This gallery presents a selection of commissioned, personal, and exhibition work – together, they represent the range of my work across portraiture, landscape, branding, and design.
Client: The History Press/Arcadia Publishing
Medium: ink and digital color
Project Type: provide ~25 illustrations for a book about Cincinnati, Ohio
Notes: Born out of my Habitat: An Illustrated Perspective of Cincinnati self-published project, THP/Arcadia was actually only one of three publishers this work was submitted to.
Client: Copic Markers
Medium: Copic markers, fineliner ink
Project Type: portrait illustration
Notes: Created as part of a three marker challenge created by Copic to foster excitement about new colors and palettes.
Client: Awakenings Coffee & Wine in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Medium: watercolor pencils, fineliner ink, and white gel pen
Project Type: fill exclusive gallery space at the coffee shop/wine bar for one month
Notes: Pushing both boundaries of color vibrancy as well as stamina and motivation, this project both challenged, and, ultimately, delighted me.
Medium: ink and digital cleanup
Project Type: a self-initiated project for my ‘The Canna Artist’ alter ego in which free coloring book pages were shared on socials and web for the medical community to enjoy
Medium: ink and Procreate on iPad
Project Type: a self-initiated portfolio-building project with custom lens cloths designed for an eyewear brand.
Notes: each lens cloth was designed for, printed on, and hand-cut from modern jersey fabric to size.
Client: a Cincinnati, Ohio-based NPO
Medium: Photoshop
Project Type: icons created to represent each facet of the non-profit’s helping arms for an informational brochure
Client: Nurse “Kaneh Kate”
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: a series of images promoting education among the medical community, and beyond
Notes: These images were part of a weekly series published by Nurse “Kaneh Kate” on her Instagram to educate the public about hemp.
Client: Beneleaves
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: enamel pin designs for the Ohio processor, taken from sketch to ready for production
Notes: The challenge of this product was to accurately and symbolically represent the Ohio medical cannabis processor in such a way that would be appealing to adults only as well as represent the brand feel accurately.
Client: CannaQuestions blog
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: a series of images promoting education and a positive public perception of the cannabis plant and its effects.
Notes: These images were created while working closely with the writer of the CannaQuestions blog to summarize cleverly and accurately the content of each week’s post.
Client: a new makeup company
Medium: Procreate on iPad
Project Type: design for an eyeshadow palette being released by a start-up makeup company.
Client: JuicyKits
Medium: graphite, Photoshop
Project Type: a small online plant shop that wanted a tote bag design
Notes: Based upon a famous painting, the “parody” design was featured upon a tote bag for an online store selling succulents
A typographic response to my first AI interaction, examining clarity, accountability, and the limits of automation.
