#light grey art lab senior show 2020

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So excited to be able to share some of my thesis work in @lightgreyartgallery​‘s 2020 senior show!!

It’s so much fun and such an honour to have my work up and alongside so many of my incredibly talented friends and fellow peers. We did it guys! 🥳

Check out the show here! and you can find my work in the animation/visdev section

#LGALSENIORSHOW2020 #LIGHTGREYARTLAB #SENIORSHOW2020 

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As a heads up to graduating 2020 seniors, tomorrow MAY 10TH is the deadline to apply to Light Grey Art Lab’s Senior Show! It’s an online art show to promote the work of seniors graduating in 2020, and applying also puts you up for a wide number of awards, scholarships, mentorships, portfolio reviews, and other potential benefits.

I’m offering 8 $200 scholarship slots:

5 Work Smarter Not Harder Scholarships for Concept Art, and

3 What Exactly is an Armscye, Anyway Scholarships for Costume Design

To quote myself what LGAL asked why I was interested in contributing:

I'm just extremely grateful for the support system I had as a young artist getting into the games industry, and I'm always trying to find ways to pay it forward for the next generation of artists looking to get their foot in the door. There are so many amazing young artists out there with unique perspectives to bring to their respective industries, and so this is the least I can do to help relieve some of the existential terror of graduating right now.

So check it out and consider applying! Looks like it’s going to be a pretty amazing turnout. :D

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Now up on Light Grey Art Lab's blog: an interview with Chelsea Chung! Chelsea is a recent graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She shares her thoughts on horror, romance, existentialism, and how those themes influence her work. Chelsea also discusses what inspired her interest in creating video games and visual development. Read the full interview here.

See more of Chelsea's work on her website, and find her here on Twitter. 

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THANK YOU everyone for supporting Senior Show 2020 !!🌟 Thank you as well to all of the generous sponsors who came out in support of 2020 grads, and most importantly, to all of the graduates who shared their incredible work with us and the world! We couldn’t have done it without all of you. Stay tuned for our next show, World Roulette!!🌎In rows, from top to bottom:

Meet Dominique Ramsey dominiqueramsey.com / instagram.com/euqinimodart Dominique Ramsey is an illustrator from Atlanta, GA who has a passion for telling stories about animals, nature, and the whimsical-mysteries things in life. Her inspiration comes from animation, video games, music, and children’s books that have an animal focus including the Warrior Cats book series and the Pokemon game franchise. Her inspiration also comes from animals themselves, the spiritual connection they have, the relationship between animals and people, and what various animals mean to different cultures. Dominique strives for uniqueness; using bright colors, bold lines, shapes, and patterns that can excite and capture the viewer's eye. Her work focuses heavily on symbolism, where she explores themes such as mystery, culture, identity, and the subconscious mind.

Meet Kyros Barton kyros-barton.com / instagram.com/barton.avi Kyros Barton is an interdisciplinary artist currently working out of Cincinnati. Following a lifelong interest in the arts, mythology, and learning, his work focuses on the development of a self and the different forms of acceptance associated with his internal growth. Elements of the contemporary, his transgender identity, and the black experience pepper the work he produces. Keeping in tune with his motivation to constantly evolve his practice via education and experience, he is focusing on how his personal identity is being affected by living through a major historical event. His goal is to chronologize his own personal mythology, inspired by artists such as Catherine Graffam, James Joyce, and Shaun Leonardo, Greek and Roman mythology, and the study of Joseph Campbell’s theories.

Meet Shuman Lu instagram.com/shumans_illustration Shuman is an illustrator from Taiwan. She loves drawing, storytelling, and expressing daily life through her drawings. She has experience in illustrating for children’s books and zines, and loves printmaking, making collages.

Meet Donte D'Amico dontedamico.com / instagram.com/donte.damico Donte is a Philadelphia based illustrator who loves plants, tea, and food. He loves using texture and vibrant colors in his work, just as much as he loves using explosions of that texture and color to create movement and patterning. He is interested in editorial work, surface design, and packaging.

