howdy-do.

I’m Emily! I’m a senior art director, illustrator, and craftsman.

My professional journey has been circuitous, so here’s the 50¢ tour:

• during my first year of college, I decided to be pre-med

• turns out, I’m terrible at math

• also turns out that I aced my elective art courses… so I changed direction and headed off to art school

• at VCUarts I studied to become a scientific/medical illustrator and metalsmith, taking plenty of typography, design, and color theory classes

• post-college, I moved home and worked as a hostess for a restaurant and wedding venue. In the first month, I offered to redesign their menus

• I rebranded their facility, became their graphic designer, and started my trajectory to becoming a senior art director

• AND here I am today: when I’m not art directing, I’m an amateur pianist, a plant parent, and I’m also on a quest to make the world’s best cucumber collins (I had an exceptional one in 2015 and nothing has topped it and I have no idea what those cocktail sorcerers put in it. It’s my white whale.)

It’s great to meet you!