Personal & Professional
Keri Johnson’s professional career as a Graphic Designer spans over three decades, but her humble beginnings were sparked and cultivated in her single digits after living a wee nine years as an only child. While there were’nt any siblings to engage with, and having a wildly active imagination and insaitable appetite for creative play, Keri found her joy in solo activities.
At first she embarked in all sorts of creative outlets... coloring, Play-doh, making Barbie doll clothes & furniture, beaded jewlery, hair accessories, banded pot-holders, shrinkie dinks, easy-bake ovens, and all the rest. Then, in her pre-teen years, Keri developed a love for music. Having matured in hand-eye coordination using pencil, marker, and paintbrush by the age of 12, it seemed only natural to redesign all of her favorite record album covers, and cover her bedroom walls with them. (Sadly, no photos remain)
While attending the Vocational High School for Commercial Art (Neptune, NJ) Keri learned and practiced other mediums and methods such as pen & ink styles, caligraphy, oils, acrylics, watercolor, pastels, airbrush, silk screen, printing methods, color theory, color separation, photography, film and dark room procedures. There was something really special for her in producing camera-ready (for print) artwork utilizing artboards, overlays, rubylith, exacto-knifes, rubber cement, letraset, typesetting, B&W stats, dot screens, and rapidiograph inks pens.