About
The Designer
This is the studio of art director/designer Shanna Blasingame, a talented artist with a lot of experience and large portfolio of work. She is efficient and proficient in a lot of different software; some notable programs almost always open on Shanna's computer are Photoshop, Quark or InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Word, Keynote, Acrobat, Excel, lots of utilities, and many more. Whatever it takes for the project at hand. She takes projects from concept through production, and when required, works with programmers, writers, illustrators, other creatives or techies.
A-Typical Studio
"Turns out that traffic, parking garages, office buildings, central air controls, cubicles and community refrigerators wasn't for me at all" says Shanna. In '97 while employed full time at a large ad agency in Pittsburgh, a vacation to Alaska changed everything. Realizing that nature and exercise had a big impact on her happiness, therefore, her creativity, she decided she had to break out of the walls of an agency. She wanted to move to Alaska and become a hiking guide, or maybe see some trees out of her office window. Or at the very least, to HAVE an office window. Through a series of unplanned events, she ended up with those windows, a home office and the environment that works for her. For some people, creativity doesn't happen in a cubicle.
Educational and Creative Background
At East Texas State University, Shanna focused on fine art and advertising. Several years into it, she did a 180 and changed majors to business administration for the full spectrum of entrepreneurial training. From right brain to left, she absorbed everything. In her professional life, she has freelanced and worked full time in other design studios and ad agencies, large and small, worked temp and part-time jobs, on site and from home. Today she works with individuals on small projects, and companies of all sizes, from small start-ups to larger firms. Her interests and skills are ever-changing and growing.