Lisa Rupp

There are some designers that I just gawk at. Lisa Rupp is one of them. Lisa is a designer in Arizona and has an unbelievable talent. She is by trade an illustrator, crafter and designer. If you ask me what the difference is between these trades, I would say it comes to tools. Lisa is capable of working with many tools. Like Adobe Illustrator (illustrations), Adobe Photoshop (design/illustrations), Adobe InDesign (design), as well as with a pencil and paper, scissors, glue gun, and a million other things that are sold at Joann Fabrics. A master of all trades in the art world. Her online portfolio shows off her talent. Take a look. She also has a blog here called "That's Happy." Love the title. Probably because it makes me happy.

If I could narrow my focus as a designer towards one specific trade it would be digital illustration. My mom would probably say that this is suiting since I spent a lot of time when I was young looking at Mary Engelbreit's books. Illustration is still so broad however. You can focus on so many different aspects. Jessica Hische (love her) focuses on typography as illustration and Lisa Rupp focuses on patterns and vector art. Then there is also the understated worlds of packaging illustration (not much creative thinking involved here) and medical illustration (cool, but I don't want to go to med school). I tend to lean towards typography and vector art, but I would love to learn more.

I have an idea of what I want this blog to turn into. It is not just a site about me and my Brock. Trust me, that would get old fast. Instead I want to use it to post free downloads for anyone to use. It could be anything from illustrations to calendars. Hopefully it is not just a thought but a plan. Time will tell.