Portfolio

2011-10-27T15:06:00.000-07:00

Initially self taught in graphic design I currently work as a freelance graphic artist while tending my family and studying for my Bachelors of Fine Arts. My desire is to one day work in Art Therapy with the desire to help women heal from traumatic experiences through the use of art.

Below is a selection of creations from my portfolio created using Photoshop CS3 & CS5~

The project I am most proud of to date is the Etsy shop set I created for Good Morning Butterfly.

I had a vision and honestly didn't know how I was going to achieve it but through the dissection and modification of numerous photographs, in combination with utilizing textures, individual image elements, and styles, I was able to create this original image set using Photoshop CS3.

Alot of people ask me how I create the images I work on and honestly, aside from having the best possible tools ~ gorgeous commercially licensed digital scrapbooking elements and the best design products created by Adobe, I have to admit there is a mystery ingredient I can't put a title to. It's an instinctual quality that seems to kick-in during the creative process so that in the end I get to hear feedback like ~ "Wow, it's exactly what I wanted" or "Oh my gosh, I love it! How did you know what I wanted?".

Although the intuitive quality of my work remains a mystery I am profoundly thankful I have a chance to bring beauty and joy to others and create a fitting backdrop to all those talented creative souls out there.

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While I create many complete custom blog themes I also enjoy working on individual blog banners and none are more fun than when I get to create one of these original shelf banners. Because they're so personal each comes out very different and my customers have loads of fun selecting all sorts of goodies to make theirs truly one-of-a-kind.

With this particular banner was a family affair ~ the customer's daughter requested a fairy to be included and so I added one who had 'just helped her friends escape to fly free and took a moment to rest atop the jar lid to read over the blog below'. The customer's son also had a personal request of adding a ladybird beetle and so I included 10~ hidden among the elements of the banner. I also provided a visual answer key for the customer to print out so that each time her son visited the blog she could confirm when he found a new hidden beetle.

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Adventures of the Striped Stockings
seasonal theme

Rabbit Hole Art

Fifth Grade Fun-- a "Shore" Thing

Adventures of the Striped Stockings

Art from the Heart

Evanescent Adolescence

Fairy Realm Creations

The Suitcase Artist

Prosperous and Successful

Daffodil Dreams

Patriot Home Builders

El Mini Mundo de Vane

K Marie Designz

A Playgrounds of Imagination, Beauty, and Love

The Wright Stuff

I Heart the Goddess

Teresa Martens Writes

Sea Gypsy Magickals

Aside from the images shown above I have acquired an extensive portfolio of Indie shop images and other related business image tools such as Twitter and Facebook pages, business cards, hang tags and labels. Basically I'll attempt to create just about anything for a customer, whether it's small digital images created for the online world or large tent banners created for print, I'm always up for a challenge and enjoy helping others.

You can find a selection of my current digital creations through my website or in my Etsy shop or contact me for personal custom creation of your own.

Plumrose Lane - Portfolio

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