Meet Mary Flora Hart maryflorahart.co.uk / instagram.com/maryflorahart Mary is a UK based digital illustrator originally from north London. She enjoys creating immersive scenes bursting with unexpected details, whether that be reportage illustrations or imaginary worlds. Alongside illustration, Mary is passionate about music, particularly within the genres of hip-hop and RnB. She loves immersing herself within the culture and my work often signifies this. She also has a keen interest in traveling and tackling feminist and environmental issues.

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Meet the Moderator and Panelists for the next Shorty Social Good Webinar!

Agencies are better positioned than ever to help companies bring about meaningful change, transforming creative ideas into impactful realities and activations. Whether addressing issues such as environmental sustainability or social justice, public health or education reform, or diversity & inclusion, brands and organizations of all sizes enlist agencies for their unique insight and creative acumen. 

In this episode of the Shorty Social Good Series, our experts will discuss how they and their clients have worked to make the world a better, safer, and more inclusive place. 

Meet our Speakers: 

Jenna Young, Executive Creative Director at Weber Shandwick: Moderator

An award winning creative and a member of the Shorty Awards real time Academy of Jurors, Jenna was recognized in Campaign's 2020 Frontier honors for "Conquering Creativity". She leads the New York creative team for Weber Shandwick and the work her team has developed contributed to Weber Shandwick's recent Large Agency of the Year win and has been noted in three of Weber Shandwick's Ad Age 'A List' rankings, and 2017's 'A List' short list. Jenna has worked on sustainability and purpose initiatives for Unilever, Mattel, Nespresso and Anheuser-Busch among others.

She is a mentor within IPG's Women's Leadership Network and has spoken at NBC, MIT Futures of Entertainment, WNYC Green Space, PRNews Brand Film Festival, New York Festival, Brand Innovators, and this year's Cannes Live. She also loves to talk to students about the creative potential in the PR field- she's guest lectured at CUNY, VCU Brand Center, and NYU.

Bayyina Black, Global Sustainability and Impact Manager at R/GA: Panelist

Bayyina is the Global Sustainability & Impact Manager at R/GA where she creates purpose-driven partnerships and opportunities for the agency and its clients. She is also the co-founder of Grupo de Negros (GDN), the Afro-Brazilian business resource group based in São, Paulo, Brazil. The queen of pivots, Bayyina began her career in advertising, had a few sprints in media, tv/film and venture capital, only to end up where it all started. Bayyina has combined her love for sustainability, tech and storytelling to bring diverse stakeholders together for good. Recently, she co-launched the Light Cypher Labs (LCL), in partnership with the African American Arts & Culture Complex and the R/GA SF office. The LCLs gives local artists access to ground-breaking technology that enhances their stories, create cutting-edge content, and explore how to create deeper user experiences.

Pre-COVID, she could be found filling her passport with stamps and trying to outdo her #30before30 countries record. Grounded, she’s still flying high moonlighting as a licensed drone pilot and VR filmmaker.

Jeff Harter, Group Creative Director at BrightHouse: Panelist

Jeff is a Group Creative Director at BrightHouse where he’s lead Purpose projects around the globe. He believes that the world benefits from bigger thinking and more purposeful brands. He joined BrightHouse in 2013 and has extensive experience with a wide range of clients across continents, including Mercedes-Benz, Dr Pepper, Kroger, Stanley Black & Decker, Nestle, and P&G. His topic expertise is in leading creative teams that provide unique and memorable solutions to create real impact.

Over his career, he has worked for several global agencies including J. Walter Thompson, Grey, and Ogilvy. No matter what client he works on, Jeff’s focus has always been on big ideas that take brands further. His work has been recognized by several prominent award shows, but the real reward has been seeing the positive results the team of Thinkers he works with is having on our world.

He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting with a Minor in Advertising from the University of Georgia. He’s an art and architecture lover and avid traveler, and he loves getting outside with his wife and two kids.

