Elena Sherman
Aerialist / Coach / Designer
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Design

 

emspaces.design

Specializing in translating digital illustrations into papercraft artistry, mostly through portraits, fan art, layered typography, and other whimsical/pop culture wonderies.

 
 

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RECENT PROJECTS- flickr photostream

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CHARACTER/illustration

Anime and game characters have been my current favorite

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QUOTES/TYPOGRAPHY

Layers of colored paper create a 3D relief “topographic” version of quotes/poems/song lyrics/etc

Portraits

Pets, people, illustrations - many options available

INSTAGRAM : EMSPACES.DESIGN

View fullsize TIL a trapeze carrying bag is an excellent option for transporting and safely moving a silhouette cameo 5 plus 🙌 #creativesolutions #silhouettecameo #mobilemaker
View fullsize Whelp… after almost 6mo this project finally made it to its intended human… This concept was presented to me by a family member and I wanted to do a nice thing and send it by her birthday. So finished it, sent a picture of the final th
View fullsize Test cuts now that I’ve got both machines up and running properly. Been a stressful adventure getting things fixed but nice to have things ready to go 💪
View fullsize Meet Sammy! First full pet portrait completed in the new space. I am having quite a bit of technology trouble so I am quite relived that all the parts and pieces came together without much fuss. My favorite part is always the details - especially how
View fullsize Made some recent upgrades to my branding and packaging. Everyone likes stickers :) I’ve got a few open slots in my books for anyone looking for present idea or project development!
View fullsize Bit if technology trouble, but we are back on track 💪
View fullsize Cut day for a new project - I’ve really been enjoying getting back in the swing of things and luckily this portrait has come along much quicker than I had anticipated :)
View fullsize Wayfinding sign with new logo for the office: paper, vinyl, and acrylic on aluminum plate. This was the second one I finished today (the first was for my next door office neighbor). Good to have a productive creative day ☺️
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View fullsize These labels were made using removable vinyl, not permanent, as I wanted to make sure I understood the process of how to transfer the cuts completely with some room for error and learning. So if I end up liking these, I suspect I will be doing recuts
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View fullsize I’ve become this kind of digital artist now, but it does make a difference :)
View fullsize Everything now has a home, is freshly organized, and cleaned… so I ran out of excuses/ways to procrastinate and now I just have to, ya know, make the art…
View fullsize False alarm… Put the office back together, reorganized, reformatted, and recentered life here in KC - talk about just rolling with things as they come, eh? Wild couple of weeks but honestly this I think is for the best. At least I’ve go
View fullsize Sooooo things have sort of changed a bit, and as it turns out, I’ll be moving my office again. To Florida. In about two weeks. Not quite what I was expecting but sometimes you just have to roll with it, wherever the winds may carry you. Hopeful
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View fullsize New toys means a new year of new adventures. Let the games begin 💪
View fullsize From digital design to framed for client! This one went pretty fast, but did require a bit of a redesign once I realized my machine was going to have trouble cutting out all of the little seed pieces. I think this solution ended up being much better
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View fullsize First new official project started in the new office space! Let the templating begin…