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In 2019 I’m hoping to illustrate 3 children’s books. Normally this would be an impossible task, but I have 3 solid ideas already, and sketches started for each story. I’ve been thinking about these 3 stories now for several months, and sometimes that process can take the longest. 

This is a sketch for one of my books that I am working on. I feel like every illustrator at some point illustrates an alphabet book, well, this is mine. I’m very excited to include all of my nieces and nephews, and various other children of family members and friends as the photo references for the book.

Once I have more of a collection together for one book, I will choose a general color pallet. Every page will have a completely different subject, but the color will really help keep them together. I am using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Procreate. I have been using these tools and program for a few months and I’m learning something new every time I draw on it. 

Year in Review 2018

Merry Christmas everyone! For all who wanted my Christmas card this year, here it is! We like to keep things simple with a year in review. And of course, I had to illustrate our awesome pets. Seriously, these two are the greatest non-humans you could ever ask for. We had no idea these two would become best friends! At least I keep saying they are. And yes, I plan on creating a story for the two of them. This card started as a sketch for a story, but then I remembered that it is almost Christmas and should probably have a card to hand out. Anyway, have happy Christmases and Merry New Year's ;) 

The Day the Milk Went Missing

After many, many months of drafts and drawings, we finally completed out book project! Meredith Neill did such a wonderful job writing this story about our niece and nephew. It was such an honor to be there for the first time the kids, my sister and brother-in-law heard the story. Who knew this project would have been so rewarding!? I am definitely going to continue this pattern of drawing for several hours a week. This project has really helped me discover the possibilities of using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate for drawing.

One year anniversary

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of a very perfect day. 

We were so excited to be married that we both wore our rings for weeks before the wedding. Dakota and I proudly wear the wedding bands of his parents. Not only does it symbolize our marriage, but a reminder of the strong marriage that came for before us. 

My engagement ring is made from both of the rings that our fathers gave our mothers. The setting from his mom, and the band from my mom. It is perfect in every way. 

❤️

Wine Label - Finished

Spent my entire weekend on this. I made a lot of progress and have enough done to send it to the printer for a test print. I created the label with Adobe Illustrator. The idea is for the label to match the wine cap. Very exciting! 

Wine Label - Matching Colors

The label design that I am coming up with is so close to being finished. I still have plenty of hours left before sending it of to get test printed. Once we get the test print and it looks good after any changes.... then I can create the rest of the labels! For now, here is what I’m getting done today. I’m matching the wine shrink caps that go on top of the cork to the different wines. Once those are selected, I match the color of the caps to the Pantone colors that best match so that it will go nicely with the wine label.

My thought behind this is simple. I want customers to be able to quickly identify the wine the had before. The labels are the same design but easily recognized by the different colors. I can’t wait to see them on the bottles!!

Robin’s Painting

Here is a painting I created for Dakota’s cousin as a gift for her mother. There are 4 siblings with their great grandfather. It was a challenge piecing images together to make this family portrait. And yes, I enjoy watching Netflix as I paint :)