Reese Highman

Artist & Creative Coder

Exploring the space between analog and digital through illustration, sculpture, and creative coding.

Selected Work

Self-Built - Scholastic Gold Key winning illustration

Self-Built

Drawing & Illustration 🏆 Scholastic Gold Key

Two versions of self constructing identity from pixelated fragments, building who we become from pieces of who we were.

Evening Breeze - Portrait with blue-toned figure

Evening Breeze

Illustration, 2023

A study in color and memory. Cool tones meet warm light in a moment of quiet joy.

Nostalgia - Dual portrait exploring past and present

Nostalgia

Illustration

Past and present coexist in a reflection on childhood, imagination, and the landscapes we carry within.

Golden Field - Power lines tower over glowing figures in pastoral landscape

Golden Field

Digital Illustration

Luminous figures drift through a pastoral landscape, caught between industrial infrastructure and ethereal presence.

Cup & String - Two friends connected by string telephone

Cup & String

Digital Illustration

Childhood communication reimagined. Two friends share secrets through the simplest of technologies.

Greetings from Virginia - Mixed media collage with postcard and polaroids

Greetings from Virginia

Mixed Media / Watercolor

Memory as collage. Postcards, polaroids, and handwritten letters become the artifacts of connection and place.

Maternal - Ceramic sculpture

Maternal

Ceramic Sculpture

A hollow figure holds what we protect most, the tender parts of ourselves we carry hidden.

Assembled Self - Mixed media figure with fabric and found objects

Assembled Self

Mixed Media

Identity as collage. We are made of what we collect, the textures and threads that bind us together.

Moonlit Field - Ceramic platter with painted scene and rose handles

Moonlit Field

Ceramic

Functional art that tells a story, where illustration meets sculpture in a moment of stillness.

Skills & Tools

Design Skills

Illustration
Color Theory
Composition
Character Design
Sculptural Form
Creative Coding

Tools

📷 Photoshop ✦ Adobe Certified
✏️ Illustrator ✦ Adobe Certified
📄 InDesign ✦ Adobe Certified
🎨 Procreate
🎞️ Toon Squid
🖌️ Watercolor
🏺 Ceramics
✂️ Mixed Media
📊 Office 365
🐙 GitHub

About

I'm an artist and creative coder currently studying as an honors student at the University of Montana, where I made Dean's List last semester. Originally from Palm Harbor, Florida, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from East Lake High School.

My work explores the intersection of traditional art-making and digital creation. Whether I'm working with ceramics, illustration, or code, I'm drawn to themes of memory, identity, and the things we carry inside us.

I believe in the power of making, both physical and digital, to help us understand ourselves and connect with others. Currently exploring creative coding through p5.js while continuing my practice in illustration and sculptural ceramics.

Get in Touch

Interested in working together or just want to say hello?

reesehighman@gmail.com