About the Artists!
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Liz Adams- Liz is a freelance illustrator living in Los Angeles. Much of her inspiration comes from childhood, the desert, and animals. See more on her website and in her Esty
Shop. |
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Laura Amiss - Laura's handmade canvases are unique and are created using a selection of new and reclaimed fabrics. Her work is composed of subtle lines and color combinations produced through layering, piecing and sewing fabrics together. She draws her inspiration from her every day environment and hopes that she captures the landscape or moments of ordinary life which allows people to appreciate them with a fresh perspective. See more on her website and in Shop. |
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Kirrily Anderson - Kirrily's illustration based artwork is well travelled, appearing in places such as Mexico, Israel, New York City, Sydney & Melbourne, while her design work has
made its' way around both Australia & the United States often in the form of CD
artwork and gig posters.See more on her website and in Etsy Shop. |
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Aisyah
Ang - Aisyah considers her work
to be a hybrid of organic shapes and geometric
arrangements, both made possible by paints and
collages. Each piece of creativity represents
numerous possibilities design models of architectural
natural peaks or mountains, bleeds of botanical
fragments, floral growths, shadow of trees, unshakable
stone structures. See more on her website and in her Esty
Shop. |
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Kate Alizadeh
- Kate is 19, goes to art school in
the U.K. and drinks a lot of tea. She is inspired
by God, the stars, songs, love, bears and other
assorted furry animals. She loves creating atmospheres
and telling stories through pictures. See more
on her website,
in her Esty
Shop and on her blog. |
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Cate Anevski
- Cate's head is filled to the brim
with bizarre images. These images are inspired
by dreams, books, movies, nature & her pets.
She decided to become an illustrator so she could
share these images with everyone. See more on
her website and in her Esty
Shop. |
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Jo Askey - Jo
Askey is a freelance illustrator and graphic
designer living and working in Cheshire. After
returning to study in 2005 she discovered digital
art, a medium that she fell in love with. Jo is
inspired by many things including early poster
art, fashion and typography. One of her earliest
childhood memories is of clutching a crayon in
her hand and trying to draw the perfect rainbow.
Jo Askey designs for the moo.com designer range and her prints are available to
purchase from her
Etsy Shop and her Folksy
Shop. |
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Jennifer Rae
Atkins - Jennifer Rae Atkins is a Texan-New
Mexican who designs museum
exhibits for a living. She's been a writer,
an editor, a bookstore clerk, and a high school
English teacher, too, and both of her grandfathers
were cowboys. Jennifer lives in Bernalillo, New
Mexico, where she tries to draw every single day.
You can see her work at her
website. |
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Rachel Austin
- Rachel Austin's map paintings are
created using maps & layers of transparent
paint & ink on wood panels. Rachel is inspired
by crisp moments of beauty and tries to capture
them in this series. Rachel Austin is a full time
artist living in Portland, Oregon. You can see
her work at her
website and in her Etsy
Shop. |
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Ilaria Benedetti - Ilaria was born in Rome and since she was a child she has liked to draw. She now lives in Barcelona, Spain and is married with two lovely kids. She studies illustration at Idep, in Barcelona and has discovered the "beautiful land" of artist blogs and Etsy. You can see more of her work on her blog and in her Etsy shop. |
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Laura Bentham - Laura is a UK illustrator who also works as
a junior graphic designer/illustrator. Her work
can be found on her website and on her blog. |
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Laura Berger
- Laura Berger of is a self-taught
artist and illustrator based in lovely Chicago,
Illinois. She started painting and drawing because
it made her feel good. It is still working. Working
primarily with gouache and ink, her art is currently
centered around a dreamlike land full of lovable
creature-friends and a smattering of kindly humans.
See more in her shop,
on flickr and on her blog. |
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Ryan Berkley
- Ryan Berkley is the artist behind
Berkley Illustration (which he runs along with
his wife, Lucy). He is a self-described comics
inspired gentleman. He likes to draw sharks and
animals and creatures and mustaches and superheroes.
Sometimes he combines all of them and sometimes
they are on their own. You can see more in the Berkley
Ilustration Shop, Blog and on flickr. |
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Holly Ward Bimba - Holly
is the artist & illustrator behind Golly Bard.
She studied the fine art of printmaking, papermaking
& book arts. To this day, she still love the
smell of a print shop! However, watercolor painting
is her favorite medium and she works almost exclusively
w/ watercolor at this time. Holly designs stationery,
does freelance design work, as well as create
paintings for her Etsy
shop from her studio in Upperville, Virginia. |
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Charlie Bird - Charlie is currently a photography student at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked as a painter, photographer, and illustrator while not scampering off on camping trips. Her work is inspired by anything lovely and outdoors. While not fiddling in her band, Loudermilk & Moon, she is creating fun things with her best friend Heather Feather. See more on her flickr and on her blog.