Kathy Delaney, Chief Creative Officer at Health/Saatchi Wellness: Panelist

Kathy Delaney is Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Health, based at Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, NY. She uses her bold creative vision to tell compelling human-centric stories that promote health and wellness, while creating strong results for the agency’s clients.

She previously spent 12 years at Deutsch New York, where she helped to grow the company from a small boutique agency into an integrated marketing powerhouse.

Kathy’s passion for creating and overseeing integrated campaigns that outperform business objectives has influenced clients across the health, wellness, fashion, fitness, and beauty industries.  IKEA, Tommy Hilfiger, J&J, Revlon, Reebok, Pfizer, Novartis, Starwood Hotels, ConAgra, Kraft, and Unilever are a few of the clients her work has impacted.

In 2014, Kathy served as President of the Health & Wellness Jury at the inaugural Cannes Lions Health, ushering in a new era of recognition for creativity in health and wellness communications. Named one of “The Most Creative Women in Advertising” by Business Insider, her work has been recognized by Clios, One Show, Effies, Graphis, MM&M’s, Communication Arts, W3s, Art Directors Club, Andys, and Cannes Lions. In 2018, Kathy was inducted into the MM&M Hall of Femme and named an HBA Luminary. In 2020 Kathy was named an Adweek Creative 100 winner, recognized as one of the most inspiring minds in marketing, media, and culture.

In addition to spearheading life changing & award-winning work for the client roster of Publicis Health, Kathy invests her time and creativity into projects for charities such as Crossroads Community Services, a New York organization that provides food and shelter to the homeless and The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.

Sandy Russell, Founder at Sandy Russell Creative: Panelist

Sandy is a Colorado native who found herself in Los Angeles fortunate to be partnering with incredible parents and students as part of Teach for America in East Los Angeles. She then headed north to work in marketing at Google, spending 5 years working on everything from strategy for Google Maps in India to launching the predecessor to Pokemon Go. 

Sandy was drawn to brand projects with meaning, creating and leading partnerships and projects with organizations including the UNHCR - to raise awareness for the Syrian Refugee Crisis -  and Patagonia - to compel the world to “Defend Bears Ears.” She left to start her own creative agency, SRC, focused on combining digital innovation with purpose-driven storytelling. SRC's recent projects include documenting blind veterans setting world records kayaking down the Grand Canyon and legendary Black female hip hop dancers creating legacies in Paris, and diving deep into the world of the 65+ demographic to create an innovative, senior-first website to help people avoid scams. Her work has been featured in 100+ publications around the world, including the TODAY show, Le Monde, Tha Guardian, and the New York Times, and Sandy and the SRC team were thrilled to be named the Shorty Awards Small Agency of the Year. 

On September 9th at 4PM EST tune into the next Shorty Social Good Series: Being an Agency for Good. 

[beccabythebay]

Thank you Light Grey Art Lab for putting together the Senior Show 2020, I'm so glad to be a part of it! 😊

Check out my wall of illustrations in their virtual gallery!

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Hi everyone! We hope you are doing well and staying safe💕 Thank you so much for your support of Senior Show 2020. We’d like to continue highlighting the super awesome work by 2020 grads! Find information about these featured artists below, or click on the photos for more info!

Meet Chiny Soukhoummalay chinyillustration.com instagram.com/chiny.s Chiny is an Illustrator who tries to bring illustration into graphic design whenever she can. She is always exploring different mediums such as clay, photography, animated gifs, and typography. She works digitally in Procreate and traditionally using watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache. Her work consists of foods, anthropomorphic characters, and narrative works with a touch of humor.

Meet Angie Hewitt angie-hewitt.com instagram.com/angi.hewitt Angie Hewitt is a (soon-to-be) Brooklyn based illustrator whose work is inspired by mystery, memory, and the otherworldly. Her illustration work is heavily line-based and features wonky characters who often embody adventure and curiosity. Focusing on the many odd things in daily life, she hopes to bring attention to those often overlooked moments with her art.

