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Today’s Peek in the Illustration Studio
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I’ve been fortunate enough to have a separate room for an office since Phil was a baby – seven years! Back then, it was a small bedroom in our home in Long Beach, a room so small there was only space enough for my desk and one piece of baby gear. When Phil was done sleeping in the playpen, I’d have to shimmy that out the door so I could bring in a blanket for him to crawl around on. When he wanted his swing, I’d have to shimmy that into the office… .
There’s more space now, but also more extraneous clutter… And it’s just not fun for me being creative in the clutter… This is gonna be a good solve. The computer comes out into a public room as our kids get old enough to use it, the tiny office can be shut at the end of the day (you have no idea how crazy making it is walking through your office multiple times a day when you’re not working seeing all the work sitting there!)
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And the truth is right now I’m happiest drawing at our kitchen table. Separate art studio someday, shared home art space today. Our dining room has more space for everyone to draw together that the bedroom office does not.
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But the most exciting part for the kids is at the end of this long project, mom and dad move out of the other small bedroom into the master bedroom, and each kid gets their own room. We walked the paint section at Lowe’s yesterday talking about thinking about paint colors for their rooms in the future…
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This was a very long post. The cabinet’s a work in progress but it’ll bring exciting changes all around. Let’s get cracking!
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Freelance illustrator Steph Calvert is an award-winning artist with 24 years of experience working as a creative professional. She is based in McDonough, Georgia, just south of Atlanta.
Steph Calvert has expertise as aย childrenโs book illustrator. She is an expertย surface pattern designerย forย art licensingย and createsย line drawingsย for publishing and product design. Steph has years of additional expertise as aย mural artist, creatingย original art, andย logo designย for small businesses. She is currently querying literary agents with her first author/illustrator book projects.
Writing CLIENTS INCLUDE
Moonfrye.com
OC Weekly
Educational Highlights
National SCBWI Conference, 2023
Illustration Summer Camp โ The Highlights Foundation, 2021
Make Art That Sells, 2017
BFA in Computer Art โ SCAD, 1999