“Love what you do and the love will shine through” – Sketchn’ Sarah
Bio:
Sarah Oremus is a multimedia artist who favors combining traditional media and digital illustration. She specializes in creating vector based illustrations and immersive visuals. Her past works as a mixed media artist include typography, printmaking, and business concepts such as menus, business cards and logos. She finds joy in expanding her skills as an artist, winning awards internationally and locally.
Education:
I have a B.S. in Visual Arts (concentration printmaking) and a B.S. in Business Administration.
What software/hardware do you use?
Depending on the project I use:
– Adobe Creative Cloud/Suite
– Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher
– Procreate
– Procreate Dreams
– iPad Pro
– MacBook Pro
Sometimes use:
– Figma/Canva
– Wacom Intuos (mainly backup)
I am currently learning:
– Rive
– Blender 3D
How long have you been an artist?
I’ve been drawing since I could hold a pencil; pretty much my entire life. Before I had access to digital drawing hardware and software I drew every day throughout school. My agendas and notes were always lined with scribbles, and sometimes they covered my notes too. In 2011 I started out with Paint Tool Sai, a Wacom Bamboo drawing tablet and a copy of Adobe CS6 Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. I learned about vectors and rasters quickly and created some digital pieces for my IB Art class senior thesis in high school. From there I worked between Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6 through college. I still draw traditionally and find traditional and digital drawing complement one another.
What other experience do you have?
I have held roles in customer service, information technology, data entry/analytics, statistics, marketing and healthcare.
What graphic design work have you done?
For over 7 years I have volunteered my graphic design services, creating logos, business cards, branding material, product mockups, CD Covers, service dog cape embroidery templates and websites. Not all of the designs are published publicly.
What is in your logo?
My logo has a Hanko. The Hanko mark was was given as a gift to me by my mother for my birthday. My mother and our friend from Japan worked hard to create a Hanko with special meaning, and it has been incorporated as a stamp of my work’s completion to this day.
Ideas:
I draw what I see and what I imagine. Sometimes it comes from a line or shape, but I approach a new challenge or piece with the intent to explore with an open mind. I draw inspiration from seeing other people’s styles and interpreting how they create their pieces using texture, form and color.
Why create?
Every opportunity to create is a chance to learn something new, and I find joy in expanding my skills as an artist. I’ve won awards internationally and locally, but my greatest joy is creating new works to share with others and opportunities to collaborate on new ventures.
How do approach client/company work?
I love opportunities to imbue meaning into branding, whether it be through using color theory and form or incorporating something special to the client that will translate to their target audience. I also favor finding the perfect blend of detail and simplicity to make a brand/design stand out.
Awards and Publications:
The Best of Affinitober 2022, Affinity Spotlight
8th Place – Guardian of Fire, Digital Illustration, 2022
2nd Place – Nature’s Mosaic, Mixed Media Collagraph, 8×10, 2019
Memberships:
AWA Associate Member
Competitions:
The list below contains competitions my works have been shown in.
Recent Shows:
“Summer 5 for $10” Art Exhibition – Summer 2023, Light Space Time, 2023
Special Recognition – Light of the Moon, Digital Illustration 2022
“Summer 555” Art Exhibition – Summer 2022, Light Space Time, 2022
Special Recognition – Abyss, Digital Illustration 2022
“Open” Art Exhibition – July 2022, Light Space Time, 2022
Special Recognition – Light Within the Dark, Digital Illustration, 2022
Special Recognition – Grow Where You Are Planted, Digital Illustration, 2022
All Women Art Exhibition 2022, Light Space Time, 2022
8th Place – Guardian of Fire, Digital Illustration, 2022
Special Merit – Seeing Spots, Digital Illustration, 2022
555 Special, Light Space Time, 2021
Special Recognition – Well Wishes, Digital Illustration, 2021
Landscapes, Light Space Time, 2021
Special Recognition – Skyrail, Photograph, 2018
6th Annual Waterscapes Art Exhibition, Fusion Arts, 2021
Finalist – Lunch Break, Photograph, 2017
Juried 5th Annual Colors Art Competition, Fusion Arts, 2021
Finalist – Tidal, mixed media , 2019
Finalist – Daytime Fields, Mixed Media, 2019
3rd Annual Women Artists Art Competition, Fusion Arts, 2020
Honorable Mention – Eye to the Sky, Digital Illustration , 2020
10th Anniversary Online Art Competition, Light Space Time, 2020
Special Merit – The Cat of Many Colors, Digital Illustration, 2019
2nd Into The Wild Juried Art Exhibition, Fusion Arts, 2019
Finalist – Transposition, Digital Illustration, 2019
Finalist – Luminance, Digital Illustration, 2019
Senior Thesis Exhibition, Davison Gallery, Rochester NY 2019
All Student Exhibition, Davison Gallery, Rochester NY 2019
2nd Place – Nature’s Mosaic, Mixed Media Collagraph, 8×10, 2019
All Student Exhibition, Davison Gallery, Rochester NY 2016
All Student Exhibition, Davison Gallery, Rochester NY 2014
Honorable Mention – Remnants, Charcoal & Conté, Pastel Paper, 11×17, 2014
Collections:
Private Collection, Rochester NY
Davison Art Gallery Private Collection, Rochester NY