Lea is a children's book illustrator based in Serbia.
Monday, November 23, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
TORORO.AOI
Asher Yeo (@tororo.aoi) is a freelance illustrator, writer and mythology nerd based in Singapore. Swerving between monochromes and bright, psychedelic colours. She gains most of her inspiration from the stories people tell and the way these are cataloged in their respective cultures.
Friday, November 6, 2020
SASHA FITZGERALD
Sasha grew up on the West Coast of Canada, moving from town to town, from city to suburb to country, for the first twelve years of her life. Through all of the changes, new schools, and general upheavals, one thing remained constant - her love of art.
She attended the illustration and design program at Capilano University, and learned many news skills, and met many talented fellow-burgeoning artists. A year later two of her illustrations were published in Jasmine Beckett Griffith's Vampire Art Now, a beautiful, hard bound coffee table art book. She has also sold her wares at various conventions, including Anime Evolution and MiniComi, as well as at the Granville Island Public Market.
Through her work, she hopes to tell a story, set a mood, and express emotion. With each painting she endeavors to define the ethereal 'feminine', and uncover all of her secrets.
In her free time, she loves to cuddle her black cat Honey, take long walks through the forest, drink peach cider on a hot day, and take photographs of her surroundings.
Awards
2 illustrations published in Vampire Art Now (2011) - Collins Design
A short comic to be published in Gothology III - Gothology Press
A Daily Deviation Feature for 'The Countess' 2011 - DeviantArt
A Daily Deviation Feature for 'Dryad' 2012 - DeviantArt
Monday, October 19, 2020
TINA MOLINA
Strange, unusual and mostly misunderstood, Tina Molina is one odd bird! Shy at first, until you get her talking about creative projects or the latest collaborations. The Arts have always been her outlet when she's too shy to express herself through words.
This is Tina's first book and wants to pass on how much fun it is to dream where everything is possible and anyone can be a hero. And maybe, just maybe... you'll be inspired by one of the artists and want to draw something of your own. She loves it when people share their drawings!
dreamingheroheadquarters@gmail.com
Instagram: cookie_farts_a_lot
GAVIN LEIGHTON
Gavin Leighton is a cinema photographer and editor based in Los Angeles. He has filmed and edited content for companies such as Gap, Banana Republic, General Dynamics, Constellis, Constellation, and various small businesses.
Right now he's focusing on Origin Story, a film production that captures special and unique moments in your life so that it can be remembered in cinematic detail. These films are a family time capsule that can be enjoyed for decades and generations to come.
MATT DRAKE
Artist, and illustrator, also paint murals, faux finish and Venetian plaster.
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MARIA DONOVAN
Maria is a Boise based aspiring artist. She works with all types of art styles, canvases, and mediums including paint, pencils, and digital. Her most recent endeavors include window painting and custom designs. Surreal and contrasting, her work seeks to showcase complex compositions and visual storytelling with painterly texture and balance. Maria is an artist because she loves to construct fantastical images that can't be seen in real life. It's the only way to express oneself without words. Some of her main achievements are large-scale scale projects and magazine features. Maria's skills are ever improving and this is just the beginning, so watch out world!
instagram: @mariaelaineart
Sunday, October 11, 2020
DERIK FENSTERMACHER
Hobby artist / craftsman out of North Carolina. Advocates mental health awareness. It's a topic that doesn't get discussed enough. Support your friends and family in their endeavors because it takes a village to do anything important.
https://instagram.com/nailz1111?igshid=50l8wu1yezf6
BRYAN MAHNKE DAVIDSON
Bryan is driven to tell meaningful stories - whether that's making art that someone working 9-5 can watch or read to unwind from the day or helping that one teenager who doesn't quite fit in, connect to something larger, or helping children learn something that will influence their lives for years to come.
Bryan strives to create characters that don't fit neatly into one moral category. Showing the humanity in monsters , and the darker impulses of heroes adds an element that hopefully reminds people to find the good in the bad, and be careful of the bad in the good.
https://www.bryandrawsthings.com/
KARLA MAGANA
Illustrator, graphic designer, professorial nerd, disco addict and Palm Springs' resident vampire.
CHRISTINE BARLOW
Christine grew up in the Midwest and was a grade school teacher in Chicago until she retired to San Diego. She was very creative and artistic with a knack for lifelike drawing, painting, making small murals and creating extremely detailed porcelain doll figurines. Christine was also a craftswoman skilled at restoring wood furniture, upholstery rejuvenation, and sewing clothing. There was no doubt she was capable of taking a creative idea from drawing to finished product.
JACOB GUYMON
Jake was born and bred in Southern California. He works mostly in digital art and doodles. He recently got an airbrush, so he'll probably paint with that too. He also enjoys acting and voice over work.
LESLIE WEIDNER
Leslie Weidner is a professional quilter she certified Quilt In A Day Teacher.
