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So the other day I was doing some work for our new site Folio Candy (where you can purchase premade portfolio sites, perfect for showcasing your creative work) and I came across an issue in Illustrator that I had never come across before. My Save for Web feature was not working properly. Save for Web is mainly used when saving images as JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs, etc. Losing this capability definitely makes my work harder – so it was frustrating. My boyfriend, Scott – a Genius at the Apple store – told me that I should try and clear out my preferences in my Library. I was like “hmmmm?” Well – that fixed it – so if you ever come across this crazy and frustrating issues, follow these steps:

1- First, go ahead and quit Illustrator.

2- Go to your Home and find the Library folder. Jump into that folder.

3- Find your Preferences folder inside Library, and jump in there.

4- And in Preferences you are going to be looking for something like Adobe Save for Web 11.0 Prefs. Delete that sucker, and restart your computer. Open up Illustrator and tada, you should be good as gold.

But it left me wondering, why does this happen … In my case, there was a file I was using, that every time I accessed Save for Web within that file, it would come across an error, saving improperly and then screwing it up every time after no matter what file I tried it with. So I just don’t Save for Web in that file. Sheesh.

So some few months or so ago, I started working with a small start-up called Little Passports. I really enjoyed what they were trying to achieve with their product, which was offering a fun and interactive way to educate young children about different cultures. The concept is that there are two main characters, Sam and Sofia, who travel around the world on their magical scooter, and children “travel” along with them by receiving monthly packages that include various things, such as activity sheets, “boarding passes” that contain a secret code to be inputed online which gives access to online activites, stickers and stamps, and other things too. The first monthly package comes in a cute little suitcase!

Sam & Sofia illustrated by Rhiannon Cunag

My role with Little Passports has been to create the look of the main characters, Sam and Sofia, and to illustrate and design many of the other pieces, such as boarding passes, stickers, activity sheets, etc. I feel like I’ve really played an integral role with Little Passports and I am really passionate to see them succeed.

Sam & Sofia illustrated by Rhiannon Cunag