Category: portfolio

• April Showers bring May Flowers, and then June sets in.

  

  An update on what I have been doing while hiding and another look ahead…

  Carolyn

  June 11, 2026

  art, Artist Musings, illustration, portfolio

  art, drawing, drawings, Failing Creatively, illustration

• Independent Bookstore Day

  

  I have fun friends with great ideas

  Carolyn

  April 25, 2026

  art, Artist Musings, comissions, graphic design, illustration, portfolio

  art, artist, design, drawing, drawings, graphic design, illustration

• Good News Art from 2025

  

  A look back, new goals, and a collection of all my illustrations about the good news from 2025.

  Carolyn

  February 14, 2026

  Good News, illustration, portfolio

  art, artist, creativity, drawings, editorial illustration, Good News, illustration, painting, writing

• Inktober is coming, is it still worth it?

  

  Everywhere you look there are art challenges to be found, but does finding those find you work anymore?

  Carolyn

  September 20, 2025

  Artist Musings, Failing Creatively, illustration

  art, Art Challenge, artist, creativity, Failing Creatively, illustration, painting, writing

• Gigi & Lulu: The Superhero

  

  I just saw Gigi a minute ago, wasn’t she in that phone booth 😉?

  Carolyn

  August 9, 2025

  children’s book, Gigi and Lulu, illustration

  art, Cartoon, comic, design, Gigi and Lulu, graphic design, illustration

• Failing Creatively: Starving Artist vs. Thriving Artist

  

  Which one am I?

  Carolyn

  June 14, 2025

  Artist Musings, Failing Creatively, illustration

  art, avoiding AI, comics, drawing, Failing Creatively, illustration, writing

• Failing Creatively: “Real” Artists

  

  A funny thing happened on the way to this blog post…

  Carolyn

  May 31, 2025

  Artist Musings, Failing Creatively, illustration

  art, comics, drawing, Failing Creatively, illustration, writing

• Failing Creatively: The thing I should do, but don’t

  

  PSA: Get your character sheets in order people!!!

  Carolyn

  May 17, 2025

  Artist Musings, children’s book, Failing Creatively, Gigi and Lulu, illustration

  art, character design, drawings, Failing Creatively, Gigi and Lulu, illustration

• Failing Creatively: Where have you been!!

  

  It has been a long absence and burnout phase. With a lot of changes to our little world, it was hard to keep up for a while. I do my best to explain in this ramble of a post. If I am lucky, I will get funnier with age, though it isn’t likely 😉.

  Carolyn

  May 3, 2025

  Artist Musings, children’s book, Failing Creatively, Gigi and Lulu, illustration

  art, Cartoon, comic, design, editorial illustration, Failing Creatively, Gigi and Lulu, graphic design, illustration

• Good News Art from 2024

  

  Here’s a collection of all my illustrations about the good news from 2024.

  Carolyn

  January 4, 2025

  Good News, illustration, portfolio

  art, drawings, editorial illustration, Good News, illustration