Rico:
What's Your Name?
Lisa Snyder
Rico:
List your shop(s) -
Lisa Snyder :
Dead Tree Art
Dead Tree Art doesn’t really have a theme. It is just kind of a mishmash of the different kinds of artwork that I like to do. My interests change so often that I have a little difficulty sticking with one thing in particular. I might possibly have AADD or something. Why Dead Tree Art? Well, I had a really hard time coming up with something that wasn’t already taken. My husband insisted that I have my own domain, so we did a lot of research and settled on Dead Tree Art. No, you won’t find many dead trees in my store. Maybe one, but that’s about it. I do have this fascination with dead trees though. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.
Rico:
How long have you been at Zazzle?
Lisa Snyder :
I have been with Zazzle since June 2011, about 8 months now, and I am love, love, loving it!
Rico: Are you a ProSeller?
Lisa Snyder :
I am not currently a ProSeller, but hope to become one someday. Rico:
What's the best advise you got when you were starting out?
Lisa Snyder :
Someone told me to mingle in the forums, talk to people, and get myself out there. Someone else told me to make sure my storefront images had a res of 100 instead of using images I had on my products, so that my storefront would load faster for people. Rico:
What medium/tools do you use to create your designs?
Lisa Snyder :
I use whatever medium happens to float my boat at that particular moment. My designs are a combination of traditional art, photography, and graphics created in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I also found out about this fractal flame thing, and have been playing with it. It is so cool! I haven’t posted any in my store yet, but plan on doing so very soon. Rico:
Who or what inspires you?
Lisa Snyder :
My family and my pets are what inspire me the most. They make me laugh. What more could I ask for? Rico:
How much time a week to you spend on Zazzle?
Lisa Snyder :
Just like the mediums I choose, the amount of time that I spend on Zazzle varies. I usually work on my store, and designs full time. That is when I am not busy being a wife and mother which is a full time job all by itself. Rico:
What's the best advise you can give someone just starting out on Zazzle?
Lisa Snyder :
Have patience, and make sure that you enjoy what you are doing. I haven’t made a ton of sales yet, but the reason I keep doing it is because I enjoy it so much. I would still do it even if I didn’t make a single sale. I love developing my store, and my style. Rico:
What do you like to do when you are not creating art?
Lisa Snyder :
I love spending time with my family, and playing with the cats. I love watching horror movies (the ones I haven’t seen five hundred times already), and I like to put things together. I get this weird sense of pleasure when I get the opportunity to assemble a piece of furniture. I know right?! Really my whole life revolves around my family, and art. Rico:
Tell me 5 random things everyone should know about you?
Lisa Snyder :
I met my husband on the internet (back in the old days when they still charged per minute)!
I have a teenage daughter (and it sucks! The teenage part, not the daughter part.)
I like pickles
I drool when I sleep, I drool when I’m awake, and I have two cats, two hermit crabs, and some fish. There used to be a hamster in there, but she died, and actually they are my daughters, but she’s a teenager, so I take care of them.
Oh, I know I’m only supposed to put five, but I stink at punctuation too. In case you didn’t notice.
Rico:
List 3 of your favorite designs you want me to feature. Tell me something about each design.
Lisa Snyder :
I had originally intended this to be something else, but it didn’t work out. It was created with the gradient mesh tool in Illustrator. I think it looks really cool.
This flower was shot at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in North Carolina. I took it in raw, and then cropped it until it looked nice. I love orchids. They are really pretty flowers.
This design was actually done by my 14 year old daughter. She loves anime, and she likes to draw these little cats. I thought it might be good for her to hear that other people like them too, because she doesn’t think they are any good. I thought they were adorable.
Rico:
This is one of my personal favorite designs from your shop
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the studio! Art Cat is a black and white vector drawing with a multicolored painting and... PAW PRINTS!! Copyright © 2011-2012 Lisa Snyder “All rights reserved” Rico: I just love this. It mad me smile and think this is something my cat would definately do.
Rico:
Where else can our readers find you online?
Lisa Snyder :
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