Hi Friend.

I’m Allison, the hands, brain, and heart behind Fuzzy Grapefruit Creative.

I have always been obsessed with making things — When I was very little, I would make my own picture books by stapling together sheets of letterhead paper from my dad’s office. The end product was not very refined, but it got the job done and it allowed me to focus on what really brought me joy: storytelling with visuals.

Years later, I received a BFA in graphic design from the Rochester Institute of Technology and although it wasn’t exactly the love affair I thought it would be, it definitely informed the way I think about visual communication. I worked for a number of years as a graphic designer, both in-house and through freelance projects, until I found my true calling in art and illustration. Through art commissions and custom illustration projects, I’m able to work with a wide variety of clients and really help them to visually tell their own stories.

My artistic interests tend to ebb and flow, but I specialize in visually textured digital illustration which feels handmade and has a sense of storytelling to it. I especially love depicting the natural world (plants, animals, faces) and I am always thematically driven by the things that bring me joy.