When you’ve been a professional graphic designer for 18 years, you tend to accumulate a lot of files – both digital and literal. Samples come in and pile up and eventually get filed, but the thing is, none ever get tossed.
Take this kooky cat (or bird) who has been floating around the back of a flat file for something like 15 years. Every year I think I should edit those drawers, but every year Mr. Turkey gets a pardon.
I think he was an illustration for a children’s magazine article, but it makes no difference. I keep them all – the good, the bad (there are a few), the great and all the ones in between.
Those sample files are an honest record of my career in art and it’s fun to look back and see how trends have changed and how much I have learned. But I keep them mostly because I appreciate every client who has ever entrusted me with their project and am so thankful that I get to make a living doing what I love – graphic design.
So, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to all my Tessera Design clients and Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Tyra Baumler
Owner, Tessera Design
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