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Amanda Blake - Amanda lives
and works in Portland, Oregon. She received her
BA in fine arts from the University of Oregon,
studied watercolor in Siena, Italy and oil painting
and print making at the Chautauqua Art Institute
in New York. Inspired by religious and literary
symbolism, art history, superstition and found
photography she works to create narratives that
are at once familiar and mysterious. See more
on her website,
in her etsy
shop and on her blog. |
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Jill Bogart - Jill spends her days playing with a boy (Doodle), a girl (Boo), and a
dog (Hoob). She spends her nights turning all that play into
drawings. A trained art historian and a wannabe scientist, Jill has a
wide range of interests, which sometimes seem to be at odds to one
another. She looks to her art as a way to combine all of these loves
and is pleased to have found so many who share them. See more of
Jill's work at her website and Etsy shop. |
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Asja Boro - Asja is
an artist and an illustrator from Croatia who
loves to create colorful, whimsical illustrations
and drawings. Color schemes play an important
role in her work and she especially enjoy drawing
geometric shapes, lines and patterns. She also
loves designing cute characters. Originally an
animator by professio,n in last couple of years
she has been more focused on illustration. See
more on her website and on her blog. |
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Brainstorm Print & Design - Brainstorm is a Philadelphia based design & screen printing studio run by Briana Feola & Jason Snyder.
Striving for a balance of top notch technical execution with vibrancy in image & color, Brainstorm works to create a satisfying blend of graphic design, illustration & silkscreen printmaking. In addition to art prints & personal illustrations, Brainstorm works on contract printing & custom design projects, producing unique & hand printed products for a great list of clients. See
more on their website. |
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Heidi Burton - Heidi Burton is a 29 year old illustrator living
in Cambridge, UK. She studied Illustration at
Kent Institute of Art and Design and has continued
to develop and exhibit her work since graduating.
Heidi is a mischievous explorer-type with a love
of the wilderness. These days she explores human
nature; social interaction, overheard conversations,
and the quirks of individuals - for concepts and
character ideas. See more in her Etsy
Shop, on flickr and on her blog. |
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Lindsey Carr
- Lindsey
Carr is the artist behind Little Robot. She
is 31 years old, and lives on the coast just south
of Glasgow, Scotland. She loves to draw and paint
and her materials and processes include paiting,
wooden toys, lareg paper theatres, dioramas. Inspired
by stories and influenced by fairy tales, mthyology
and dream sequences. Find out more on her
website and shop her
etsy shop. |
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Michelle Cavigliano - Michelle Cavigliano
of My
Zoetrope is a silly girl with silly daydreams
who works as a pattern designer for a risque fashion
company by day, and wanders around Brooklyn with
her camera and sketchbook by night. You can view
more of her work on her
website or in her
Etsy Shop. Her
blog is updated pretty frequently with adventures
of the imaginary kind on paper, and of the tasty
kind in the kitchen. |
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Jo Cheung - Jo is freelance illustrator and designer living in London. She likes to make images of birds, bears, dreamy landscapes with floating shapes and stars in the sky. Her inspiration comes from child hood memories, travels abroad, music and found photographs. When it comes to collecting paper she's a bit of a magpie! You can view
more of her work on her
website or in her
Shop. |
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Lyndey Clayborn - Lyndey recently received her BFA from Louisiana Tech University. While she occasionally works in pen and ink, her affections are mainly focused towards letterpress, relief prints and cut paper. Raised in the pine forests of northern Louisiana, she has consistently felt obliged to explore the world in which she inhabits. Lyndey is inspired by grandiose Baroque paintings, science-fiction, broadsides of the early 20th century, fairy tale illustrations, traditional printmaking and the curious past of the American South. You can take a look at her recent work at her website. |
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Lucy Claydon - Lucy founded Lottie Frank Illustration in 2007. She has a degree in Fashion design and also works as a Graphic designer for a large department store.
Lottie Frank has now developed into the warm and colourful world of the Lottie Ladies, so do take a glimpse into their loves, inspirations and stylish endevours. You can view
more of her work on her
website, in her
Etsy Shops (www.lottiefrank.etsy.com & www.littlelottieladies.etsy.com) and on her Blog.
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Gemma Correll - Gemma
Correll was born in the UK in 1984. 25 years later,
she lives and works as a freelance illustrator
and maker of things with cats on, in Norwich,
in the south east of England. Gemma likes pugs,
overpriced flavoured coffees and comfortable shoes.
You can see her work in her shop,
on her flickr page and in her Etsy
Shop. |
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Stephanie Miller Corfee
- Has worked as a watercolorist, wedding gown
designer, portrait artist and graphic designer
over the years. Her ultimate goal is to create
original works and prints that are accessible,
joyful and whose sales allow me to contribute
to the greater good. You can learn more about her on her Website and blog.
Also, visit her Etsy
Shop to see more of her work. |
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Ellen Kozyra Currier - Ellen grew up on the gulf coast of Florida, in
a small beach town. Art and design has always
been a big part of her life, but she had only
recently been inspired to share her work with
the world. By day she a GIS (Geographic Information
Systems) Analyst and cartographer. Besides creating
maps and art, she spends her time knitting, reading,
writing and practicing yoga. See more of her work
on her website. |
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Cori Dantini - Cori considers
her work to be something called a mixed media
painting and also likes to think of them as her
attempt at a visual poem. You can see more of
Cori's work in her two Etsy Shops. Here and here. |
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Rinske Dekker - Rinske
lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
After artschool she worked in an art-supplies
store until about 3 years ago she decided to be
a fulltime artist. Her paintings and drawings
are inspired by most things cute, beautiful &
odd. Vintage family photo's, comics, fantasy,
sci-fi, fairytales, old picturebooks, & pop
art are also current inspirations. Rinske hopes
that her work triggers the imagination.You can
see more of her work in here here and here. |
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Kate Dolamore - Kate is the artis behind Pencil Sahvings. She
likes to draw, paint, make things, go on walks
and take photos, cook, read, listen to music,
drink coffee, and spend time with lovely people.
