About Melissa
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Melissa Vandiver is an artist, illustrator & graphic designer living in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a kid, she loved drawing and painting beside her artist mother, or building things with her siblings and the neighborhood kids. As an older kid, she got her hands on more equipment and fell in love with photography, graphic art and design, and computer-aided design and fabrication. She's always been a maker.
The environment and people of New Orleans inspire her art at every level: pet portraits convey the fantasy world many people here inhabit; bright, flashy colors reflect the spirit and aesthetic New Orleans is known for; chaotic textures and splashing water capture the complexities of living
in a confusing, complex, but ultimately perfect swamp city.
A graduate of Clemson University's architecture program, Melissa surprised both herself and her family when she announced she was going to start a career as a full-time freelancer. As any freelancer can tell you, the path is winding and full of bumps, but ultimately she found her footing by using her broad set of skills to offer a broad set of services to the world, and she would be honored to offer them to you.