Meet D Guzman dtheartista.com instagram.com/dtheartista Diane Guzman is a Minneapolis based illustrator/designer. Her preferred name is D. D graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. D works both traditionally and digitally. She loves to include botanical pieces, strong women, fashion, and textile elements in her illustrations.

Meet Daniela Go cargocollective.com/dgodrawing instagram.com/dgo.drawing Dani Go is an illustrator and designer from Manila, currently based in Baltimore, MD. She is finishing an MFA in the Illustration Practice Program at MICA and wants to write and illustrate for children's books, comics, zines, animation, and everything under the sun. She draws influence from cartoons, comics, movies and the like, but also has a strange fondness for the natural world (and all its curiosities).

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In May, Light Grey Art Lab launched the virtual exhibition Senior Show 2020 to showcase the incredible work of 2020 graduates! This project is a celebration of emerging artists and giving them a warm welcome into the creative community. Take a peek at the amazing breadth of work featured in the show! lightgreyartlab.com/seniorshow2020

Let us introduce you to some of the awesome participating artists! In rows, top to bottom:

Meet Julie Lerche julielerche.com instagram.com/binaryandlove Julie Lerche is a cartoonist that always wants to make people laugh and tell great stories. She wants to focus on inspiring young girls and to highlight LBGTQ characters with her work.

Meet Neeraja Raj neerajaraj.com instagram.com/neej_art Neeraja Raj is a director, writer, animator but first and foremost: a storyteller. She received her MA in Directing Animation from the National Film and Television School, UK (2020), and her B. Des. from the National Institute of Design, India (2017). She completed a 6-month animation apprenticeship with The Walt Disney Company India in 2016. In 2017 and 2011, she was the first place winner in Emirates Airlines International Festival of Literature, and her co-authored book was published by a leading publisher in the United Arab Emirates. Her graduation film called Stars has been screened at many festivals over the world.

Meet Danica Da Silva Pereira danicadasilvapereira.com instagram.com/yetanotherbydanica Danica is a self-motivated and enthusiastic illustrator who has previously lived in India before moving to the United Kingdom to pursue her career. She completed a BFA in Applied Art from the Goa College of Art, a residency in Illustration and Visual Storytelling at the School of Visual Arts, New York and most recently, an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University where she wrote and illustrated non-fiction and fiction picture books. Her previous industry jobs include creating graphics for e-learning based video animations and illustrating prints for fashion apparel posts which she worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for 2 years. She is passionate about subjects related to the conservation of nature and climate change.

Meet Paige Hender paigehender.myportfolio.com instagram.com/paigudoodle Paige Hender is a cartoonist and illustrator who has been drawing since she could pick up a pencil. She is inspired by nature, folk tales, and the things that go bump in the night. Essentially, she is what the Irish were talking about when they described the banshee.

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See the work of graduating artists at lightgreyartlab.com/seniorshow2020✨ Thank you for supporting these graduates during these weird times. Meet more of those awesome grads! In rows, from top to bottom:

Meet Molly Murakami mollymurakami.com / instagram.com/mollymurakami Molly Murakami is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a BA in Studio Art from St. Olaf College in (2014) before pursuing her MFA in Visual Studies through the Minneapolis College of Art and Design ('20). Her work often centers closely on themes of family, shared histories, thought processes, and social justice.

Meet Janel Catajoy janelcatajoy.com / instagram.com/surejanel Janel Catajoy is a Filipinx-American illustrator and character designer with an interest in working in games and other entertainment art mediums. They're a lover of fashion, folklore, and retina-burning saturated colors. They strive to incorporate bold colors and thick, textured line art in the illustrations while keeping an eye out for the latest modern fashion trends for inspiration.

Meet Emilee Dummer edummerart.com / instagram.com/edummerart Emilee Dummer is an artist, storyteller, and punster extraordinaire. She is a visual development artist and character designer chasing her dream of working in feature animation. She loves plot twists, fantastic worlds, and characters that make you cry. She believes telling the right story at the right time can change the world.