Kate also lives in Orlando, FL and you can learn
more about her on her Website and blog.
Also, visit her Etsy
Shop to see more of her work. |
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Marcy
Davy - Marcy Davy is the printmaker behind All
Things Grow. Her work explores the natural world
through the graphic nature of woodcut and screen
printing. She studied printmaking and art education
and works as a commercial artist in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
You can see more in her Etsy shop, on her blog and on her flickr
page. |
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Ashley DeVrieze - Ashley is the painter behind Stubborn Dog Artwork. She likes to paint cheerful characters, animals, and bright shapes. She uses mostly watercolor, ink, and acrylics. When not working, she loves to hang out with her family, read, hike, and sip peppermint mochas. You can check out her paintings and prints at her blog and etsy shop. |
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Dilka -Dilka studied painting and graphic at university
and after working as a graphic designer for a while,
decided to try to take painting a little more seriously.
You can see more in her Etsy
Shop and on flickr. |
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Leah Duncan - Leah lives in Austin, TX with her husband, her two cats, her pit mix Oslo, and lots of foster puppies. Her work is mostly inspired by nature, folk art, southwestern culture, animals, and her love of children's illustrations. As well as working on commissions, Leah sells her work on her etsy shop and her website. You can keep up with her adventures, thoughts, and happenings on her blog. |
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Nicole Duquette - Nicole is a simple &
light-hearted illustrator creating out of Lancaster
Pennsylvania where she obtained her BFA in illustration
at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. She
works in a fun, whimsical style with her trusty
sets of watercolor and ever growing collection
of .03 ink pens! You can see more in her Website and on her blog. |
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Kate Durkin - New York based Kate Durkin grew up in Washington, DC. She received her BA from The New School in NYC, a post-baccalaureate certificate in painting at SACI in Florence, Italy, then lived and worked in San Francisco for four years. Kate has shown her stitched paintings in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Portland,OR, Tokyo, New York and Florence. She sells her work every weekend at the Brooklyn Flea. She is drawn to flora and fauna, childlike simplicity and muted colors. You can see more in her Website. |
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Lucy Engelman - Lucy is a recent BFA graduate and illustrator living in Northfield, IL. Her work is consistently whimsica,l playful and at times slightly mysterious, as she sticks to traditional forms of illustration with pen and paint. In addition to working with Indie Fixx, Lucy has had the joy of collaborating with several magazines and publishing houses listed on her site. To see more of her work and find her contact information, visit www.lucyengelman.com.
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Jaclyn Evalds - Jaclyn is an artist currently living and working in Portland, Oregon. A recent transplant from the East Coast, she recently left her job designing toys to focus on her art full time. She is inspired by folk art, antique photographs, nature, and vintage fabric patterns. You can find more of her work at her website and shop.
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Stephanie
Fizer- Stephanie
Fizer is a curious girl and illustrator in
lovely but misunderstood West Virginia. She enjoys
vintage children's illustration, pickles, striped
stockings, and all things cute which is apparent
in her illustrations. . .well except maybe the
pickles. To catch up with Stepahnie's goings on,
visit her
blog. You can find her work at Etsy and on flickr. |
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Yael Frankel
- Yael Frankel is
a mother of two & a graphic designer from
Buenos Aires, Argentina. She loves creating crafts
and digital illustrations in her home studio.
She describes her work as childlike tiny
art that you feel in love with when you see it
and want it to give or just to keep for yourself.
Visit her
blog and find her work at Etsy and on flickr. |
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Irena Freitas
- Irena is an illustrator & designer from Brazil. She loves childlike illustrations and drawing pretty girls. She is available for commissions and collaborations. Visit her
blog and find her work on her website and on flickr. |
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Marcia Furman
- Marcia Furman is a 5' firecracker
living in Butler, Pennsylvania. Acrylic painting
is her first love, but she enjoys working with
any and all mediums. Aside from painting, she
plays acoustic guitar for indie-rock band Hand
Drawn Mountains and volunteers with her church's
youth group. You can keep up with her latest art
work and brain overflow here. Her work can also
be found on Etsy, Flickr and her website. |
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Mandy
Gerth - Mandy finds an incredible
amount of nourishment from making art work. Her
work is inspired by the details of daily life;
these details move her and drive her to make new
works to enrich her family life as well as the
lives of others. You can see more of her work
on her blog and Etsy
Shop. |
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Mara Girling
- Inspired by the design scene of the
mid 20th Century and the world around us, Mara
Girling's art of Printspace is created to spark
the imagination and make you smile. You can find
more of her work (as well as that of her husband)
on her website,
on her blog and on flickr. |
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Sarah Golden - Sarah Golden
of craftyFOLK lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband musician
Jacob Golden and she is a musician myself (The
Battle of Land and Sea). She didn't go to art
school and likes to work in the living room, so
she can watch movies while she draws and paints.
