What I have been up to

Dec 31/2022

For the last 2 years, I have been exploring a new rabbit hole in designing. I have been becoming very familiar with designing my own cut files for vinyl and HTV as well as learning all I can about sublimation and the whole process first I cameo 4 cutting machine and then I got a Cricut Joy and then I got a portrait and them another Cricut Maker & Maker3 some heat presses, a mug press, hat press, and a sublimation printer. I have plans to also to try out DTF  next and learn this process next using my sublimation printer.

I made some t-shirts and sold some and I also gave some as gifts. I have also made mugs and tumblers,  vinyl stickers I have been having a lot of fun creating my own designs. I have also had a few clients that I make marketing merch for using my cutting machines.

Nov 5/2019

In the past 4 months, I have been learning other design platform software like Affinity photo, design, publisher as well as Procreate. I have found Affinity’s designing software to be comparable and easy to learn on my Mac/iPad I just watch their tutorials and then do a small project to practice what I have just learned.

The challenging part with it comes in remembering that it’s not Adobe design suite. Having that experience makes it easier to learn but in some ways, it’s a little more challenging because some of the hotkeys in affinity designer, affinity photo, and affinity publisher can do things that Adobe creative suite cannot. But the experience with adobe creative software makes it easier to learn affinity’s software. I have found that the price of it is its best sailing feature theirs a one-time payment and you good no more subscription fee.😃

April 18/2018

In the past few months, I have started to design My own line of inspirational posters and other home decor and tote bags. All have a Christ-centered theme.

What led me to this path, well in August of 2017, I was in a car accident. Recovery has been long and painful. As of late, I have needed something to fill my time so I started to design them at first just for myself and when I shared them with my family and friends, they showed an interest in purchasing them.  So I got to thinking that my family and friends are wanting to buy them and maybe others would want them as well.

Now the ideas just come and I just make a note of each idea and when I have spare time I do up a comp on my iPad Pro and move it to my MacBook Pro to finish up the idea. As of right now, I have not printed any of them due to $$ the expense of printing them, and some of them will be hand-painted onto canvas or etched on a mirror with acid. I just need to buy the supplies and then I will be off. I will continue this in my spare time.

I have purchased an HP printer that will print up to an 11 X 17 and I have printed a few of my ideas and I have framed one of them, I have put it up in my room.