Name: Sarah Anderson
Location: Kansas City area (United States)
Website: http://unicornpoo.blogspot.com/
How about a brief introduction?
I’ve been an illustrator and designer at Hallmark cards for almost 10 years.
Every day I try to be open to all kinds of inspiration. Whether it’s a sweet old couple
holding hands in the park, a new song or and little critter in my backyard, good stuff
is everywhere if you keep your eyes and ears open.
Who/what inspires you?
I’ve been a fan of mid century design and art for some time. It never ceases to get my
gears going. Alexander Gerard, Ben Shahn and Mary Blair are some of my illustrator heros.
Love inspires me as well. Love makes the world go round. I truly believe that.
What message would you like to send out about your work?
hmm…this is tough 😉
seriously….uh…ok. here it goes.
Making art is very important to me. When I’m creating I feel the most alive.
My work represents things that make me happy. It’s also is a manifestation of texture, shape, color and ideas
Whimsy, humor, a bit o’ melancholy, hope..it’s real and what I feel everyday while I’m making art.
60’s form and illustration spur me on, inspiring me to think about shape and how that can play into my style more.
I just feel like in that era the artists were really on to something.
What is your biggest accomplishment to date?
As a human, my daughter. As a human artist, a book. I illustrated
and designed it. It’s called Ultra Gogo’s party fun book. It’s based on a
tween girl character based brand I co-created with my writer buddy Linda Morris. The book is
a hodge-podge of recipes, quizzes and tips for throwing cool parties with
your friends.
Share a secret with us!
I played bass and sang lead vox in an all girl band called Softee for 5 years with my best girl friends at work.
They were all illustrators too and we sat cubicles away from each other! Hopefully we’ll get back
together some day soon 🙂 Check us out on itunes!