Sarah dreams big big future plans for craftyFOLK
and hopes to be creating art even when she's an
old woman. You can read more about her on her
blog and see more of her work on flickr. |
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Jessica Gonacha - Jessica
Gonacha is an artist from Atlanta, Georgia
who is endlessly creating. Her work includes paintings,
drawings, illustrations, and paper goods and is
vibrant, colorful, and charming. Her work can
be found on her site and in her Etsy shop. You can also read more about Jessica
and her work on her blog. |
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Blanca Gómez - Blanca Gómez is an illustrator and graphic
designer who lives and works in Madrid, Spain.
Blanca likes making small things with care; her
website is called "cosas mínimas,
which means "tiny things" in Spanish.
Simple things inspire her and her work. Her work
can be found on her site and in her Etsy shop. |
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Samantha
Hahn - Samantha
Hahn is an illustrator, surface pattern designer,
crafter, blogger, and art teacher. She also writes
the blog Maquette where she writes about art, design, craft, and
eclectic style. She also often shares her daily
drawings there as well. Samantha has done commercial
work for: Glamour Magazine, Craft Magazine, Hallmark,
Mankind Magazine, Blanket Magazine, & Lovely
Magazine among others. To purchase prints of her
work, visit her
etsy shop, Little
Paper Planes and Shiny
Squirrel. |
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Kim Haller - Kim is the mixed media artist behind kil
sook. Currently residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
much of her work is influenced and inspired by
being a Korean adoptee, the many floating phrases
that pop into her head, the funny things that
her kids say and do, retro patterns, textures,
crazy childhood stories, piles of collected stuff,
and an incurable obsession with candy and being
warm. She sells prints of her work, which can
be found on her Etsy
shop, as well as welcomes inquiries on custom
pieces. |
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Abigail Halpin
- Abigail
Halpin is an illustrator and life-long New
Englander. She works with both traditional and
digital media to create colorful, whimsical pieces.
Her illustrations have appeared in assorted publications,
a children's book being released Spring 2009 and
in her Etsy shop, Miss
Avocado. |
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Shawna Handke - During a transitional moment in her life, Shawna
Handke realized that she needed pursue the
things in life that motivated her to wake up each
morning. Shawna had studied graphic design &
illustration, but she had not really pursued an
art career and so she decided to change that.
The artwork that she began creating expressed
a child-like creativity and can be described as
free-spirited and full of vibrant color. Read
more and see Shawna's work on her Blog,
her Website,
her Etsy
Shop & on Flickr. |
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Fee Harding - Fee is the artist behind Burntfeather. She lives
in Queensland, Australia and started drawing as
a side project to her other day job, peachypan.com.
Her true love is art and finds nothing better than
sitting on her bed, being cosy and doodling away.
You can read more of fee's adventures over at her
blog and find her work at her etsy
shop. |
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Mary Beth Heishman - Mary Beth is an artist and master art educator in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her current works are juxtapositions between humans, flora and various fauna. The naturalist theme reoccurs in her artworks and jewelry. Mary Beth blends the surrealism of Las Vegas with the naturalism of the desert to create a unique art form that combines the fantastic and unexpected. See more on her website and in her Etsy Shop. |
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Tara
Hogan - Southern Connecticut born Tara Hogan
began her design and illustration business INK+WIT in 2003 after working in house as a web and print
designer in South Norwalk, CT and Syracuse, NY.
Strongly rooted in Scandinavian design and American
illustration, the basis of simple bold shapes and
intricate textures laid the foundation of creating
original works of art and prints sold on INK+WIT
in addition to carrying over the simple refined
style into projects like identity, websites, and
illustration projects. You can read more about her
work on her
blog. |
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Denise Ann Holmes - Denise
Ann Holmes is a 27 year old illustrator living
in Chicago. She spends much of her day researching,
drawing, reading books, drinking tea with friends,
knitting and taking pictures. She is inspired
by vintage children's books, photographs of people
she doesn't know, apartment gardens, derelict
thrift stores and her husbands crazy ideas. You
can see more of her work on her
blog, in her
Etsy Shop and on her flickr
page. |
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Naomi Hughes - An artist
and freelance illustrator, Naomi Hughes lives
and works in Lockhart, Texas. She loves vegetables
and babies, and paints portraits of both for her
Etsy shop Naomilayne.
Naomi strives for a level of sincerity in her
paintings which she believes stems from a background
in photography, but also considers herself heavily
influenced by various folk art and craft traditions. |
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Hadley Hutton - Hadley’s work is a blend of traditional painting and modern design. She draws inspiration from Asian patterns and motifs, Victorian die cuts, and geometric designs. Her work explores nature’s beauty, people’s influence on their surroundings, and the environment's influence on people. You can see
more of her work in her Etsy Shop and on her website. |
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Janice
Jong - Janice creates from a corner of her
little home in London with a cup of tea and mp3s
playing on repeat. Her work is the stuff of urban
everyday life with a fantastical edge. You can see
more of her work in her Shop and on her Flickr
page and visit her blog. |
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K*smith - K*smith is a shy girl who loves nothing more than sitting
back and discovering the hidden beauty in people
and in objects. After the loss of her dog (and
best friend) of eight years, Humbert, she decided
that she needed a release for her sadness. Nothing
seemed more appropriate than to finally share
with the world her illustrations...and that is
how Unconventional Ida was born. Unconventional
Ida Shop ~ a forest fairytale by k*smith - Blog. |
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Liz Kalloch - Liz Kalloch
is a mixed media artist, illustrator and designer.
