I’m Annika, and for as long as I can remember, whenever someone asks me what my hobbies are, I say art. 

When I was little, I would sit at the kitchen table and make things from sunrise to sunset. I’d draw, paint, make clothes and furniture for my Barbies, sew, knit, sculp, and whatever else I could think of. I always said that when I grew up I wanted to be an artist. As I got a bit older, I was introduced to digital art and graphic design. I would ask my parents to come up with fake companies or products so that I could design posters, slide decks, or graphics for them. Being creative and making art was my escape and my happy place, and that’s something that has never changed. 

I went to school at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (go heels), where I majored in Media and Journalism, specifically Advertising and Public Relations, and minored in Studio Art. I got to explore how I could use my passion for creativity in a field like advertising, and I learned to love new forms of art that I never knew existed. During my time at UNC, I also worked as a Marketing Supervisor, where I got to lead a design team and practice my own graphic design skills, create and manage social media content, and a thousand other little things that I never thought I’d do but I loved. UNC helped me figure out how I could continue to bring creativity into everything that I do, both in my work and my personal life. 

Since graduating in 2024, I’ve spent time working as a social media intern, a graphic designer, and I’m currently the Co-Founder and Art Director of a branding and creative agency. In my free time, art has never stopped being my favorite hobby. My current go-to’s are crochet, cross stitching, and creating digital prints. This site is a little scrapbook of everything I make. A mix of my work, art, and experiments that tell the story of how my creativity continues to grow.

Welcome to the grown-up version of my childhood art table.