FortHouse Studios

Illustration and art of Joe Rosshirt Joe Rosshirt, founder and art director of FortHouse Studios, has a passion for shaping the young minds of our future.

Staying light hearted, humorous, and fun are as important to FortHouse as having strong craft and design. As much as we love to focus on childrens media, we also pride ourselves on being versatile and taking on 'grown-up' projects. We work closely with our clients to develop high quality and creative solutions. So whatever your creative needs may be, don't hesitate to give us a call.

04/26/2026

Set up with from 10-3pm today (4/26)

03/29/2026

Makers Market today (3/29) 10-3:00

Working through some growing pains with the improved set up, but very happy with it over all.

*Made all the walls fold
*displaying only the small versions of the prints for more wall space
*showing more originals (which take the most time)
*new signage all around

Went from a 45min set up to a couple hours. Need to optimize again. Fail Forward!

03/28/2026

03/12/2026

PSA for other illustrators and commercial artists. Even some Art Markets have trouble understanding what ‘fine art’ is. All because you’ve found a way to make art affordable for the masses doesn’t mean you’re not a ‘fine artist’. All because you’ve found a way to make a living doing what you love doesn’t mean you’re not a ‘fine artist’.

So, if painting is ‘fine art’ and all your paintings have sold, and all you have left to fill out a tent is prints, stickers, cards, and magnets of the original painting… now your not a ‘fine artist’? 🤔

Also, digital painting isn’t ’fine art’? Why? Same process, different tools. Who the f*ck is defining this sh*t? Get over yourself.

Is defining a painting (digital or traditional) as an illustration all of a sudden a trigger word?

Sometimes, when you discover ways to succeed, others get jealous and want find bu****it reasons to bring you down so they can feel better about themselves.

Yeah-yeah, boohoo, call the wahhhmbulance, I get it, let me vent, rant over.

02/10/2026

New toys all around! Should make loading and unloading easier.