On that solo London trip last November, I was walking back to my hotel from dinner and found myself down one of those strange streets that feels like a walkway, lined with doors with little more than a small step separating them from the rest of the world. Coming from an American city, this has always kind of freaked me out but they are ridiculously charming.
Read MoreIn November 2019, I took a solo five-day trip to London. On my final day, I found myself wandering through the sculpture galleries of the Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington. There were so many beautiful interpretations of humanity posed and put on pedestals, but one in particular caught my eye. It was simply beautiful and so quiet in the echo-filled hall. I’m that person who likes to stare at art for inordinate amounts of time and I took all the time in the world to look at this terracotta masterpiece.
Read MoreWhen I was in high school, I was obsessed with collaging. I had Mod Podge-covered binders and notebooks coated with packing tape. My closet was filled with the product of dozens of ink cartridges and teen magazines, and my walls and lockers were collaged shrines to pop stars and movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings.
Read MoreI’ve been spending a lot of time with myself and clearly lockdown might be getting to me just a bit.... When this was originally saved, it shuffled all the frames of the GIF. Now it's weirder than ever and it lives in infamy.
Read MoreHappy Easter, friends. We’ve got a lot going on, but Easter reminds us that light conquers darkness, and that the world we want to build after all this is possible.
Read MoreI’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek (if you couldn’t tell) and am really vibing with this Dreamscape. Gotta kill time somehow these days…
Read MoreProud of you for hanging in there, friends.
Read MoreReally into this process right now so here’s a few holiday lovelies for your Christmas season!
Read MoreI’m working on exploring creative flow a bit more but I sometimes find myself paralyzed by too many options, imposter syndrome, you name it. Free creating is still a stiff muscle for me.
Read MoreSo here they are, my five small but mighty contributions to Inktober 2020. Here’s to next year and a goal of six!
Read MoreA bit more abstract than usual for me, but I’m really digging this palette.
Read MoreSpent an evening piecing together some old National Geographic pages.
Read MoreThe final piece of the Minneapolis puzzle—our beautiful skyline. This one was intimidating to complete and I found myself creating filler buildings and leaning into color and shading over specific details, but I still love the way this has turned out.
Read MoreWay to Grow, an early childhood education nonprofit in Minneapolis, turns 30 this year. We’re getting ready to move into a fancy new office to accommodate our expanding staff and needs, but decades ago, Way to Grow started inside this little yellow house on Oliver Ave. in North Minneapolis.
Read MoreDespite having graduated from school only last month, I’m apparently already craving learning in my life. Or perhaps it’s the fact that as I look toward the next phase of my career, I see places where I want to grow and strengths I want to add to my toolbox. Regardless, lettering and illustration have both been uncomfortable places for me so I decided to take on Jessica Hische’s new Skillshare last weekend.
Read MoreI am straight up awful at lettering. Always have been. So this year I’ve decided to get better—not because hand lettering is having a moment right now, but because 2019 is the year I dig into design history and explore analogue processes.
Read MoreCreative road blocks need to be worked out and I need to be better at being brave and creating without direction, so tonight I made these weirdos.
Read MoreRiverside Plaza has always been one of my favorite building complexes in the city. A Ralph Rapson design, it’s an iconic design that now reminds me of our amazing Somali community in Minneapolis.
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