Zazzle design contest!

Zazzle’s got a new look and a new logo! This looked really fun and they are having some really great prizes and you get to show off your design skillz! Basically they wantes to see how you can use the Zazzle logo with your design to make the best take-the-cake contest entry!

Where Creativity Shines Through! by jfarrell12
Get this custom print at Zazzle

Now Zazzle is alot like Cafepress, only they have an artist community that votes on your designs and you can join a fan club or someone can join yours. Very good for enhancing your skills and networking with other artists. Check out the contest and other peoples designs by clicking the iamge or links above! You can even order the desing I made ;)

Introducing Myself ;)

Well it looks like I have joined the rest of the world and have finally got myself to sit down and create a blog. It seriously is quite an accomplishment! LOL

So I guess I should probably tell you all something about me. Im a complex gal, raised in a small Illinois town and now living in Chicago. I came up here for college and never looked back. I love the big city and all it has to offer, yet I still like the suburbs where you can get out and be a tomboy and enjoy the open space.

Im an artist, always have been & always will be. It's in my blood. I went to the Illinois Institute of Art and got my degree in Advertising/Visual Communications and now work at a video game company. Yep that's right, I design video games for a living for EA Chiacgo :) I LOVE it, it's the most challenging and fun job I could think of having and everyone I work with is really cool. It's like one big crazy ass family. The last game I worked on was Fight Night Round 3 and now I'm working on the DefJam 3 Title.

My other passion other than the design that I do at work is my dogs. I adore them! What? Why? Because they make me laugh every single day and they love the hell out of me, that's why. Who wouldn't love a 28lb French Bulldog that snorts & sneezes and farts so bad that you have to clear the room! LOL. He's the most adorable creature I have ever laid eyes on. Im so much in love with him that I volunteer my time for a Frenchie Rescue called French Bulldog Connection Rescue that helps find homes for Frenchies that come into the rescue.

I also do a wide variety of dog artwork and illustrations. I do have an online store at CafePress called BarkArt, where you can find different breeds of dog designs that I have created. www.cafepress.com/barkart
I also do comission pieces of portraits that people want me to do of their pets. I have done about a dozen of those so far and they are by far my favorite of all my designs and take the longest.

So that pretty much wraps up a little bit about me, well where I came from and my utmost passions anyways ;) I'll post more soon about my artwork or whatever I'm in the mood for that day.