellishments. I have worked on 10 collections in total since I started work there.“

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Ruben De La Torre

Ruben De La Torre added a new photo to the album: Arte.

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Matt Page

“I came across some of my art in JOANN yesterday. It’s always fun to see my work out in the wild.”

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Matthew Radcliffe

“I’m loving my new camera and I still love my job of 9 years this March @hoglezoo”

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Ingrid Shoemaker – Dahlia and Violet

“My most recent collection.” 💚💙

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Lauren Waters

“Gotta work with what you have, right?” ✨

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Clayton Whitehead

“Taking some projects off the back burner.”

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Davin, Maaike, Alisa, Lacee, Becky, Sam, Katrina, Matthew & Clayton

Davin Abegg

“I was watching ‘Mr Rogers’ and there was this great scene where Lady Aberlin was taking shelter from a rainstorm with Daniel Tiger. So I drew it.”

“A few recent drawings I did for my new Instagram @idrawrandomfollowers”

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Maaike Bennett

“Just another day of my #publictransitlife“

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Alisa Bishop

“New/old art! My Nausicaa piece for a Studio Ghibli fan Zine, you can still find one here, proceeds go to charity.” https://ghiblizine.bigcartel.com/

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Lacee Siler Black

“Doing a little sketching for a personal project. Having fun with a little bit of mixed media. Been a while since I got to use my hand sketching skills. Forgot how much I love creating layered texture.”

“Just chipping away at this commission, window by window. How are you spending your Saturday?”

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Becky Larsen Pease

“B&W of my life, day #296.”

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Sam Loertscher

“#logotype and vinyl for #crane created, cut and installed.”

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Katrina Parkinson

“A quick self portrait during down time at work today.”

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Matthew Radcliffe

“American Bald Eagle” @hoglezoo

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Clayton Whitehead

“1 hour digital painting study done in Adobe Photoshop.”

ALUMNI FOCUS: Paul, Keith, Cassidy, Kylie, Sam, Andrew, Magen, Matt, Becky, & Matthew

Paul Asay

“Beautiful night at the ballpark.”

“Back to back to back home runs. Don’t see that everyday.”

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Keith Beard

“More coffee please.”

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Cassidy Demkov

“New post.” 😊

“Floral pattern I’m working on.”

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Kylie Gillette

Snapdragon Handmade: “For my Orem, Provo Friends: Bijou Market is happening this weekend! Stop by if you’d like to see some awesome handmade creations.” 😊

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Sam Loertscher

DS Creative: “Fun little project: Entry Lit Impact Logo – 3D Lettering On Frosted Panel, Door Signage, etc.”

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Magen Mitchell

Obake Style: “We just got back from Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point and it seemed like a great time to share one of Magen’s garden fairies. We’ll be making prints soon.”

Obake Style: “Magen painted this sweet, toasted marshmallow floof!”

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Andrew Malin

Velleity Studios: “WIP pencilsketch.”

“Velleity Studios: Cover sketch WIP.”

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Matt Page

“If you ever go into the Paper Source store looking for washi tape, you might end up buying this set with my designs on it.”

“These puffy stickers I designed are also available at your local Paper Source store. Each sticker was illustrated on my iPad Pro, using the Procreate app. It was a fun line. I like working with bright colors like this.”

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Becky Larsen Pease

“B&W of my life, day #262.” 😋🥒

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Matthew Radcliffe

“It’s too hot outside.” 🥵

ALUMNI FOCUS: Davin, Lacee, Anna Marie, Cassidy, Becky, Esther, Ian, Katrina, Matthew & Katie

Davin Abegg

“Made some new stickers. Want one?“

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Lacee Siler Black

“My coworkers decided to start a weekly oil painting night. So of course I had to join. I haven’t painted with oils since my figure painting class in college. Had to admit for a first attempt I feel pretty good. Looking forward to to next week already!! “ @ Lindon, Utah

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Anna Marie Coronado

“Idea sketches for an Operational Excellence graphic at work.” #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #illustrator #illustration #sketch #roughs #doodles #graphic #roughdraft

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Cassidy Demkov

Instagram post

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Becky Larsen Pease

“B&W of my life, day #257.”
#PoolsideSaturday

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Esther Longmore

“Just a little stamp set I designed. I did this a year ago and it’s finally live!”

