How dare I call myself a graphic designer?  Not everyone is, you know. Being able to select a fancy font and four clip-art graphics in your word processing software doesn’t exactly make you a designer. Nope, to get a good graphic designer you have to mix together a lot of personal creativity, patient attention to details, plenty of classroom hours, mastery of new technologies, and that special “eye.” I feel I have that mix.

With 5 years of schooling, a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Visual Communications and Design, 3 years of working at a printing press, 2 semesters in the department's design internship program, 2 years of inhouse experience, and almost 12 years of freelance experience, I feel like I've got a pretty good understanding of how good design all comes together.

Sublime Artistry has developed over the years as a productive home-based business with a clientele list across the United States that continues to expand through the referrals of enthusiastic clients and hard work. I have done design projects and contract design for nonprofit organizations, design firms, banks, schools, entrepreneurs, corporations, and many more.

I am currently renovating a building to use as my studio/office and physical location and will be posting a blog article soon about those adventures!

While I am the sole designer at my location, I have a vast network of colleagues and professionals that I outsource to as often as needed. I've brought Kristi Dvorak on as a part-time contract project director which makes my workflow more productive and helps to keep me on schedule. I still maintain the design part of our projects, but I have learned and finally accepted that my weaknesses are someone else's strengths and I'm not afraid to open my arms and welcome their expertise when needed. While I may be one designer working from my home, I truly do have a team behind me. My continually growing network of creative individuals, businesses, and online resources makes Sublime Artistry just as powerful and competent as any design agency. If it can be published, either by press or web, we can visualize it and create it.

Okay, so a picture is worth a thousand words. Contact us today and see for yourself why so many clients keep coming back to Sublime Artistry.

Kristi came to us with eight years of advertising agency experience, having been with two of Nebraska’s largest ad agencies working for a variety of clients such as Raytheon Aircraft, Rain Bird, Runza, Cellular One, Bryan LGH, Martha Gooch, Cushman/Ransomes/Ryan, and many more. She also worked for three years at Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. as a communications specialist in the marketing department until her and her husband and brand new baby daughter moved “back home” to rural central Nebraska. Since there were no jobs available in advertising/marketing in her small community of 600 souls, she worked for five years as head bookkeeper/office manager for a fertilizer company, until another short move down the road led her to become a licensed insurance agent. A short time later, she was presented with the opportunity to become her hometown’s first economic development director, which she did for two years. Then, while freelance proofreading on a website designed by Sublime Artistry, she met Melody. They clicked instantly, and soon she was able to return to the line of work she truly enjoyed.

These days, Kristi spends her time with Sublime Artistry coordinating projects from start to finish; populating, revising, and optimizing websites; writing; proofreading; building email campaigns; working with clients; scheduling deadlines; and pretty much anything else we throw her way! She also contracts out her services directly to businesses for a variety of business services such as proofreading, business correspondence writing and formatting, flyers, databases, photo and document scanning, email campaigns, and website maintenance. She is also a partner with Melody in their newly created service called Sublime Ballyhoo, which is soon to be launched and will provide businesses assistance with website maintenance, social media, blogging, email campaigns, and SEO maintenance.

In her spare time, Kristi works on her dad’s farm spraying thistle, runs a small scrapbook store, loves to scrapbook both by hand and digitally, and “play” with old family photos. She loves spending time with her husband of 17 years and her nine-year-old daughter. Apple products bring a twinkle to her eye, and Kristi is also a Disney fanatic and enjoys almost anything Disney related, including her new (small but growing) collection of Disney Vinylmations.

Also, check out the article that was published in a local paper about Kristi and her new business location. (Article from arnoldne.org and The Arnold Sentinel.)