Artist: Melissa Dustan Bartman

Melissa Dustan Bartman is a freelance designer and illustrator who began her artistic career at the Alberta College of Art and Design, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication in 2001. Since then she has acquired a wealth of experience in both print and web media and has been working with clients from a variety of industries including marketing and public relations, architectural, publishing, greeting card design & dental marketing. Her greatest creative interests include illustration, print design and new product/license development. Melissa's studio is based in Calgary, Alberta, where she lives with her husband and twin sons. If she is not working on concepts or sitting at her Mac, she can be found chasing her boys around the house and enjoying the chaos of life with two toddlers.