News – Shawn Braley Illustration

Tales from Downeast

Posted by Shawn Braley on March 22, 2023

The New England Made Giftware and Specialty Food show has a long history of success for the wholesale trade. It's a juried show, held each year in March in Portland, Maine, and features more than 300 companies. Around 1,500 buyers from around the country spend 3 days sourcing new products to share with their customers back home. The prospect of doing a wholesale trade show felt daunting. How do you catch the eyes of buyers? How do you set up a booth and make it welcoming? Lots of “what ifs.” When we decided to invest in a booth and all the travel expenses and...

Halloween!

Posted by Shawn Braley on October 30, 2022

Halloween has long been a favorite holiday of ours. As the daylight grows shorter and the night creeps in, imaginations can go wild thinking about what lurks in the dark. We've put together a little gallery of our published and unpublished Halloween art that we hope you enjoy! 🎃 👻

Tales from the studio

Posted by Shawn Braley on April 21, 2022

Hi there! I'm Shawn Braley. I love illustrating fun, sweet and cute animals. This space will be about sharing new art, ideas, my process and the business of making a living as an artist.