WHO AM I?

a nomadic artist + designer

I AM AN ARTIST

who just wants to draw pretty pictures

I AM A DESIGNER

saving the world from bad design

I am a fine artist and creative professional
with 32 years experience in the design industry, 28 years focused on web design. My experience ranges from Creative Direction for large-scale Fortune 500 web applications (while employed by IBM) to complete branding and web solutions for small businesses and artists. I have worked as a creative lead, managing teams of designers and developers and as a solo practitioner handling all aspects of the design and development process, including UI/UX design, information architecture, technical development and branding/identity.

I really just want to draw pretty pictures.

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Hey Paducah! I spent the afternoon helping hang th

Hey Paducah! I spent the afternoon helping hang the Affordable Art Show at the @yeiserartcenter. Come out tomorrow, Thursday, December 7, from 4-8 pm and do your holiday shopping, buy some awesome art, support both your local artists and your favorite nonprofit art center!
And me. Buy my art. Diesel is expensive.

It’s the time… to buy my 2024 calendar!

It’s the time… to buy my 2024 calendar!

Yep. Every individual little line. Apparently they

Yep. Every individual little line. Apparently they are barbs and bardules. #statebirds #mockingbird #northernmockingbird

#bath #bourbon #landscapeartistoftheyear

#bath #bourbon #landscapeartistoftheyear

Well, it took forever, but my calendars are finall

Well, it took forever, but my calendars are finally done and ready to go out into the world!
This calendar is my favorite one yet. If you’ve been collecting my calendars for the past few years, you’ll know that I’ve been doing all the state flowers and insects, and I had no idea what I was going to do for this year’s calendar. I’ve started drawing state birds, but I haven’t gotten very far… definitely not enough for a calendar. But some of those birds made their way into the large public art commission I did last year for the Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah - and now elements from that piece have been turned into this gorgeous calendar.
I’m offering them at a pre-order price of $28 for the next two weeks – after that they will be $32, so get your orders in now! nikkimay.com/calendar (or click the link in my bio).
I’m not able to offer free local pickup this year, as shipping costs have gone up significantly.

* Work on the complicated registration process for

* Work on the complicated registration process for a website that should have been finished already
* Clean my filthy bus
* Dump my gray tank
* Fill my fresh water tank
* Plan/record a podcast episode or two
* Drive nephew to work
* Prep this week’s podcast episode (create graphics, transcription, show notes, audiogram, email, social media posts)
* Finish designing my 2024 calendar (two months left to do), create the product on POD site, order a proof and create page on website to start taking orders. Promote the shit out of it.
* Update content on approximately 45,293 client websites (possibly an exaggeration)
Instead of starting any of these, I go to look in my “Too many cables” drawer for a specific cable. I pull them all out and organize them into bundle of like cables. Why do I have so many of the exact same cable? Forget what cable I was looking for and why.
Take a photo of the “too many cables” drawer and sit down with my now cold coffee and write this.
Realize that although I’ve been up for three hours and haven’t gotten anything done yet, my new anti-anxiety meds must be helping, because I haven’t had a panic attack.
#adhd #anxiety #toomanycables #needmorecoffee

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