Photo Story: Illustrator in a Box
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, gets work done on the couch while practicing social distancing in New Braunfels, Texas, March 25, 2020. Her normal routine often involves meeting with fellow small business owners at a local coffee shop to work together. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
A curbside pickup sign at a grocery store in New Braunfels, Texas, on March 30, 2020, is framed by a dreary sky. Picking up essentials through curbside ordering has become a common chore under pandemic-related restrictions. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Ares, dog, and Apollo, cat, lounge in a window’s light in Sierra DeVuyst’s living room in New Braunfels, Texas, April 3, 2020. These two help keep DeVuyst company when she needs a break from work. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Apollo, Sierra DeVuyst’s cat, sits in DeVuyst’s lap while she plays a video game at her home in New Braunfels, Texas, April 7, 2020. Games are an easy, necessary escape from reality while cooped up during the COVID-19 quarantine. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, serves herself a meatball from a local Italian restaurant at her home in New Braunfels, Texas, April 8, 2020. During the restrictions of COVID-19, DeVuyst tries to support local restaurants that are feeling the effects of social distancing. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, takes time to rearrange inventory at her home office in New Braunfels, Texas, April 8, 2020. Finding new tasks to fill her day is one of the many ways DeVuyst fights off the stress of being stuck at home during the COVID-19 quarantine. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator and small business owner, swaps out the batteries in her computer’s mouse at her home office in New Braunfels, Texas, April 8, 2020. She works on three different systems to deliver work to clients on time. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, sprays a mixture of water and bleach onto a paper towel at her home office in New Braunfels, Texas, April 8, 2020. Being stuck in the same place for weeks on end can cause clutter to build up quickly, so keeping things clean vastly improves her quality of life. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
A salad sits on the counter at Sierra DeVuyst’s home in New Braunfels, Texas, April 12, 2020. Doing her best to eat fresh, healthy foods helps to keep up her mood. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, places stakes in her backyard garden in New Braunfels, Texas, April 15, 2020. DeVuyst is using the COVID-19 lockdown to improve on a meager garden in her yard. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, plants a flower in her backyard garden in New Braunfels, Texas, April 15, 2020. The flowers in the garden are intended to be accompaniment plants for the peppers and tomatoes that are already there. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, tends to the garden in her backyard in New Braunfels, Texas, April 15, 2020. A garden is a good excuse for DeVuyst to get outside during the day while under quarantine. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator and business owner, dries off her kitten, Apollo, following a brief cleaning in her home’s kitchen in New Braunfels, Texas, April 17, 2020. DeVuyst and her husband found Apollo in their backyard just before the COVID-19 lockdown began. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator and business owner, completes a yoga routine in her living room in New Braunfels, Texas, April 22, 2020. Yoga is DeVuyst’s favorite way to stay active from home while social distancing restrictions remain in place. Photo by Grant DeVuyst. 
Sierra DeVuyst, an illustrator who runs her own business, tends to the garden in her backyard in New Braunfels, Texas, April 15, 2020. A garden is a good excuse for DeVuyst to get outside during the day while under quarantine. Photo by Grant DeVuyst.
This photo story follows New Braunfels entrepreneur Sierra DeVuyst through a month of living confined in her home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The set tracks her at work, at play and everything in between.
