When I went to New York for the Martha Stewart American Made Summit one of the very apparent themes throughout the entire day was authenticity. Being authentic to who you are. I think this is something I am working at day by day. In this world of technology and being able to reach people digitally now faster than ever it is hard to stay true to who you are as a designer, artist, creator and as a person in general.
It’s kind of a catch twenty two I think if you’re authentic you shouldn’t have to work at being authentic. However with creating I think this is something that you need to work at. It is so easy to look at Pinterest or Instagram and say “hey they are doing this I should be doing that”. This is where working at being authentic comes into play. I try really hard to be creatively stimulating to myself without copying what others are doing.
I recently had a moment where I noticed another artist was creating designs just like mine. At first I got a bit upset and wanted to point out that stealing art is not ok but then I realized if I am true to my designs and creations then that is all that matters. If someone else finds them so beautiful that they want to recreate them then that’s on them. In the end if you are creating designs that are someone else’s you won’t be truly creative because you will always be looking for someone else to give you ideas.
Moral of the story is I plan on continuing to work on being authentically me.
Have a very Merry Christmas y’all and a Happy New Year.
xo
K. Rose
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My Creative Process
I have been creating A LOT lately and have lagged on posting.
I decided to share one of my start to finish projects that I just completed.
This is a logo design that I created for a local boutique that I painted on a large vintage door from the actual store that the boutique is located in.
First I started with a piece of paper. I sketched, doodled and researched ideas.
Once I decided on the perfect letter combination I turned the pencil sketch into a blank ink sketch as you can see below. I created a blank ink sketch because then when I scan it into my computer it is easier with a higher contrast.
Next step: Scanning into the computer and digitalizing my drawing.
This photo is a big grainy because I took a picture of the design on my laptop screen. I use the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator in order to create a vector logo design.
The next step is adding colors and creating a mock up of the design as you can see below.
Once these images were approved by the client I move to the actual art piece.
This large vintage door was awesome to paint on! I did a grid system which basically means I drew a grid on a print out of the mock up. I then created the same grid but a larger scale on the wood door with scotch painters tape. I then drew the design in chalk. I used chalk because if I needed to make changes I could just wash it off. Pencil didn’t erase very well on this type of vintage door.
I then painted the entire logo design with white paint for a base coat.
Then I added color! 
Here is a little video I created to show a slow-mo of my process. Enjoy!
What is your creative process? I would love to hear.
xo
k. rose