Hi. I'm Rachel. I'm an artist, I've got two black cats, and my hair has super powers.
If you'd like to follow more of my art, I also can be found at rachelross.art/ on the web and @raystrikesback on Instagram and Twitter.
So. In my senior year of high school I took AP Art. For that class, I had to undertake a huge project: I had to do one painting outside of class every week for most of the year. I picked Greek mythology.
And, well... it kinda stuck.
Fast forward four years: in my senior year of college, I was getting ready for my senior show as a graduate of the fine arts program. A group of students were working on an art collection to self-publish a book. The theme of that collection? Moon Goddess. I discovered the project well after its inception, but by sheer determination (and enthusiasm, probably) I talked my way into the project.
The Moon Goddess Project was pivotal to my development as an artist. Not only did it further my obsession with mythology and archetypes, it pushed me into a whole new stylistic direction. It also helped get me a job with a game studio right out of college, which is where I've worked full-time as an artist for the past five years.
So how did I shift gears into designing apparel? Blame Redbubble. I've always liked putting my art on stuff, but it never really sold. Redbubble was the first marketplace where my artwork found a bit of footing, but I was dissatisfied with the products they had available. So I began investigating, devouring information like a starving wolf, and here we are.
When you purchase one of my products you may notice that the packaging is less intimate than other sellers here on Etsy. I'll be straight up with you: I don't have the means to print all of my apparel by hand, by myself (although I'd love to learn). My apparel orders are produced and fulfilled by a few third-party companies located here in the United States. If that's a turn off for you, or maybe just not what you're looking for: that's cool, we can totally still be friends. I'm certainly not here to mislead anybody. But if you're okay with that, and you wanna see what kind of unique artwork I make for you in the future?
Pull up a chair, hang out. The cats are super friendly.