She splits her time between working as a designer
for several stationery and journal publishers,
creating illustrations for licensing, and painting
in her multi-dimensional studio. She shows her
artwork a few times a year at galleries around
the country, sells prints of her work and card
sets in her Etsy
shop, and blogs at her blog, Athena
Dreams Design. |
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Belinda Kemp - Belinda Kemp
is an artist living in Melbourne, Australia. She
used to be a graphic designer, but now enjoys
the complete creative freedom of making her own
work. Her work is available through her etsy
shop, her madeit
shop and through Udessi
gallery. |
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Anna Ruby King - Anna is
an Australian artist living in Athens,Greece.
In Australia, I studied art at university, where
she majored in print media, and minored in painting.
After that she studied jewellery design and manufacture.
Her now consists of her creating her own version
of nature. See more of her work on her
site and follow her on Twitter. |
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Andrea Lauren - Andrea is the artist behind Paper-Sparrow. When
she's not day dreaming about living amongst the
animals in the forest - she plays cello, loves
a good cup of coffee, goes vintage shopping and
plans new road trips in her trusty Swedish wagon.
You can find more of Andrea's art in her her
Etsy Shop and read more about her on her Blog. |
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Nan Lawson - Nan is an illustrator
living and working in Los Angeles. She lives with
her boyfriend and two cats in a craftsman apartment
that she is obsessed with decorating. She loves
clean lines, simple design, and soft muted colors.
Her art evokes a quiet serene feeling with a bit
of an edginess making it accessible to men, women,
and children of all ages. See more of her work
on her
shop and on her Blog. |
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Micheal Lewis - Lewis Acrylics
has been operating since 2003. Mike has shown
in 9 states, in major solo shows, dual shows and
many group exhibitions. His work is represented
by The Blue Bottle, Artstream Studios, and Lunar
Boy Gallery. Currently he is working in a studio
in Portland Maine and spending his weekends with
his lovely fiance. See more of his work on his
website and on his Blog. |
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Shuxin Liang - Originally
from Southern China, and having studied in Edinburgh,
Shuxin now lives in Melbourne as a freelance artist.
With a BA and Masters Degree in Graphic Design,
Shuxin likes to use visual communication as the
most direct way to express herself. See more of
her work on her
site and on her Blog. |
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Jill Brown Louie - JB Louie
is the artist behind Browningtonforest. She creates
designs influenced by her baby and by nature,
as well as everyday life. She finds finds awe
and magic within the forest and nature in general
inspires her. She grew up in the mountains and
now lives with her new baby and husband by the
beach! You can find her art in her
Etsy Shop and read more about her on her Blog. |
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Michele
Maule - Michele
Maule has been making art for over ten years
and has a bachelor's degree in art from Portland
State University. Her specialty is printmaking
and collage, but she also loves to paint and book
bind. You can find her work in her Etsy
shop, on her
blog and on flickr. |
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Tricia
McKellar - Tricia
McKellar is a mixed media artist & photographer
in North Carolina, USA. Her dreamy photography marries
original photographs with digital painting. Wanderlust
& the Southern landscape inspire many of her
works. You can see more of her work on her Blog, Flickr & Esty
Shop. |
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Donna McKenzie - Donna is a freelance artist/illustrator inspired by fabrics, wallpaper, art from any era, childrens' books and any shape or color seen in nature. She loves to draw and do custom commissions and collaborations. You can see more of her work on her Blog, and in her & Esty
Shop. |
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Brittni Wood Mehlhoff - Brittni lives with her husband and two animals in a brick bungalow in Jacksonville, Florida. When she is not creating collages, experimenting in 3-D work, or painting, she can be found over on papernstitch, as the owner and creator of the papernstitch.com exhibition site and as the editor of the papernstitch blog.
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Molly
Meng - Molly is a freelance artist & teacher
who moved to San Francisco after ten years in New
York City. Her work is inspired by ephemera of all
sorts and the history that exists within each item.
Her greeting card line, 8mmideas,
can be found in shops around the country; while
her one-of-a-kind, mixed-media collage pieces are
located in shops, gallerys and numerous private
collections around the U.S. |
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Lauren
Minco - Lauren graduated from the Illustration
Department at The Rhode Island School of Design
in 2006. Now she balances teaching, freelance illustration,
and showing her work in galleries while pursuing
her own entrepreneur endeavors. She currently lives
in Providence, Rhode Island. Lauren is faculty with
RISD Continuing Education and Montserrat College
of Art's Illustration Department. See her work on
her website,
in her Etsy
Shop and on her blog. |
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Elsa
Mora - You may be more familiar with Elsa's
nickname, Elsita, that's the name of her Etsy shop too. Elsita does a little bit of everything:
illustration, painting, ceramics, doll-making, sculpture,
the most awesome papercuts & jewelry making.
