Emily Renae Designs

How I Got Started When I was getting started in my creative digital journey it was with Photoshop probably 15 years ago, I started in photography. It was something that I loved and still love to tinker around with. I was excited to get started in learning Photoshop and how to edit my photos. That evolved to other things and then somehow I ended up learning how to make digital paper that I sold on Etsy. I loved being able to make something that others could use over and over again. I even bought digital papers from others and used them.  I then found an online company called CreativeLive and watched many videos about photography. They are a great company to follow and learn from. One of those courses I decided to check out was how to Design Surface Patterns From Scratch by Bonnie Christine . She took you from drawing flowers and other elements to creating patterns on Illustrator. She even taught you Illustrator enough to create those patterns. I got so excited about learning and ev...

Welcome to the Emily Renae Designs blog! I want to introduce myself since this is my first post. My name is Tierra and I am a wife and mother. I am also currently going to school at Ensign College and finishing up my Social Media Marketing Certificate. I transfer over to BYU-Idaho next year to finish up my degree. I will be working on my Graphic Design certificate next. I am self-taught in things like Adobe Photoshop, however, since I want to go into Surface Pattern Design I would really like to learn more about Illustrator. That has been a struggle and going to school will help. To be completely honest I am not very organized and consistent so holding myself more accountable will be advantageous. I love to create. I am usually creating randomly though. I am the kind of person that sees something and I want to try it. I have my hat in a lot of different things. Whether that has to do with sewing, crocheting, paper art, jewelry, painting, digital designs, drawing, and more. I love tryin...