Freelance graphic designer, Jasmin Marty, loves bringing her silliest ideas to life. Like her “Wiener Dog Fight Club” design, which features two long pups with matching boxing gloves, or her “Little French Dip Slut” design of a woman dipping her legs in au jus.
Marty says when she gets honed in, she can work on a digital project to her heart’s content — without any eraser reminiscence and the ability to zoom into the smallest pixel scratches that itch.
“Because I work in branding design, I’ve been able to not only support small women-owned businesses across Alaska like Foofoo’s, Weather and Milk + Honey Coffee Co., but I’ve also felt that same support in them sharing my information with other businesses for new opportunities,” Marty said.
Marty notes that her creative process isn’t always sunshine and rainbows. As a neurodivergent person, she says she struggles with imposter syndrome and transferring what’s in her mind to the medium she’s working with.
“Even when I was younger, I’d find myself getting frustrated knowing what I had made wasn’t exactly what I had imagined, and would attempt to throw my work away,” she said.
Her dad has saved “countless” unfinished drawings of hers from her youth, and she’s so glad he did.
“I look at these drawings now with kinder eyes, seeing beauty in the imperfection, as well as my personal growth as an artist,” she said. “Funnily enough, I think this is one of the reasons why I love design work so much.”
After graduating from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, she wanted to break free of the conventional design work she had spent the previous years being graded on.
Not long after, she began her own way in design by creating “silly art — the exact kind that my past professors would more than likely despise,” Marty said.
She says there are more ideas running through her head than she can keep up with, and says she recently has been integrating sewing and crafting into her work more. She hopes to start upcycling thrifted clothes into beanies or using them as canvases for her screen printed art.
“I also plan on carving stamps with my designs and even producing paper out of waste from everyday items like egg cartons or discarded boxes,” she said. “Overall I want to be more environmentally conscious and resourceful through my upcoming work, and I hope to inspire other artists to do the same.”
Sam Davenport is a writer residing in Anchorage. She's a leo and a plant-person, and loves spending quality time with her dog, Aspen. She is a Real Housewives fan and has been called a Bravo historian.