You can see more of Elsita's work on her blog,
her papercutting
blog and on her
flickr page. |
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Jenean Morrison - Jenean lives in Memphis, TN with her husband, Joel Rose, a film maker and frequent collaborator. She spends her days drawing, painting, and designing surface pattern collections for fabrics, stationery, rugs and more. Learn more about Jenean and see more of her work on her website. |
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Nancy Mungcal - Nancy is the artist behind Pretty
Little Thieves. She draws, cuts, pastes, colors
and prints. She loves the tools of her trade....Helvetica,
Kraft and graph paper, Pantome colors, black pens,
05 pencils, markers and notebooks. And also, illustration,
graphics, hand drawing, patterns, art, nature,
animals, travel and especially music. You can
see more of Nancy's lovely and intriging work
her on website,
in her Etsy Shop, on flickr and on her
blog. |
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Stephanie Nance - Artist
Stephanie Nance uses a variety of materials to
create bold illustrative pieces inspired by wildflowers,
road signs, and the traditional still life. Her
work is charming and is equally at home in modern
or eclectic settings. The textures, patterns and
strong color palette seen in her pieces are distinctly
American, but have garnered her an international
following. See more on her Website,
in her Shop and on her Blog. |
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Tanya Newbery - Tanya is
an independent artist located in Utah. She loves
exploring and experimenting with a variety of
materials. Children and their sense of wonder
are often the catalyst for her creations. Many
of her illustrations feature two little dreamers,
or souls, running about in their pajamas. They
are often featured gazing up to the sky. To learn
and see more visit her Flickr, Blog and her Shops: Gumball
Grenade & Fables
and Foxes. |
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Jen Oaks - Jen Oaks just moved from San Francisco to superflowery
Berkeley, where there are plenty of birds and
squirrels for her cats to stare at. She uses ink,
gouache, and her Wacom tablet to illustrate, and
is really excited about silkscreen lately. Jen
will graduate in December with her MFA in Illustration!
You can find her work at her site,
her etsy
shop, and her flickr. |
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flossy-p - flossy-p is an illustrator
from Australia. A little while back she relocated
from a big city to a very small village tucked between
the beach and the bush. This move changed alot of
things in her life, including what she illustrates.
Through her city-girl eyes she is spying all sorts
of new things, and now fills her pages with discoveries
from her new garden and town. See more on her website, blog,
and etsy
shop. |
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Sarah Parrott - Sarah is the designer & printer behind things
are better with a parrott and Parrott
Design Studio. Growing up in Portland,
ME, she has always had an affinity for the ocean,
mountains, birds, gardening, & the simple
life. Now living in Providence, RI, she spends
her days as an event planner for a local non-profit
& her nights & weekends designing &
printing stationery for her shop & custom
invitations for weddings & events. You can
read learn more on her
blog. |
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Ashley Percival - Ashley graduated from the University College Falmouth in 2010 and is now a freelance illustrator living in Cornwall. He gets most of his inspiration from wildlife and nature. You can see more in his Etsy Shop. |
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Jody Pham - Jody is a freelance artist living in Dallas,
Texas with her darling husband and two tuxedo
kitties. The left and right sides of her brain
are constantly at war, but she likes it that way.
She has a slight obsession with turkish coffee,
siamese twins and Hitchcock films. You can find
her work in her shop & on her blog. |
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Kelly
Puissegur - Kelly's
drawings are little appreciations of found objects,
plants, animals, people who inspire her, family,
music, shapes, textures and whatever else pops into
her head. She changes mediums frequently, but her
work generally has a childlike & playful quality.
Her goal is to make affordable art that people can
smile about and relate to in some way. You can find
her work in her website & on her Etsy
Shop (Retrowhale). |
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Jessica Rose - Jessica
Rose is the artist behind vol25. Jessica
named her shop vol25, because she opened her shop
shortly after turning 25 and it was like opening
a new volume in her life. With each piece of art
she creates, Jessica hopes to give at least one
person the warm fuzzies. You can find her work
in her shop,
on her blog and on her flickr
page. |
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Ana Raimundo - Ana is the Portuguese artist and illustrator
of fric_de_mentol.
She has a fine art degree which broadened her
horizons of the artistic world. She was a tile
painter for some years in a factory. That gave
me some experience in the manufacturing process
and in conducting a business. You can find her
work in her shop,
on her blog and on her flickr
page. |
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Valentina
Ramos - Valentina
Ramos is a graphic designer who loves to work
with different materials, but black ink is one of
the mediums you will always find in her original
prints, paintings and drawings. She loves to create
art with little intricate details using her beloveds
Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph Pens. You can find her work
for sale in her
Etsy Shop. |
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Amy Ruppel - @my was born and raised in the Kettle Moraine
woods of Wisconsin near the Mammoth Ice Age Center.
She drew plants & comics, dug up fossils &
went for endless forest walks before being chased
back home by some territory crazed animal. But
the birds were always kind. Her love for nature
& science led her to an art & illustration
career, &to the Pacific Northwest. She now
works as an artist, illustrator & so-so gardener
in beautiful & green Portland. Learn more
on her website and see more in Etsy
Shop. |
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Tamara
K. Richel - Tamara
draws upon her life and surroundings as inspiration
for her work. Her paintings are studies of color,
shadow, light and form and she is fascinated by
the play of shadow and light on everyday objects.
