Highlights of the Year 2017

Clarice Gomes Highlights of 2017

Reflecting on the past year, I have to say it’s been a slice. I felt I should document my highlights of the year 2017. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of events, trips and milestones. Here’s a super brief overview. Online Shop Launch I launched my online shop! It was a huge step for me. Overcoming […]

5 Ways to Increase Brand Awareness

5 ways to increase brand awareness

Before I jump into the main topic at hand, I wanted to get a little personal and touch on how/why I haven’t had a chance to post something in a while. Back in March, I attended my cousin’s wedding in NYC. It was a lovely wedding. A picture of the happy couple below

Holiday Greetings & the Online Shop

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That’s a wrap, folks. It’s the end of another year. I can hardly believe how quickly this year passed. First off, Merry Christmas! Wherever you are in the world, let’s continue to LOVE on those less fortunate and be THANKFUL for our blessings. Christmas is more about giving than getting. It always brings to focus […]

How I find my creative inspiraton

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“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up” – Pablo Picasso Ain’t that the truth. You are most creative as children. Then you grow up – trained to be an adult that will blend into society. Suddenly your lacking that vivid imagination. Most of us anyways. I don’t […]

Services/Apps I can’t work without

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Running your own business is not a walk in the park. Like anything in life, you need to adapt to a system- find your groove, if you will- and then keep at it. Sometimes its all about trying something, seeing if it works for you and either going a different route, if it doesnt work, […]

Tutorial – Fried egg vector in Adobe Illustrator

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It’s been a hot minute since I have posted anything on the Youtube channel. I have been meaning to churn out some simple and useful tutorials on creating random things. My goal through these vector tutorials, is to show how simple shapes can be used to create an object or item. Really, all we need […]

How to brand your social media image

I am not a social media consultant, so this post will not be on how to manage your social media channels. I am however a graphic and web designer that focuses on branding, and this post is going to largely center around how to do just that – visually brand yourself on your social media. […]

How to brand yourself in 5 simple steps

I firmly believe, “Branding is an experience”. Get it right, branding is much bigger than your pretty logo, business cards and website. Building a brand, requires time and effort. If done right, it can be quite powerful and effective. If you are taking this step to improving your company name/brand, know that YOU are going […]

Highlights of 2015

Happy New Year, folks! I’ve been blogging for one whole year now. Happy blogging birthday to me! Yes, this blog post is a bit late in the year. But my first week in 2016 was spent nursing a bad cold, that had me struggling to keep up with work, kids and house work. Nevertheless, here […]

Inspiration in Art

Summer blew by like a breeze. I can safely say, I made the best of it, with the kids. While I got to enjoy the great summer we’ve had, the downside of that was, I haven’t been able to post anything. But now that’s school’s back in swing with the cold, I can make time […]