The Short & Sweet Company

Two people, one process

We are a boutique studio in Portland, Oregon, working at the intersection of art and technology. Every story starts as pencil on paper and ends as something a child can hold or touch.

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Kyra Lee
Owner & Operator

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Lemuel Canady
Creative Visionary, Art Director & Lead Illustrator

Lemuel "Lem" Canady Jr. serves as creative visionary, lead illustrator, and art director for The Short & Sweet Company. He also directs the full-stack engineering that brings the studio's interactive digital experiences to life, pairing hand-crafted illustration with modern software architecture.

Pencil to screen
1
Pencil
The story is drawn on paper first, panel by panel, until the pages read aloud well.
2
Ink and flat colour
Heavy outlines, flat fills, and slightly off-register colour, the way a screen print lands.
3
Built to move
The same artwork becomes a web experience with gentle motion and read-aloud audio.
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