Outside of my professional work, I spend time creating simply for the joy of it. One of my favorite creative outlets is making artwork in Adobe Fresco, often beginning with pencil and paper before transitioning the piece into a digital format.

Starting on paper allows ideas to stay loose and intuitive. There’s no pressure to perfect a line or commit to a final direction. Once the foundation feels right, I move the work into Fresco, where I refine shapes, layer color, and experiment with texture and composition.

This blend of analog and digital mirrors how I approach design more broadly: exploring freely, then applying structure and polish. Creating art this way gives me space to experiment, recharge, and stay connected to the tactile side of creativity, even when the final result lives on a screen.

This piece is one example of that process, capturing the transition from hand-drawn beginnings to a fully realized digital painting.