Primarily an Illustrator, with the desire to illustrate for picture books, Erin is most often marrying her graphic design skills to her illustration style, creating rewarding illustrative design. She has applied this many times to attractive work for various local businesses: creating illustrative signage, identity, and advertisements.
Erin enjoys creating illustrations for children’s markets such as picture books and magazines, in order to attract children to a lifetime of learning through excellent artwork & design. She often develops her own stories for children, sprung from living with two incredible little Peanuts. She recently completed illustrating her first children’s book, written and self-published by Elisabeth Hurley, titled Digging Spring. Erin also always enjoys presenting her work to budding artists. Besides visiting elementary schools, she has been honored to be chosen to be a Visiting Artist at Cayuga Community College several times.
Her favorite aspect of creating an illustration as a story without words is to include a little secondary happening within the picture. She feels her illustrations are most successful when the fun that went into their creation shows through to the delight of the person viewing it.
Erin grew up being creative for hours at the desk in her bedroom. She began her pursuit of Art at CCC, and later more specifically earned her Bachelor’s degree in Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in ’03. Today she actually works at that same desk in her and Mr. Right’s Upstate New York home.
Erin’s other sites:
www.lulu.com/diggingspring www.cafepress.com/erinsherman erinsherman.blogspot.com |
