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I am so, so excited to introduce you today to Sara Sullivan and to the absolutely perfect new artwork she designed for The Storied Recipe podcast. As we start this conversation, I need you to understand how incredibly uncomfortable I felt going into this process. You see, I’m a white woman who, for one thing, regularly shares the stories of people and culture outside my own. On top of that, I have both black sons and white sons that I routinely include in my photography and imagery for the show. Long before I began this process, I had an exchange with a press outlet that made all of these things feel… well, confused at best. The exchange actually caused me to completely shut down from reaching out to press or starting down this process for a long time - I’ll share more about that in the episode. So, before this process, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what made a graphic designer good at their job - but now that I’ve been through the process, I can tell you that I wish every client could find a professional like Sara. She led me through a process that helped me to confront these feelings of ickiness, reach out to my audience to clarify my confusion, and ultimately she produced a piece of art that *exactly* resolves all of the problems I brought to the process, meets every criteria I laid out ahead of time, and is truly beautiful. I feel it’s the perfect representation of what I hope to do through this podcast and I owe it all to Sara. I’m so grateful to her and super excited to share a little bit about her career and her process with you today. Welcome Sara!
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Listen Now to Sara Discuss Her Design Career and Process
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Highlights of This Episode About Creating New Podcast Artwork
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- Sara’s career trajectory
- The two reasons I wanted to change my artwork
- Whiteness, a multiracial family, and podcast artwork (and telling other people’s stories)
- The process Sara walked me through, both creatively and emotionally
- Sara’s process from blank page to finished design
- Why it’s important to walk through a creative process with someone you connect to
- How Instagram polls gave me a lot of direction
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Some Recipes From Sara Sullivan, Graphic Designer, Food Photographer, and Recipe Developer
Lemon Berry Shortbread Cookies
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How To Contact Sara Sullivan
Email: saralsullivan9@gmail.com
Instagram: @saralynn.bakes
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