You can see more in her Etsy
Shop and on her website. |
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Elizabeth
Sanchez- Elizabeths style demonstrates
distinctive line work and unique color combinations.
She is influenced by 60's counter-culture and art
nouveau. Her graphic imagery is combined with organic
shapes, earth tones, and natural toned paper, bringing
an unexpected warmth to enigmatic subject matter.
You can see more on her website and in her Etsy
Shop. |
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Melody Seal -
Melody Seal's work deals with narratives of some
kind and she tries to find different ways to create
a story. Although primarily influenced by her
own experiences, she also draws inspiration from
her imagination, memories, the carnival, masks,
things that are not quite what they seem as well
as her childhood growing up in the depths of Africa.
She mainly concentrates on drawing, painting and
printmaking, particularly in a childrens
book & editorial context, but she also enjoys
prop making and puppetry. See more on her website,
in her Esty
shop and on flickr. |
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Shira Sela - Shira Sela is
an artist, illustrator and designer. She works
with both traditional and digital mediums and
loves to use pencils, inks and markers as well
as graphic and illustration softwares. You can
find her work in her Etsy
shop and on her website. |
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Jen Skelley - Jen is a full
time illustrator living with her fiance, Nate
and cat, Mugatu in Massachusetts. She loves animals,
children's book illustrations, whimsical patterns
and drawing with lots of detail. You can see her
designs and client work on her website.
Also, Jen sells prints of her illustrations and
other goodies in her Etsy
Shop. |
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Lisa Solomon - Lisa is an artist, educator, and sometimes graphic designer best known for her work which questions and deconstructs the meaning of identity through the exploration of mediums traditionally associated with domestic crafts.
Born in Tuscon, AZ to a Japanese mother and a Caucasian father, she now lives and works in Northern California with her husband, daughter, 2 dogs, 2 cats and many, many spools of thread. You can see more of her work on her Website and on her Blog. |
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Irena Sophia - Irena is
a artist living on relation of South Salem, NY
and Zagreb, Croatia. She spent her childhood in
Europe then moved to New York. Her style of work
is greatly influenced by combination of vintage
illustration, manga, folk art and modern design.
She is inspired greatly by soft lines, serene
scenes, creating a world of inner quietness and
delicacy. She holds Fine Art degree in painting
and spends her time dedicating herself fully to
her art. You can see more of her work in her Etsy
Shop and on her Blog. |
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Rachael Smith - Rachael is the illustrator & story writer behind Penelope and Pip. Bold bears, curious cats & the odd sweet little bird or two are just some of the friends that feature in her illustrations & stories, inspired by everything sweet and charming about this lovely world in which we live. Rachael's background is in graphic design & she lives in beautiful Brisbane, Australia, w/ her own menagerie of furry friends who keep her company while she is busy illustrating. You can see the charming stories of Penelope and Pip on her website, Facebook and in her Etsy shop. |
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Angela Stasio - Angela is
the illustrator, designer, and craftsperson behind The
Paper Apartment. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts
with her husband and two fun cats. Her most favorite
things aside from making stuff include car rides
to new places, cooking dinner, and dancing around.
Smoothies are good, too. You can learn more on
her blog. |
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Naoko Stoop - Naoko Stoop's
artwork comes from the everyday life in her neighborhood.
She draws, paints and prints and most of the materials
she uses are from the neighborhood. She gets inspiration
from the beautiful Prospect Park which is just
half a block away from her apartment. You can
see more of Naoko's work in her Etsy
Shop, on her website and on her flickr
page. |
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Fritha Strickland - Fritha's full name is Fritha Moonbeatle Tigerlilly Quinn Strickland. She is a semi-professional illustrator and general maker of cute things. Her love of drawing and crafts came from moving a lot as a child and learning to 'make' her friends from paper when real ones were not available. She believes that what you're happiest doing at five is what you will be happiest doing your entire life. You can see more of her work on her Blog & in her Shop. |
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Erin Stueber - Erin was born,
raised, loved, married, (and so far) has stayed
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Reminded of her own childhood
imagination, she marvels at the sometimes bright,
often dark,and always mysterious world as seen
through the eyes of her children. She is a completely
self taught artist and you can see more of her
work in her Etsy
Shop, on her website and on her flickr
page. |
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Yasmine
Surovec - Yasmine Surovec is a product and
print & pattern designer by day and in her spare
time she also runs the blog A
Print A Day, has a shop and just started Parasol
Mag. |
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Mandy
Sutcliffe - Mandy studied illustration at Leeds
Metropolitan University, during which time her love
for illustrating children truly blossomed. To date
Mandy has had three books published, one of which
she wrote as well as illustrated. Like a child Mandy
never stops drawing and developing and now spends
her time building her Belle
& Boo collection in London. |
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Julianna Swaney - Julianna
was born in Michigan and grew up playing outside
with her dogs and cats, going on family vacations
to historical sites, and going to antique stores,
all of which continue to be an influence on here
work. She attended Maine College of Art and got
her BFA in 2005 and she now lives in Portland,
Oregon. You can see more of her work on her website,
in her Etsy
shop and on her Blog. |
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Carla Thursday- Carla is an eccentric redhead, once upon a time leg doodler, guerilla artist, lomographer & wannabe zine author, who would not presume to speak about herself in third person in real life. She is entirely self-taught & usually draws her inspiration from her dreams. Her art employs precise realism contrasted by explosions of colour, collage & detailed stitching & evokes themes of childhood, dreaming & happiness. She is currently publishing two zines & illustrating a children’s picture book by Meme Rene. You can see more of her work on her website and on her Blog. |
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Angela Traunig - An Australian born artist living in the Deep South, Angela creates original illustrations with a modern style and sense of humor. From her Knobby Knee characters to old fashioned nursery rhymes, all of Angela's work is full of color and whimsy. You can see more of
her work in her Etsy
shop and on her Website. |
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Tsai-fi - tsai-fi (pronounced
sci-fi) launched her collection of twisted, but
adorably cute, artwork 5 years ago as a creative
outlet after graduating from a design school in
NYC. She's had extensive experience designing
& illustrating for the toy, fashion &
gift industries, but has hungered for a way to
showcase her own artistic ideas. tsai-fis
passion for design and her sassy sense of humor
is apparent in all of her charmingly playful artwork.You
can see more in her Etsy
shop and on her Website. |
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Victoria
Usova - Victoria Usova's art is mostly watercolors
and occasional collages. She also sculpts from time
to time. Her dream is to illustrate fairy tale books.
