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Freed Om
The month of May ended up being more than just a simple blog break for me. It was like a super-charged healing and centering month. Part of it was due to a 5 week healing yoga class that was nothing short of amazing for me. I’ll get into more specifics later, but I just had [...]
Read more >>Cricket Magazine, Cover May/June 2008
I was honored to do the cover for Cricket Magazine for their May/June 2008 issue. The assignment was a seasonal cover, not related to the stories in the issue… but meant to evoke the feeling of early summer.
What could be better than to capture being outside, chasing butterflies?
(If you pick up an issue, you can see [...]
Duncan Baird, Dream Book Series
Series of works done for a book about dreams for Duncan Baird publishing. Click here to view the series.
Read more >>SF Chronicle, “I Gave Birth to Myself”
A new piece for the SF Chronicle. This was about a little girl who was in foster care. After settling into her new home for a few months, she decided to give herself a new personal history: she gave birth to herself. Hence the story title.
Read more >>Wealth Manager Magazine, “Parachutes”
This piece was for an article geared toward financial planners and how they can help their clients weather this downturn of the current market. How do you make that look fun to read? Action baby… Action. The financial planner is handing out parachutes to his clients who are sailing downwards (and happily it looks like). [...]
Read more >>Portland Monthy, “Sizing Up Future Son in Law”
This was a fun piece to do. The story was about a guy who was spending the weekend at his future father in law’s cabin. He had to proof himself under that scrutiny of manliness. So I thought it would be fun to show the father in law as about the same proportion as the [...]
Read more >>Opportunity Journal, “Missing Child”
Brio Magazine, “4th Annual Challenge Calendar”
I worked with Art Director Sally Dunn on this super fun calendar. The challenge was fitting a teen-age girl figure into a small space in the header. We tried several options (bike riding, a crop of her face) until we stumbled onto this one, which I think works very well.
Then came the icons. I love [...]
in the last month…
This month-long blog break has been exactly what I needed. I reinforced that I am teeny tiny itty bitty. And that the world ticks on and on without me. And that is totally GREAT!
Looking at that fact in the face this month has taken pressure off for me. And I feel like I can be [...]