Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Member Focus Month - Mary Lillis

More Member Focussing with Mary Lillis. Mary is the regular I have known the longest (about half my life so far) and was the least willing to entertain the idea I would write her bio for her. I don't know if these two facts are connected.


I have always been creative but as I couldn't study art in Secondary School I didn't realise I was any good at it until I was 17. I started dabbling in design in college and after a one year course in the fabulous Moinin na gCiseach Community College Galway I was a qualified Graphic Designer. Several years of freelance work on the side of a retail career(!) and I finally got a "real" job.


Doing Graphic Design for a print company doesn't allow much creativity so I get my inspiration from design competitions from sites like http://www.talenthouse.com/creative and http://www.threadless.com/loves.


These sites,a lot of random T shirt designing and Pubscrawl (of course!) give me the inspiration to keep going with my art. I may never be famous but lots of (mostly) positive comments from complete strangers (and occasional famous authors) keep me going. :)


Find me at..

http://marv42.deviantart.com/
http://www.wix.com/marv42/marylillis-portfolio

and..

http://www.qwertee.com/product/sherlock-a-scandal-in-middle-earth/
http://atrium.threadless.com/CBLDF/subs/#/submission/the-day-the-saucers-came-5/

and http://marylillis.blogspot.com/ as of recently (31 MAY 2012)
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2 comments:

  1. Fantastic stuff Mary, I like your really bold approach to design. It's stark and eye-catching stuff.

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