A craving for art The illustrator and concept designer discusses balancing a passion for her work with family and personal time
“I wake up at 6.15am. I like to start with deep breathing, scripture and meditation, then I have avocado and salmon, always.
I take my kids to school, then sit down around 9am. I sketch and get myself loose for the day’s work, often I find the answers to problems this way, then I start creating sketches for the project. When I get feedback from the client, I’ll do some cleaning up and refining, and send it back again before I add the colour.
I’m pretty solid about taking lunch at noon. I make tacos a lot. I’ll watch The Mindy Project or Bridgerton, just something that gets me away.
At 4pm I grab my kids, then I head to the gym. It’s me time, with no scrolling. I have dinner with my kids, take a walk, play video games, then usually I put in one more hour. I find that at night it’s not the