Meet Lydia Mercer lydiamercer.studio / instagram.com/other.gal Lydia Mercer is an illustrator and designer whose work often explores the symbolic, silly, and sentimental. Influenced by the playful art of cartoons, mixed with the refined sensibilities of contemporary graphic design, she aims to create imagery that is both fun to look at and focused in its intent.

Originally from the high deserts of New Mexico, she is currently working as a freelance illustrator in Portland, OR. When she’s not creating something new, she can be found playing the kalimba, gardening, or hanging with her cat Mo.

Meet Caroline Hu carocarohu.com / instagram.com/carocarohu Caroline Hu is a Taiwanese American illustrator and graphic designer from Irvine, California. She loves playing with shapes and character and is married to the RISO machine. 

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In TWO DAYS Senior Show 2020 will be LIVE!! See what emerging artists are making when the show goes live at 12 pm CST. Meet some of our artist sponsors who are giving a variety of awards in support of upcoming artists!

Meet Chan Chau chanchauart.com Chan Chau is a cartoonist currently based in Washington with a BFA in Comic Art from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

They are currently working on the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel series. Previously, they worked at PUNY Entertainment as a Background Designer and Storyboard revisionist. They have been a part of an Eisner and Ignatz winning anthology ELEMENTS: FIRE edited by Taneka Stotts.

Meet Nicole Lim rinianart.com Nicole Lim is a children's book illustrator and visual development artist from the Philippines who is now based in LA.

Nicole started out as a children's book illustrator in 2008, and despite originally not having an art degree, she managed to launch a career in illustration and has done 11 published picture books since then. In 2014 Nicole made a huge decision to study and get an art degree, so she moved to the US to challenge herself and expand her horizons. Since graduating, Nicole has worked in various art-related industries. She has done design work for a toy company and is currently working as a background painter in animation.

Meet Prem Sai G S shootingstartpictures.blogspot.com Prem is a character designer and storyboard artist from India working in animation in Los Angeles CA. He has worked for studios like DreamWorks Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Duncan Studio, and other independent studios. He recently worked as a story artist on Season 2 of Netflix’s animated series Green Eggs and Ham.

Meet Simon Baek skbaek93.com Simon Baek is a visual development artist and an illustrator, living in California. He graduated from Art Center College of Design. His most recent working experiences were working at Disney Pixar Animation Studio, Disney Publishing, and Titmouse Inc.

Meet Sitji Chou instagram.com/sitjichou Sitji is an Animation and Art Director at Giant Ant in Vancouver, Canada. He has been animating professionally for nine years, spending the first few years freelancing, doing residencies, and short films.

Meet Alex Dos Diaz alexdosdiaz.com Alex Dos Diaz is an artist and freelance Illustrator based out of Philadelphia, PA. His passion for illustration stems from his love for Japanese animation, video games and design. As Alex immersed himself further into the art world, movements such as Art Nouveau and Baroque became crucial influences in his work. Although he is currently focusing more on personal work, Alex has worked with a variety of clients such as: Wizards of the Coast,  Penguin Random House, Arcane Wonders, Hasbro, Lion Forge Comics, DC Comics, The New York Times and more.

Meet Andy Sturdevant of Springboard for the Arts springboardforthearts.org Andy Sturdevant is Artist Resources Director at Springboard for the Arts, an economic and community development organization for artists and by artists. He is also a writer, publisher, artist and very occasional performer. He has written about art, history and culture for a variety of publications, and is the author of three books of nonfiction. He is also the creator of a number of small-run art and design books, distributed in the United States and Europe. His artwork has been exhibited at venues in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle, and he has presented public programs with many organizations locally and regionally. Andy holds a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Louisville and a graphic design certificate from Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Meet Alexandria Neonakis alexneonakis.com Alexandria is a character concept artist in video games, currently working at Naughty Dog. She’s been in games for 13 years. She is also a freelance children’s book illustrator, with clients such as Simon & Schuster, Random House, Macmillan, Inhabit Media and more. In her free time she enjoys horseback riding, hiking, painting, gaming and spending time outdoors. She lives with 3 cats and her husband in Southern California.

