Meredith: I started working in print design out of art school, which I loved, but I think I didn’t feel ‘successful’ until I had my first editorial assignment, which made me feel like I could combine ideas and images in the way I’d hoped to be able to do. Since then, I’ve been working on taking my work in a looser, simpler direction–working within constraints, like a limited color palette, is actually very liberating for me! The illustrations that I like the most are always the simplest-looking and most straightforward, but there is always a roundabout process to get them there. Making lots of quick sketches before starting to go in a finished direction is still the goal, for me, and still a step I neglect more often than I should!
