Welcome to My Whimsical World

Educational Projects

I write, illustrate and design whimsical educational tools, books and interactive designs for kids and adults. From activity books to college curriculum I believe learning should be fun.

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Wearable Whimsy

From Upcycle dresses to Paper Appliqué to Digitally Drawn Textiles Wearable Art is my favorite form

of expression.

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Current Summer
Project

For fun and learning I've been playing with Procreate and Digital Collage using my own and Creative Market assets. See here.

Creative Student Project Highlights That Inspire Learning & Creativity

DAR 120 SPRING SEMESTER 2026 (Pima Community College) STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS ZAHRA REYES, FINAL ZINE BASED ON A SONG (Photoshop, Indesign) STEVE BULLIS, ONE PAGE ZINE IN (Learning Indesign layout) ALIX x, FINAL ZINE ILLUSTRATION BASED ON A SONG (Indesign, Illustrator) NATALIA SERRANO, KID'S ACTIVITY BOOK SPREAD (Learning Indesign layouts) ILLIANA TOLEDO, COLLAGE STORY (Learning Photoshop Layers) Nicola Larkin, Self Portrait, (Learning Photoshop Brushes) Cooper Kilborn, Fruit Sal

Ronni Rose Swanson

May 20

Students Take On Matisse Jazz

In my DAR120 classes we created artwork inspired by Matisse's Jazz while learning how to create with flat shapes in Adobe Illustrator. The circus, 1947, Matisse Here's the Design Brief for the assignment. Here's some of the masterpieces. :) Nina Boger Luis Ferre Amberlin Fleming

Ronni Rose Swanson

Feb 2