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You can\u2019t very well have an Instagram audience of 43,000 and not feel at least a little self conscious. But it helps freelance illustrator and Eastern Mennonite University alumna Madeline Kate (Hostetler) Martinez \u201917<\/strong> to remember that the people who keep tabs on her artwork don\u2019t have complicated demands:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey just want to see what I\u2019m creating, pure and simple,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By day, Martinez is a full-time graphic designer in Portland, Oregon, for the children\u2019s apparel company Hanna Andersson. The rest of the time, she draws as much as possible \u2013 for several hours every day, she said \u2013 and sells her work \u2013 more, as her following has grown \u2013 through <\/span>an online store<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eastern Mennonite University alumna Madeline Kate Martinez is a full-time graphic designer and a freelance illustrator in Portland, Oregon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martinez majored in photography and digital media in EMU\u2019s <\/span>visual and communication arts<\/span><\/a> program, which offers a breadth of studies that \u201cgave me skills to move into a broader field of design and illustration that I might not have explored otherwise,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And because EMU is a not a traditional art school, she said, she was able to also minor in Spanish, plus study abroad for a semester in Guatemala, Mexico and Cuba, geographic regions that are reflected in her work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think people resonate with my art because it comes from such a deep well of my own human longings for not just a place or a thing, but for a moment of feeling,\u201d she said. \u201cI try to bring together the different things I love \u2013 places I\u2019ve traveled, fashion, the feminine spirit and nature, mostly \u2013 into one visual representation of my everyday daydreams and wanderlust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A city \u2018made for creative souls\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n

Martinez grew up surrounded by nature near Harrisonburg, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI spent much of my childhood barefoot in the woods, looking for salamanders and building forts,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I deeply appreciate Portland\u2019s readily-available green spaces and collective love of trees!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2017, just six weeks after graduating from EMU, Martinez and her husband, a chef, \u201cpicked up and moved\u201d to Portland for a restaurant position, and Martinez worked for a year as a junior designer for a small marketing firm before finding her current position.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think Portland was made for creative souls,\u201d she said. It has a small-town feel: she and her husband live in a friendly and green neighborhood that is \u201cfilled with great food,\u201d there are many parks, and they live just an hour\u2019s drive from the coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

A \u2018simple and clear\u2019 signature style<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\u201cI tend to use flat colors and simple line work so the final piece stays simple and clear,\u201d <\/span>said Madeline Kate Martinez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martinez often begins a piece with a sketch on paper, but finishes it digitally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy techniques are largely informed by fine art painting and printmaking,\u201d she said. \u201cI like to use textures and strokes that echo traditional mediums like gouache, charcoal and graphite, but part of what I love about using digital software is the ability to layer textures and mix \u2018mediums\u2019 that wouldn\u2019t necessarily play well together in reality. It\u2019s fun to layer a watercolor texture over a swath of chalk, which wouldn\u2019t work the same way if you tried it on paper.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Her subject matter and use of colors are \u201cpared down for a minimalist vibe,\u201d she said. She intentionally limits her palette before starting, to \u201ckeep myself in check.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI tend to use flat colors and simple line work so the final piece stays simple and clear,\u201d she said. \u201cIt took some time for me to develop my signature style, and it continues to evolve, but this is part of what makes my work identifiable as mine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Just look at her <\/span>Instagram posts<\/span><\/a>, and you can see what she means.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then, click \u201cfollow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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