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hollytarquinio

Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. Living in Fort Worth.

Landscape Challenge
March 31, 2020 by hollytarquinio iPhoneography

Landscape Challenge

It’s funny I find myself less on Facebook than usual during this time of quarantine. I am partaking in some […]

Taking Advantage
March 28, 2020 by hollytarquinio General Chatter

Taking Advantage

How many mornings do we really get to linger under the covers? Even when we say we’re planning to sleep […]

Keeping my Peace (aka Trying not to lose my shit)
March 18, 2020 1 Comment by hollytarquinio Art & Design

Keeping my Peace (aka Trying not to lose my shit)

I rarely worry much about the decorative aspects of my bullet journal. It’s a tool for productivity. While I keep […]

The Creativity Gene
March 14, 2020 by hollytarquinio Art & Design

The Creativity Gene

The people in my family are creative. It’s in our genes. I’m wholly convinced of this. I’ve seen evidence of […]

Repeat the Sounding Joy!
December 16, 2019 1 Comment by hollytarquinio Art & Design

Repeat the Sounding Joy!

Merry Christmas! My card this year was intended to be another linocut design. However, I discovered I just couldn’t quite […]

Nature’s design
March 19, 2019 by hollytarquinio General Chatter

Nature’s design

Microgreen arugula. Nature provides lush design inspiration. This easy starter comes from True Leaf Market.

Tiny Design
February 27, 2019 4 Comments by hollytarquinio Art

Tiny Design

In January, I attended the annual Parrot Festival in Houston, Texas. If you’ve read any of my previous blogs you’ll […]

All-Star Status
February 7, 2019 4 Comments by hollytarquinio Art & Design

All-Star Status

The magazine I design is very niche and built very much on templates. I do break into those templates some, […]

Back in the Saddle
January 19, 2019 2 Comments by hollytarquinio Art & Design

Back in the Saddle

This headline is funny for two reasons. One, because I work for a horse magazine. Two, because I really have […]

Merry Christmas
December 21, 2018 2 Comments by hollytarquinio Art & Design

Merry Christmas

The last 4 months have been a bit of a roller coaster. So much to blog about but I just […]

Creative Boom, New Bujo & Good Reads
August 25, 2018 1 Comment by hollytarquinio Art & Design

Creative Boom, New Bujo & Good Reads

Well, again it’s been a while. I kind of decided unless I have something I really want to share there’s […]

In Pursuit of Greatness
July 19, 2018 by hollytarquinio Art & Design

In Pursuit of Greatness

(the opening photo is a screen capture from the video linked to farther down) When I was in junior high […]

Independence Day
July 4, 2018 by hollytarquinio General Chatter

Independence Day

Here in the United States it is Independence Day. Our country is at another arena of obvious separation but, here’s […]

Adobe Spark
June 15, 2018 by hollytarquinio Art

Adobe Spark

So in a previous post I made mention of Adobe Spark, the template driven image and story telling applications. I’ve […]

Getting past it.
June 9, 2018 by hollytarquinio Art

Getting past it.

I was supposed to be in Virginia Beach watching a friend get married today. But American Airlines couldn’t get us […]

A little art
June 5, 2018 3 Comments by hollytarquinio Art

A little art

Every year I look forward to Fort Worth’s Main Street Arts Festival. Over the years, I’ve collected my share of […]

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