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Ian Maxfield

“‘The truth is… I am Iron Man.’ I first had a more elaborate design and composition in mind, but while I was making it I thought something simple and bold would be more effective.“

“I worked through and scrapped 3 different ideas until I landed on this. I’m really happy with how it turned out.”

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Katrina Flores Parkinson

“I had the opportunity to do this portrait commission for a friend of mine. This is a portrait of her brother Ryan who passed away. I really enjoyed creating this painting for her!”

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Matthew Radcliffe

“Is this love that I’m feeling.”
#photography #photography_love #lightroom #adobelightroom #ig_photography #macro #macrophotography #macrophoto
#closeup #closeupphotography #yellow #yellowflower #wildflower #flower #flowersofsummer #summer #flowersofinstagram

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Katie Steckler

“I designed my first magazine from scratch. Client very pleased and happy with how much cleaner it was from the last publisher. Whew! Hard work pays off!!”

“My first cover is printed and now available to the public!! Thank you Kerry Gonzáles for all your help and inspiration in school.” #bestteacherever

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Brighton, Derek, Natalee, Amber, Magen, Matthew, Ingrid & Dianna

Derek & Brighton Ballard

“Hey y’all! We’re so grateful to have had a wonderful #renegadecraftfair weekend in Austin, all thanks to many of you new friends and fellow artists! A little bit about us, if we haven’t met yet – Neuer Geist is a creative collective headed by us, Derek and Brighton Ballard. We’re Utah’s only risograph studio, and specialize in branding, design, and print media. We love tiny details and art related to pop culture, constantly reference Seinfeld and Tim & Eric, and are the proud parents of the world’s least welcoming cat.“

“Four tarot card mini-print sets down, many more to come. We’ve chatted with so many folks about expanding these into a whole deck, with #risograph it might be possible sooner rather than later! For now, you can grab any set on our shop at ng15.co!” 📦❤️

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Natalee Cooper Chilton

“LGB.”

#nhl #stanleycup #stlouisblues #blues #lgb #hockey #illustration #design #illustator #adobe #stl

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Amber Giles

“@goodtype hit a milestone of 1 Million followers!! An amazing accomplishment! To celebrate, I wanted to give a shoutout to three artists in the #Goodtype community: @annlettering @jill_dehaan and @typeaffiliated! Your work and experiences inspire me to continue lettering, illustrating and improving on my talents. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world! You are amazing.” 😁

#lettering #handlettering #flourish #freehand #pencil #Goodtype1million #GoodtypeTuesday #illustrator #dots #sketch

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Magen Mitchell

“This clumsy Celtic Jesus has a head wound.”

#penandink #acrylicpainting #headstudy

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Matthew Radcliffe

“Baby Mouth Cave. All who enter never return.”
#myfavoritecharacter #oldiebutgoodie #mouth #cave #illustration #blackline #lineart #mouthcave

“Finding some inspiration in old drawings.”

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Ingrid Shoemaker

“Follow Dahlia & Violet so you don’t miss any of my posts or announcements.” 💙✨

Dahliaandviolet.etsy.com/

🌲💚another flash sale💚🌲

https://etsy.me/2wosSsp

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Dianna Totland

From SLUG Magazine:
Dianna Totland has designed ads, promotional materials and event flyers for SLUG Mag since March 2015. With each layout, Totland has designed her way to our hearts as she’s taken on each assignment.

To read more: https://www.slugmag.com/contributor-limelight-slug/contributor-limelight-diana-totland/

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ALUMNI FOCUS: Christopher, Sam, Ian, Matt, Patrick, Matthew, Erin, & Missy

Christopher Clark and Patrick Parker
Propel Studios

CINEMATOGRAPHY and EDITING:
Christopher Clark and Patrick Parker

From Christopher:
“I struggled on “how” to tell this story. . .

Amidst the normal chaos of other projects and daily living, this tragic and triumphant story has permeated my life for the better part of a year—weighing on me to try and get it right.

Not only was the subject matter difficult to tackle, but there were so many facets to the account that required deeper faith and humility—sincere emotional commitment. More than I possessed.”

