Emily GriffinInterview
Illustrator, stylist
Adapted from Emily Griffin's interview on Uses This, published 1 March 2018. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
Is this you? Claim this kit →Hardware
When I work traditionally, I depend on BIC mechanical pencils, black Micron pens (usually in size 2 or 3), mixed media paper, Copic Ciao and Winsor and Newton brushmarkers.
While I work, I will listen to podcasts on my iPhone X!
I also use Philips Hue bulbs for my main lighting - I turn off all my other lamps and keep the light on a dim "relax" setting before bed :)
Communication
When I moved here, I began painting more by making watercolor avatars for friends on Twitter.
You may have seen my work featured on BuzzFeed, Brooklyn Magazine, Tumblr, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, or featured in tech presentations, like Sarah Groff-Palermo's "Adventures in the vBuffer" at 2017's Strange Loop conference.
Browser
Design
The biggest surprise here is that I don't have Adobe Creative Suite, I am still learning it!
It definitely helped bridge that gap - I use Procreate and love it!
Storage
I keep long-form notes, budgeting, and daily/hourly schedule lineups in Simplenote, and smaller lists for shopping or upcoming monthly events in tick.
Other
I've been styling for Stitch Fix while balancing and growing my illustration career.