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Returning from AIGA Pittsburgh’s final Mentor Mash meeting, Susan and her teammates Louis Vazquez and Alex Berdis present their Tacos at 40° publication. These guys were great. As talented artists/designers and a ton of fun to work with, Susan hopes to keep in touch with these boys. Stay tuned for your ability to purchase a copy of Tacos at 40° very soon!

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Words can’t describe our gratitude for the care and therapy that Susan’s father recieved during his stay at Forbes Regional Hospital. SMH Illustration & Design highly reccomends this facility for all of your rehab needs. Thank you to all of the nurses, doctors and staff but a special shout out to Julie, Natalie and Lisa who made his rehabilitation fun , personal and effective.

Today’s drawing honoring Susan’s dad shows how much he loved his girls. Within reason, he gave them all he could. Should it have been a surprise then, when glasses were out and contacts were in, that Susan asked for a pair? Certainly her mother saw no need for the unnecessary expense. Her father though, was very easily convinced that contacts would improve her ability to see the basketball hoop. Anything for his girls to help them.

Honoring Susan’s father during Inktober was so much fun, we decided to not stop. Today’s drawing on John’s white board is one showing how he used to take her bike riding. Approximately around the age of eight, he felt that she was old enough to join the party that rode to McDonald’s for breakfast on Sunday mornings before church. There was a particular hill named Blackburn Hill that Susan had a hard time petaling up. What did her father do? He would petal briskly, give her a BIG push on the back to scoot her an extra yard or two,

This happens to be the last day of “Inktober”. Today’s drawing is to honor Susan’s father as well. This is the basketball hoop he installed on possibly the only flat spot in their yard. The big pine tree served as a backstop. Whenever she asked, he would rebound her shots for as long as she wanted. Unsuccessfully she would entice him to play, but he would rebound for her until she was warn out.

#Inktober is a drawing with ink challenge we stumbled upon that looked like fun. The goal is to draw with ink every day during the month of October. Because life has been a tad trying for Susan’s dad we are dedicating our drawings to him. This one describes the yard work he did for an elderly lady with whom he felt didn’t have the means to pay him. She was an artist so bartered painting lessons in exchange for his work. Susan learned how to paint with oils and care for her brushes properly. She learned to draw as a