You can see her work on her website,
in her Etsy
Shop and on her blog. |
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Angela
Vandenbogaard - Angela is the artist behind Jellybeans & is based in Ontario, Canada where she lives
with her furry kitty. She is a self taught artist
with a heavy science background (Bachelor of Medical
Sciences, and working on a Dipolma in Medical Radiation
Technology), using her artwork as an escape to a
different sort of creative world. Besides her watercolor
artwork, she loves dabbling in various other mediums
and styles always seeking out new ways to express
herself. You can follow her on her blog and see more artwork in her Etsy
shop and on flickr. |
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Marjorie
Ann Velez - Marjorie Ann Velez was born and
is currently living in a Caribbean island, Puerto
Rico in 1975. She works as a freelance illustrator
and her whimsical characters come to life in their
magical world. You can visit her blog and see more of her work on her Flickr
page. |
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Suzanne
L. Vinson - Suzanne is an artist, mother and
ordained minister residing in Richmond, VA. Suzanne
encourages all individuals to discover their giftedness
through art. Her drawings, jewelry. mixed media
pieces and block prints contain her love for vintage
fabric, connecting her to the long line of creative
quilters of her ancestors. See more on her website. |
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Adrienne Vita - Arcane
Arts is Adrienne Vita's outfit where she create
all her intricacies and artful things. Drawing
for her started with her Mom giving her some crayons
and paper at the dinner table and she has been
hooked every since. Her work mainly consists
of illustrations (but not limited to) in marker,
ink, water colors, cut paper and acrylics. You
can see more in her Etsy
Shop, on flickr and on her website. |
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Gizem Vural - Gizem
was born in Istanbul and has always been keen
on drawing, music, ballet and the theater. She
is now attending the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
and studying graphic design & illustration.
You can see more on
her Website & on her Blog. |
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Anna Wadham - Anna is an illustrator based in Norfolk, UK. She illustrates for greeting cards, books, homewares and magazines. Anna has Illustrated two picture books published by Child's Play The Big Bad Bully Goat and Dingo Dog and the Billabong Storm.
She prefers painting cats, rabbits, flowers and patterns. See more of her work on her site, her blog and in her Etsy shop. |
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Chad Walker - Chad is an illustrator working in NYC. His artwork
is a mixture of pen and ink, watercolor and digital
media. A regular to the indie craft circuit, he
spends most of his time drawing and playing music.
The the latest updates and events can always be
seen at devotedbee.com. |
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Jen Wallace - That's me, the person behind Indie
Fixx and Feed
Your Soul! I just wanted to share, even though
I am not an artist. |
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Jan Weiss - Jan is a California born and raised collage & digital artist and a writer as well. She loves trendy art that pops and has been involved in the art publishing world in way or another, since the mid 90's, as an art coordinator, artist recruiter and even has experience on the retail side of things. She sells her own work through her Etsy Shop and keeps herself busy promoting her art and the art of others at The Art Planet. |
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Sam Wedelich - Sam is a native Texan living in NYC. In addition to being completely obsessed with illustration, she also plays accordion, collects vintage pyrex and loves to read. She's also working on her first foray into textile design. You can see more on
her Website, in her Etsy Shop & on her Blog. |
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Liz Wong - Liz
Wong was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where
she spent her early childhood painting and clambering
about in mango trees. Liz graduated in 1997 with
a BFA in Art and a BA in Anthropology from the University
of Washington. She is a painter and a freelance
illustrator. Liz lives with her husband, Eric Adler,
in Seattle, Washington, and together they run ArtGhost.com,
whose handmade goods and pop art paintings may be
seen in stores around the country. |
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Paola Zakimi- Paola spent her childhood and part of youth in cold Patagonia, Argentina. Her independent nature led her to Buenos Aires where she studied Arts and Graphic design. She now lives in Villa Giardino, Cordoba. Paola specializes in: art dolls, painting, drawing, illustration. She works as a full-time artist. You can see more of her wok on her website. |