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2018 and Ready for All Things New

Well, here we are in 2018.  I personally am glad 2017 is over.  A difficult year of loss and spinning my wheels.  This year, I have written down goals and a game plan for new art, marketing, and projects. To begin, I’ve been updating my Etsy Store with new items.  I’m working on creating scarfs, plates,…

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MATS Bootcamp 2017

Lilla Roger’s Make Art That Sells is a wonderful web site that offers courses and events to help illustrators and designers gain experience and develop portfolio pieces. I find her projects to be exciting, on trend, and incredibly helpful. I signed up for Assignment Bootcamp in January and began the course in March. It is…

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Folio Focus 2017 – Weeks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 – Wow, That’s a lot of Weeks!

“The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” Lewis Carroll Like the White Rabbit in “Through the Looking Glass”, I am busy with art and illustration all the time, but never seem to catch up.  I am in Week 7 of Folio Focus 2017 by Rise, Shine and Design,  and am still enjoying creating portfolio pieces….

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Holiday Magic

I love Christmas and the whole season surrounding the holidays.  That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been sad or depressed during this time.  I can identify with the “holiday blues”, since my life didn’t quite turn out as I had anticipated after the passing of my husband ten years ago.  That being said, I believe…

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They Draw and Cook Illustrations

I submitted two illustrations to the wonderful illustration community web site known as They Draw and Cook, managed by Nate Padavick and Salli S. Swindell, who are a brother/sister design and illustration team known as Studio SSS. You can view my work on their site here: Janet O’Neil Food Illustrations They Draw & Cook (TDAC) is…

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