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Lexington School for the Deaf 2025https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/10-final1.jpeg10 Final1BRANCHES OF BELONGING Liberty High School 2025https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9-final2.jpeg9 Final2BRANCHES OF BELONGING Liberty High School 2025https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/teaching.jpgPrinthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/athome-process-9.jpgAtHome Process 9Most self portraits were placed in the windows of apartment buildingshttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/athome-process-8.jpgAtHome Process 8Students did free-drawing on each building.https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/clay-1.jpegClay 12026-03-07T08:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ckongsavage.com/visits/https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_9809.jpegIMG_9809https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_9830-2-e1746408797995.jpegIMG_9830https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_9809-e1746408683603.jpegIMG_9809https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_9830.jpegBrooklyn Public LibraryBrooklyn Public Libraryhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/book-visit-1-web.jpgBOOK-VISIT-1-web2026-02-25T15:46:41+00:00weekly0.6https://ckongsavage.com/portfolio/childrens-books-2/https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/jlg-goldstandard-rgb.pngjlg-goldstandard-rgbhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/jlglogo-rgb.jpgjlglogo-rgbhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fortune-cookie-page-tea-garden.pngFortune Cookie PAGE tea gardenhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fortune-cookie-page-endpapers.pngFortune Cookie PAGE endpapershttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fortune-cookie-page-bus.pngFortune Cookie PAGE bushttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cover-fortune-cookies-for-everyone-web.jpgCOVER Fortune Cookies For Everyone WEBhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/millionaire-2a.jpgMillionaire Mindsethttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/millionaire-1.jpgMillionaire Mindsethttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/millionaire-3.jpgMillionaire Mindsethttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/millionaire-0.jpgMillionaire Mindset2026-02-10T17:11:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ckongsavage.com/portfolio/the-big-picture/https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_6975.jpegIMG_6975https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/topdown-pell.jpgdefaultdefaulthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/topdown-chatham.jpgdefaultdefaulthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/face-pell.jpgdefaultdefaulthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/face-chatham.jpgdefaultdefaulthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/chathamend.jpgdefaultdefaulthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/birdseye-1.jpgdefaultdefaulthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_3108.jpegIMG_3108https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/is62-universe.jpgis62-universehttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/is62-trees.jpgis62-trees2026-01-19T21:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ckongsavage.com/portfolio/branding/https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/daaku-final-logo-1.jpgDAAKU logoDaaku: Food vendorhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/daaku-final-logo.jpgDAAKU FINAL stackedhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/daaku-final-logo-sm-1.pngDAAKU FINAL LOGO smhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/daaku-final-logo-sm.pngDAAKU final logo smhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/graphic-design.jpgPrinthttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/food-spots2.jpgFriends & Farms Food Spots 2Client: Friends & Farmshttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/food-spots1.jpgFriends &Farms Food Spots 1Client: Friends & Farmshttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/official-nc-logo-500-1.jpgnameclouds LOGO OFFICIALNameclouds ogo designhttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nc-tablet-1.jpgnc TABLETNameclouds: App design and illustration for tablethttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SEE-SEE-LOGO-NEW.jpgSEE SEE BLUE logo.jpg2Logo design in Adobe Illustrator. 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Acrylic and latex paint on wood panels, 4ft x 24ft.https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/tj-main-mural-final-web-1.jpgTJ Main Mural FinalFinal mural for store, which will open in 2024. 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I had to be sure that they contrasted each other so you could easily read each family member, and that they complemented the environment, and that I just liked them period.https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/family-sketchcrop.jpgfamily SKETCHcropFor the setting I took inspiration from Grand View Park in San Francisco. Foreground looks a bit empty here though...https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/family-sketch2.jpgfamily sketch2I remember all these poppies from my San Francisco visit: big red ones, small warm yellow ones. Kinda took artistic license, mixing them up and putting them next to a great shady tree—I don't think they'd grow together in real life, and believe they thrive in open fields.https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sf-family-600.jpgSF Family 600https://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sfkong-family-portrait-web.jpgSF Family Portraithttps://ckongsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1143.jpeg6 Mini Golden Gate BridgeItsy bitsy bridge. 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