In 2001 Tonya started selling handcrafted sculptures out of her art studio. That same year she expanded the business with the addition of website design, art tool distribution, tutorial writing, and how-to videos. In 2008 Tonya was joined by her husband Steve when they started designing and selling digital art and illustrations together. In addition, their web & graphic design services began to grow. This prompted the name change to little T studio that same year.

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Shortly thereafter, little T’s handcrafted art was featured in Tucson's, The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.  In 2013 little T authored their first book together "Cool Chick School Chick.".  In 2015 they started designing and selling planners featuring Tonya’s hand illustrated art.  In 2017 little T published a second book, “Beach Life,”.  A coloring book that features hand illustrated art of both Steve & Tonya. 

In 2018 the many wonderful products on little T studio outgrew the dynamics of littleTstudio.com. This prompted our decision to separate their design agency from their art studio. That same year they launched McLeRoy design co. 

Steve and Tonya have over 20 years of experience in commercial art and design.  They've spent 15 years working with marketing strategists, technology leaders and training development specialists.