Check out our latest short flick starring the incredible Aaron “Wheelz”. Buckle up. As Wheelz always says “Safety third!” #wheelz #aaronwheelz

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Sam Loertscher – DS Creative

#salesoffice #design for local #homebuilder – #environmentaldesign #graphicdesign #typography

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Ian Maxfield

“Getting ready for FanX and the first of the new prints of the year is Captain Marvel.”

“This was one of my favorite movies of 2018. The art and animation style had me drooling. I had a lot of fun making this.”

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Matt & Priya Page

“It (Grid Zine Fest) was fun. Thanks to my friends who came by and especially those who supported Priya’s comic. She’s super excited that people bought her book.“

“Thanks to my friend Naima Nawabi for another great photo of Priya and I. Just three more hours to go at the zine fest.”

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Matthew Radcliffe

“It was all just a brick in the wall.”

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Erin Salazar

“I love feathers so so much. #feathers“

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Missy Van Wagoner

Little Miss Missy

ALUMNI FOCUS: Davin, Joel, Alisa, Natalee, Anna Marie, Melissa, Katrina, Matthew & Jen

Davin Abegg

“I deleted my Night Time Sketches blog. Here are my two favorite sketches I had on it.”

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Joel Bender

“Super pumped about this collab with my dudes over at Faction Skis.” #vivalemono #monoski #pitviper

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Alisa Bishop Bradley – Alisa Bishop Arts

✨“I’m February’s featured artist at Friday Afternoon ! My art will be up in the (tea) shop for the whole month, with some of my prints and *new* Valentine’s Day cards available for purchase!” 💖

“There’s an art walk this Friday [Feb 1st] at 6pm, I’ll see you there! “🍵

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Natalee Cooper Chilton

“Working on updating my portfolio and doing some personal projects. This is an idea for a women’s fly fishing group and now I’m kind of excited about it. Would anyone be interested if I really did start this?” 🐟

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Anna Marie Coronado

“Fighting cucco!” #penandink #inkdrawing #illustrationartists #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #illustrator #cucco #legendofzelda #loz #nerd #nerdgirl #fanart #artist #geek #geekgirl

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Melissa Hurd

“Hey friends! Remember how I’m a graphic designer? Check out some websites I designed!”

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Heleman Martinez

“For all you chicken fans out there. Another monotype print. Full color.” #monotype #printmaking #illustration #inkdrawing #chickens #slcc @ Salt Lake City, Utah

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Katrina Parkinson – Red Rabbit Henna

“Winter is sort of an off season for Henna Tattoos,but luckily I have a sister who is willing to let me tattoo her all year long! Thanks Victoria Flores!”

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Matthew Radcliffe

“The Great Salt Lake.”

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Jen Terry – Jen on Fire

“Happy Lunar New Year! 2019 is the year of the pig and to start it off the right way I spent my day yesterday Googling cute little pigs I could draw and came up with this. I really am in love with how this turned out and I hope ya’ll like it as well.”

ALUMNI FOCUS: Derek, Alisa, Amber, Sam, Magen, Matt, Matthew & Jen

Derek Ballard – Neuer Geist

“Spirited Away tarot cards, printed on RZ590. $20 for set of 3 cards on French Paper Company’s Madero Beach. Originally sold out in 3 nights at Spoke Art Gallery!”

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Alisa Bishop – Alisa Bishop Arts

“This lovely lady got into ECCC’s Monsters & Dames! She’ll be hanging out on the table of contents page.” 

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Amber Giles

“New cards for a new holiday season! So excited to send these out!” ✉️📬

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Sam Loertscher – DS Creative

“#quote of the day #drseuss #corporate #branding #typography”

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Magen Mitchell – Obake Style

“We’re jumping on the #topnine2018 bandwagon. Thanks for helping us make this such a productive year! Magen’s busy with holiday commissions she can’t share yet, but we hope to give you a lot more illustrations next year!“

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Matt Page

“Friday night drawing. Paikea from Whale Rider. This is a reworking of an old drawing.”

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Matthew Radcliffe

“Creating art helps everyone else see things the way you do. Share it with everyone.”

“Things don’t always work out the first time, but keep trying.”

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Jen Terry – Jen on Fire Design

“Who’s excited for Christmas? This year I decided to not put up a tree or any decorations and I’m kind of glad I didn’t. There is only one thing I miss about the holiday. The Christmas pickle. What’s your favorite holiday tradition?”