It all started in 1963 when she won a scholarship to Chicago’s Art Institute during her junior year in high school. There had been a contest directed to art students to present their vision of Chicago. Naturally, most of the art work submitted leaned toward Chicago’s dramatic skyline, or Buckingham Fountain, or one of many other distinguished sites in this Toddling Town, Chicago. But Leslie had a different vision. Her vision was the unseen part. The scenes experienced when she rode the “L” out of Halsted Street: gritty fire escapes from run down apartments. Her “sketch” became so detailed that the judges accepted her pencil sketch and not the required ink drawing. It won her the scholarship at the Art Institute of Chicago! Her restless spirit carried her to California where her attention was directed toward the soldiers in Viet Nam. This interest led her to create her own “newspaper” called Tom’s Times. Even though it was sent to one soldier, Tom was able to circulate his one copy of Tom’s Times to at least 100 other home sick fellow soldiers. Tom’s Times brought news of the latest music, movies and goings on of the people of California. Eventually, Tom came home and Tom’s Times turned into quilts. Leslie began to focus her art on fabric: quilt designs and other fiber creations. Some homemade card quilts as well as full size quilts were sent to VA hospitals. She continues to create and give away quilts to veterans and other charitable organizations. She also began original designs onto quilts that are currently being sold at her Etsy shop, Bratty Ann Designs. Her first client brought her a pencil sketch of a quilt block she asked to be created. And, created Bratty Ann did! She continues to design and create quilts for veterans, security quilts for children, and quilts used for raising money for fundraisers.
Saturday, October 10, 2020
VIVIANA GUERRERO
Viviana Guerrero is an artist of many mediums. Primarily portraits and acrylic on canvas but occasionally she’ll venture out and try new mediums. Her love of bugs, dinosaurs and all things odd has shaped her art into a style all of her own. She was born and raised in SoCal and started selling paintings at the age of 15. By 16 she had hosted and sold at the local artwalks and only progressed from there. She was mentored by her high-school Art teacher and even got to teach along side her. Nowadays you’ll find her pursuing her passion for child care while running her Etsy shop on the side.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/VivisorausRex
Saturday, July 11, 2020
SHAUN PIELA
Comic books and cartoons sparked his imagination at an early age, and from that moment he knew what he wanted to be. His style reflects these inspirations with whimsy, playfulness, graphic boldness and surreal action. Art is found everywhere and is part of everyday life.
Shaun likes to start by concepting on paper and then move digitally. Depending on the look or whom its for, he will collaborate with his colorist to keep things moving along.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
RENEE SALIM
Renée lives in Sheffield, UK and studied graphics and illustration at a specialised fine art college in Wales. She loves to draw whimsical portraits with bright colours. She is inspired by pop culture and music, and much of her earlier work is heavily influenced by her love of Japanese culture. She currently works full time whilst managing an etsy shop and commission work on the side, but one day hopes to make her art her full time job as a freelance illustrator.
SAMANTHA SHUMAKER
Samantha Shumaker is a Panamanian-American artist born in Texas in 1993. She began her career as a visual artist in Orlando, Florida after watching a handful of YouTube tutorials on oil painting techniques and was inspired to emulate the individuals who dedicated their lives to the creation process. Through practice and dedication she found herself entranced with painting strong and powerful yet delicately ethereal subjects. These paintings are brought to life with electrifying cotton candy color palettes and fluid dream-like compositions in a new contemporary style. Her love of experimentation has led her to dynamic bouts of painting larger than life in the form of murals, sculptural paintings and story telling through video. She seeks to build a community by using her story and work to inspire others, both online through her YouTube videos and locally at art functions.
ELIS ZILL
Elis Zill is an Illustrator ,Story & Comic book artist. Graduated in Animation,but what she loves doing the most is drawing Comics. Since 2013 she's been working doing Character Design, Comic, Storyboard & Illustrations for different Studios & Editorial around the world. These past 2 years she has worked in the Animation industry for Disney. At present,she is working as a Freelance Storyboard Artist & Comic book artist along with personal projects.
HAYLEY CASSATT
Hayley Cassatt is a Portland-based Artist, Illustrator and Creator. She graduated with a BFA from CalArts in Valencia, California, in 2006. She works mainly with watercolor, gouache and ink - but has known to dabble in acrylic, polymer clay and resin.
Hayley currently works in freelance illustration, window painting for local small businesses, and also manages an online store for prints and jewelry.
Her fascination with narwhals sparked in 2008 when she discovered that their existence, though magical, is very real. She felt compelled to make them the focus of her illustrations, and has been incorporating more creatures ever since.
BEN AVLIS
BEN AVLiS is a self-taught semi-human art mammal lurking somewhere within the old textile mills of Fall River, MA where he co-owns/operates the MiLLBiLLY Art Studio established in 2008. There he works full-time with his imagination while experimenting with various mediums such as: drawing, painting, airbrushing, sculpture, digital art, animation, resin casting, and screen printing.
His role in the art realm is to sustain the process of creation while continuing to utilize "life" as the source of inspiration.
BETTY STOUMBOS
Betty is a 'mostly' self taught artist who has been creating one way or another her whole life. Over the years she has dabbled in photography, watercolor, acrylic, but it was love at first sight when she discovered mixed media. Her favorite thing to do is create a background with lots of texture, and then paint one of my whimsical characters, mostly girls, over top. Betty's style is ever evolving and you never know what will show up next!
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