Hello, I’m Aaron.

My first passion was words. I wrote. Once I discovered the potent combination of words and images, I was hooked on graphic design. I pursued Visual Communications and Journalism at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in December 2008. I did various freelance work until I got an internship with CaringBridge, and after that a job at the Hastings Star Gazette newspaper with Rivertown Multimedia. I spent four years designing ads and pages for a variety of Rivertown papers. Now I work at Gemini Incorporated, one of the world's largest manufacturers of dimensional letters and plaques. I prepare artwork for production and work with customers, salespeople, and manufacturing plants to ensure we make the best products we can.

I live with my wife Katie and two sons, James and Peter, in the Cannon River Valley, near Cannon Falls, Minnesota. I bike. I read. I help raise chickens and goats.

(The ‘h’ in my last name is silent, so it sounds like ‘Tessing.’)