DesignerIllustratorWeb DesignerNiji Lover

in California

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Introduction

Hi I’m Shannon—artist, designer, creative technologist.

Fueled by curiosity, love, and a need to create things that feel a little strange.

Professionally, I collaborate with brands and agencies to shape and execute thoughtful, strategic creative—often jumping into fast-moving teams to bring clarity, cohesion, and a seasoned design eye to the process. Personally, I’m exploring the design tools of the future, using AI and digital media to tap into something far more instinctive: the fire in my imagination.

Both sides of my work are grounded in curiosity, compassion, and a love of visual storytelling. Whether I’m building a campaign or making strange, beautiful characters just because it feels right, I’m always chasing the same goal: to make things that move people.

My Professional Life

I’ve built my career by stepping into creative teams and making things easier—clearer, more cohesive, more intentional. Whether I’m supporting an agency behind the scenes or embedded with an internal brand team, my role is often the same: bring structure to the chaos, elevate the creative, and help the people around me breathe a little easier.

Most of the time, I’m brought in when things are moving fast and expectations are high. I love that space. I’m quick to adapt, comfortable with ambiguity, and always thinking about the bigger picture—how the work functions, feels, and flows across every touchpoint.

I partner best with people who care deeply about what they’re building, who value thoughtful design, and who aren’t afraid to challenge the way things have always been done. If that’s you, we’ll probably get along.

Artist Statement

Art has always been the language I trust most.
It’s how I’ve made sense of a life full of contradiction—chaos and comfort, grief and grace, silence and noise.

From the time I was little, drawing and writing poetry gave me a way to express things I didn’t have the words for. That need to create—to feel through my hands—has never left me.

My personal work lives somewhere between pop surrealism, lowbrow art, and punk energy. I’m drawn to the strange, the tender, the symbolic. Professionally, I’ve worked in corporate design for over 20 years, fluent in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and all the technical details that come with it. But it wasn’t until I discovered generative art in early 2022 that everything clicked in a new way.

Using Midjourney alongside Adobe tools became more than a process—it became a lifeline. For a brain like mine—fast, nonlinear, curious, ADHD as hell—this hybrid workflow gave me the space to play, to iterate, and to say things I didn’t know I was holding. AI isn’t a threat to my creativity—it’s a partner. It’s allowed me to go deeper, faster, and more freely than any tool I’ve ever used.

My work often pulls from memory—big-eyed children like the ones in the paintings that hung in my grandfather’s house, the heavy beauty of Catholic iconography, the contradictions of faith and family I grew up with. I was raised by my grandmother in a household shaped by mental illness and control. I became a mother at 16 and was kicked out, only to be taken in by my paternal grandmother—a devout Catholic who showed me what unconditional love actually looks like.

That contrast between oppression and softness, judgment and grace, shows up again and again in my art. I don’t make work to provoke—I make it to hold. To say what’s hard to say. To create a space where people can feel seen and safe in their own contradictions.

I feel everything deeply. Always have.
I pick up on what others carry—even when they don’t say it. That sensitivity is my greatest creative tool. It’s what allows me to tell emotional truth through surreal forms, symbolism, and characters that don’t always look like what we’re used to seeing.

I believe everyone deserves to feel valid and free. That includes the characters in my work, especially those representing African American and LGBTQIA+ communities—people I care about deeply. I want those who’ve been left out of the frame to see themselves centered, celebrated, and fully human.

AI has expanded what’s possible for me creatively, and in doing so, it’s made my professional work better too. Not because it does the work for me—but because it lets me bring more of myself to the table.

At the end of the day, my hope is simple:
That something in my work makes you feel seen.
That it reminds you you’re not alone.
That it reflects something beautiful, complicated, and real—just like you.