Blossom Mural on North Monroe Street
November 14, 2020
Above photos by Megan Kennedy. Digital sketch. Client requested “Bloom” be changed to “Blossom”. CLIENT TESTIMONIAL It was a privilege to have such a talented artist as Mallory design a unique and beautiful piece of mural art for my building. She was committed to working with me to come up with a design I would […]
September 30, 2020
Photo by Angus Meredith “A Moth to Alight” 4×5′ woodcut INK! Print Rally crew at Gizmo after printing (Photo by Angus Meredith) INK! Print Rally at the DRIVE-IN at Hayden Cinema (Photos by Angus Meredith) INK! Rally Artists Browse INK! Rally prints The INK! Print Rally was a many weeks long process of designing, carving, […]
July 22, 2020
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL We want to give a HUGE shout out to Mallory Battista. We had seen pictures of some of Mallory’s art and reached out to her about the possibility of doing a mural for us. We weren’t 100% sure of what we wanted exactly so we gave her a theme and let her run […]
Downtown Spokane First Friday Poster “Creative Creatures”
July 5, 2019
I am very excited that Downtown Spokane selected my “Creative Creatures” to be on their First Friday poster for the month of July! I had to miss the First Friday festivities since I was demoing blacksmithing at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers Market, but I headed downtown on Saturday. The first couple locations I checked out had […]
Free Downloadable “Strong and Beautiful” Coloring Sheet
May 15, 2019
Spokane ceramics artist Jill Smith hosts an annual retreat for women veterans, and she sent out a call for local artists to donate coloring sheets for a coloring book this year, the event’s 10 year anniversary. I really wanted to contribute a design for this great cause, and I figured I’d post it here too […]
Story & Image Show at Emerge in Coeur d’Alene
February 4, 2019
I am so excited to be a part of the Story & Image illustration show at Emerge! Twelve regional artists each illustrated a portion of the short story “Witch Lake” by local author Sharma Shields. In my portion, a thirteen year old girl walks backward through the doorway into her father’s cabin, startling the two […]
“Legacy” Fall Comic and Mini Comic Book
December 7, 2018
Published in the FALL 2018 issue of Spokane Sequential. Available as a mini comic at Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane.
Marketing Comic for Spokane MarCom
October 14, 2018
This is my third year on the Board of Directors for the Spokane Regional MarCom Association, and each year every chairperson has to write a column for the newsletter. I decided to make a comic instead.
Audubon Park Informational Sign & Map Design
June 25, 2018
It was a pleasure working with the Audubon-Downriver Neighborhood Council on designing this map and signage for Audubon Park. This project was grant funded, and I am honored to have been involved, especially since this is a wonderful park that my kids and I frequent. They wanted to highlight some of the more interesting trees […]
Spark Awards 2018 Invitations Design
April 30, 2018
The theme of the Spark Awards this year was so much fun to design to. “Celebrating Marketing that Hit the Sweet Spot” developed into piñatas and flying candy. I couldn’t resist working in a comic feel, and the rest of the board went for it. The piñata illustration was pen and watercolor, and the rest […]
January 14, 2018
Published in the WINTER 2018 Spokane Sequential magazine. I also formatted it as a mini comic book for Coeur d’Con this summer.
“The Illusion of Choice” Halloween Comic for Spokane Sequential Magazine
November 3, 2017
I’m so excited to have been included in the inaugural edition of INWASA‘s Spokane Sequential magazine! This is my first comic in print, and it was a thrill to open the cover and see my comic there, on page 1 even! For those of you unable to pick up a copy, here is my complete […]
October 13, 2017
Trigger Warning: ****This is a story about rape culture. While no violence against women is graphically described, there is frequent reference to rape as well as use of adult language.*** That being said, I think if everyone read this story, we could end rape culture. Click the ambigram to read the full story.
