Sketchi

Sketchi, or Lily is an animator from Toronto, Canada, whos goal is the rule the world by surpassing Miyazaki. At 22 years old, she might have a way to go, but she is a determined girl so who knows what she will achieve. Sketchi says she enjoys doodling, reading and black holes, to name but a few things. Sketchi is currently working on a short animation, which I have been lucky enough to see a few test animations and concept sketches of, and I am very much looking forward to hopefully seeing the rest!

Animation
http://animation.sheridanc.on.ca/portfolio/2010/sunli/

http://www.vimeo.com/8773863

Art

Bird Protection

"it's nice to be protected by a rainbow bird while wallowing in safety. mmm chicken."

 Hawk the Dog

Noodle Sleeping in my Desk

Sketchi can be found at her deviantArt, she also takes commissions or requests sometimes so keep an eye on what she's up to.

frecklefaced29 and creaturesfromel

freckledface29 or May Ann, nicknamed Mall, is a 29 year old girl from La Union, The Philippines. Mall is a visual artist, freelance illustrator and painter. Mall says that her art is inspired by her dreams, nightmares, childhood memories, God, nature, music and other great artists that she admires. In her spare time she enjoys dreaming, listening to music and letting her imagination wander. Mall particularly loves creating art that features her own characters Babu and Abu the Cat.

Mall won the Grand Prize for the 2005 PBBY - Alcala Prize, an annual illustrators' contest sponsored by the Philippine Board on Books for Young People, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Library.

She also received the Encouragement Prize in the 14th NOMA Concours for Picture Book Illustrations, a competition biennially organized by the Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO.

She illustrated her first children's book “The Yellow Paperclip with Bright Purple Spots” written by 2005 Grand Prize PBBY-Salanga winner Nikki Dy-Liacco and published by Adarna House, the country’s first and largest publisher of Filipino children’s books. May Ann has also been commissioned for a music album, paintings, murals, advertisements and others. Her art has also been featured in Drawn!, startdrawing.org, Juxtapoz, Artist a Day, NOTCOT.org and others. Mall's project Live Your Dream, which is commissioned by BBDO Guerrero for the Philippines Department of Tourism, appeared in Forbes Magazine, Fortune Magazine, CNBC, CNN and others.

Most people do not know that Mall was born with a hearing deficiency. However through her hard work and lots of practice she can hear, talk, sing and communicate like an ordinary person.

Ann-Julie

My First Custom Toy

Black Whisper

Mall can also be found at her deviantART, website and portfolio, art blog, photo website, film website and shop.

Creatures from El

Ellen is from Ontario, Canada. She has been sculpting from a young age and prefers to take inspiration from natural phenomena rather than trends within the art world. Ellen sees sculpting as being about life and ideas, a 'biological narrative, a cultural statement' and though it takes many hours to create a piece, it is worth it.

Ellen has a degree in Biological Anthropology and Art Critique from McMaster University. She had already started Creature from El in her teenage years and has been producing and selling sculptures on the side while studying. Now that she has graduated, Creatures from El is in full swing and she is taking commissions starting at $100 CND for a sculpture measuring 8-9 inches. 

Little Dodo

Koi

Earth Wolf

Ellen can also be found at her deviantART, website, LiveJournal and Etsy shop.

jaecn

jaecn is a male artist from China who specialises in digital, anthro art.

Anthro is when an animal has more human characteristics. Usually anthropomorphic characters will look like an animal/human cross and have the animals ears, tail, fur and so on, or alternatively a human with animals qualities, such as a girl with cats ears and a tail. However some artists prefer their characters to still look like an animal but have the ability to talk. They are predominantly based on mammals, though there are also artists who draw other anthro animals.

Sky 

 

Camellia 

 

Forest 

You can find jaecn at his deviantART.

shyble

shyble, also known as Leslie Ann O'Dell, is a twenty-five year old self-taught artist currently living in Toledo, Oregon, USA. Leslie's work is mostly photography, photomanipulation and digital paintings/drawings.

 

Silence

 

Riggs

 

Diaphanous

Leslie can be found at her deviantART, her two websites here and here, Flickr and Myspace. 

She is also avaliable for freelance work.

Ursulav

Ursulav or Ursula Vernon is a painter and children's book author from North Carolina, USA.  She is the author and illustrator of the Eisner-nominated webcomic Digger and the children's books Nurk and Dragonbreath.

 

The Wold Ate Them

6x8 Traditional Mixed Media 

 

Rabbirds: Mourning Doves

Painter 7

Prints avaliable in two sizes, Regular ($10) and Jumbo ($20), avaliable here

 
 

Random Hare

Painter 7

Prints avaliable in two sizes ($10 and $20) here

Ursulav can be found at her deviantART, gallery website and website. It is also good to bear in mind that her beautiful art is very varied in style and media, and there are some pieces that are not safe for work.

B1nd1

B1nd1 or Emmy Cicierega is a twenty year old artist from Massachusetts, USA. She works pimarily using Photoshop CS4, but sometimes uses Flash MX for animation or vector projects. Emmy also uses a Wacom Intuos 2 9x12 tablet for all of her drawings.

Swimmingly

Can't Get Up

Woodsy Gloom

If you would like to see more of Emmy's beautiful artwork then she can be found at her blog and deviantART. Emmy does take on commissions from time to time, so keep an eye on her deviantART and blog if you are interested!

sugar-esque

sugar-esque or Mai is a wonderful artist, and only eight-teen years old! Her art is currently unpublished, but she does do commissions and sell pieces. Mai works mainly using marker pens. If you are interested in seeing just how Mai creates her art, she has created two tutorials, one on her overall technique and a more specific tutorial on how she creates clouds.


The Queen
This gorgeous piece is up for auction, the money will go to Haiti.
For more details go here.
Bidding ends on Monday 8th February 2010.

Ivory Skin

In Claire's Garden

To find out more about suger-esque and to see more of her art, visit her devianART and her blog.