24/09/2026
The easier it becomes to make things, the more I think craft matters.
For the new menu board at My Mother’s Delicacies on Cherry Street in Scranton, I wanted the finished piece to feel like it belonged to the business, not like it came from a template.
So some of the most important elements started away from the computer.
I took an old-school approach to the illustrations, drawing them by hand on paper with Tombow markers. Then they were scanned and worked into the final design alongside the typography, layout, and information hierarchy.
Could I have generated illustrations faster? Absolutely.
But speed wasn’t the point.
My Mother’s Delicacies is a business built on recipes, tradition, and things made by hand. Bringing some of that same human touch into their visual identity was the right choice for their brand.
And in a world increasingly filled with instantly generated content, that kind of intentional craft does something else: it creates distinction.
For them, and for me.