September 20, 2017
This was such a fun brand to work on! Karen Petersen is a speaker, author, and success coach, and later this month she will be launching her new podcast “Smashing Success Stories.” She wanted a superhero(ine) look to her new logo with a lot of color and energy, a little “Hulk smash!” and a little […]
Saving Tir Gaeltacht Book Cover Design
September 10, 2017
Author Kate Poitevin is a dear friend of mine and she wrote this fantastic story about her grandchildren on a magical adventure. I designed her cover a few years ago, with permission to use a few photos by my sister, Megan Kennedy of Rogue Heart Media, Inc. Kate recently decided to re-release her story in […]
September 1, 2017
It was fun to work on this sophisticated and feminine branding for the lifestyle and travel blog Glamming the Globe, rounding out their imagery on Instagram and in their e-newsletters.
Emerson-Garfield Concert in the Park Poster
July 8, 2017
This is the fifth year that my neighborhood has organized a free concert in the park, and it’s the fifth year that I have had the pleasure of designing the promo poster. Each year it’s a new local band, and I’m excited to get to hear the music of Buffalo Jones in a few short […]
Denim & Diamonds Logo and Invitation
July 3, 2017
I had the pleasure of once again working with the inspiring ladies of the Spokane chapter of Executive Women International (EWI), this time on their upcoming Denim & Diamond fundraising event. The theme is not the first of its kind though it was new to me, the concept being that attendees can wear what they […]
June 9, 2017
It’s always a fun challenge to create a logo for a committee, trying to fulfill everyone’s requirements. This logo went through several versions though the style remained the same. I liked the idea of employing an engraving look for the blacksmithing tools, because it has an old-fashioned yet timeless quality. The group wanted to keep […]
May 21, 2017
It was a lot of fun getting to work on this very sophisticated logo. Candice had a clear idea of what she was looking for: gold over gray and white marble. It was mostly a matter of finding the right font to express the style she wanted for her fashion and lifestyle Instagram.
May 11, 2017
This was an awesome project! The MarCom event committee chose a Triple Crown theme (a prestigious horse racing award, if you’re not familiar. *I wasn’t*) for the 2017 Spark Awards gala, so I got to play with horse imagery for the related materials. I designed a sort of seal for the event that I then […]
March 21, 2017
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with a long-lost friend on a logo for his new website, outrightawesome.com, which is currently under construction. He is a purveyor of all things nerdy, so the logo needed to bring to mind nerd culture, especially sci-fi and comic books. This design was inspired by the […]
An Ode to Newman’s Own Pineapple Salsa
March 13, 2017
Over a decade now, since we first met And you are still the salsa by which all other salsas are judged. No other can compare. Sure, other salsas are delicious And I have eaten plenty. In fact, I like most of them But none as much as you. I still remember my first jar, […]
March 7, 2017
It seems there’s always someone crying out in the middle of the night, and tonight it’s the cat’s turn to interrupt my slumber. I fumble for my phone to check the time, though I don’t know why I bother. Why do I add up the hours of sleep? Is it to swap war stories with […]
Simple Intention Altar from Picture Frame
March 3, 2017
This is the first of an ongoing series of projects that I’ve been planning to increase focus and cultivate positive growth: a place to record and display goals and organize thoughts, and to reflect on the day at its completion and plan for the next. I have long had a weakness for picture frames, especially when […]
1000-word Short Story Contest Submission – LOSER
February 21, 2017
Last fall I stumbled upon a short story contest whose only parameters were that the story be less than 1000 words and that it be somehow related to the visual prompt: a lovely and haunting watercolor by artist Maggie Chiang (shared here with permission). The contest was scheduled to close the very next day, but […]
Black Lives Matter Is Not A Racist Statement- A Comic
February 17, 2017
There has been a lot of outcry about the statement “Black Lives Matter,” with people complaining that the statement itself is racist. They are attempting to drown it out by yelling “all lives matter” (a phrase that ironically reinforces that Black lives do indeed matter). Even some supporters of the cause have conceded that it […]
February 13, 2017
The following was the final post on my old blog, coincidentally published five years ago today: the day of my first post on my new blog. I’m still living in the little brick bungalow, but a lot has changed in the last five years. I was able to escape from working retail and make a […]