My original thought when approaching this portrait series was to construct faces out of dots in some artful way, but after a few experiments in that direction during a brief development process, it all felt a bit too mechanical for a podcast and media company focused on humanity even more than technology.

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I ended up pursuing a more drawn feel, but leveraging the bold colors and simple dots logo that had already been created and established as part of Dot Dot Dot's style guide. I framed the recurring elements of the animation in such a way that the widescreen version can be cropped to become a square that works beautifully on Instagram as well.

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This project lives on both my animation and design page, though it should really live on an illustration page. My degree is in illustration, and I started out as an illustrator, but that's not really been the focus of my work in recent years — so it's been a really fun challenge and opportunity to return to pure illustration with portraiture, of all things. I love taking on assignments and commissions that aren't only based on what I've done in the past, when clients show faith that I can contribute something valuable even in an area I don't tout as a specialty. Challenges like this allow me to grow, and continue to expand my capabilities!