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Check out some of our sponsors– they're giving scholarships, portfolio reviews, mentorships, and more to support and celebrate emerging artists! Senior Show 2020 will be here in just SIX DAYS! Are you excited?

Meet Mariya Prytula – mvprytula.com Mariya began a career in freelance illustration in 2016. She specializes in watercolor and tries to push the medium to its limits through constant experimentation. Since then, Mariya has illustrated two award-winning picture books, three books for private clients, and has undertaken projects for Reeves International and other businesses. Her work was selected for the Austin ArtBoards billboard contest and has been featured in fantasy and wildlife art collections.

Meet Brigitte La – brigitte.la Brigitte La is a designer-illustrator based in San Francisco with a personal rule to always say yes to ice cream. She received her BFA in graphic design at Cal State Long Beach, and has worked on projects for a variety of clients ranging from Sephora to Experian, and trekked to Iceland with Light Grey Art Lab.

She is proud to be a designer at Stout working on artful branding and packaging for companies large and small. Fueled by cookies, cookbooks, and cartoons, she aims to make work that is full of charm.

Meet Sarah Morris – braverobynart.com Sarah is a freelance concept artist from Scotland. She's been working in games for over 10 years on projects including Injustice: Gods Among Us, Fable Legends, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, and more.

Meet Jack Sabbath – jacksabbath2d.com Jack is a motion designer giving a Collect $200 As You Pass Go Award!

Meet Jessica Fong – jessicafong.mystrikingly.com Jessica Fong is a co-founder of Lonely Egg Studio, developing artistic and deeply personal projects. Their flagship project in development, "In the Keeper's Shadow", is a narrative-driven sci-fi fantasy game with themes around parental legacy.

Jessica is a Bay Area born illustrator, social advocate, and lover of everything creative and crazy! She enjoys creating surreal stories about the things that creep in our dreams. She volunteers, preps, markets, and sells at conventions, supports the creative arts and welcomes raising awareness about the landscape of children’s welfare, education, and expression.

Meet Darius Cheong – dariusdraws.com Darius is a concept designer and freelance illustrator born and raised in sunny island Singapore. He began his career at a start-up working on mobile games and providing freelance services for advertising and editorial illustrations before moving into the theme park industry.

In his free time he enjoys indulging in documentaries, collecting art books, traveling, creating fan art for his favorite shows, and dreaming up fantasy and Sci-Fi landscapes.

Darius has worked with 20th Century Fox, Cartoon Network, TUBAn, Universal Studios, Hot Wheels, and Dreamworks, creating attractions and concepts for Location-Based Entertainment around the world.

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Senior Show 2020 goes live Friday, May 22nd! Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors who have shown up in support of graduating artists. 

Meet Belle Lee – belle-lee.com

Belle Lee is an award-winning illustrator for Healing tree story book. She has worked with Coaniquem, a nonprofit pediatric burn treatment facility in Santiago, The Washington Post, Blik, and Guru animation. She is currently working as character artist for LOL SURPRISE toy brand at MGA entertainment.

Meet Allegra Lockstadt – allegralockstadt.com

Allegra Lockstadt was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, raised in Lexington, Kentucky, and currently lives and works in Minneapolis as a freelance illustrator, designer, and educator. She received her BFA from MCAD in Fine Arts Studio in 2010 and since then has worked with both commercial and nonprofit clients.

Meet Kayla Stark – kaylastark.com

Kayla Stark is an illustrator living in Nashville, TN, and working primarily in the children's publishing industry. Her work is inspired by a sense of wonder and humorous curiosity towards the world. She normally combines digital and traditional mediums, including (but not limited to) gouache, colored pencil, and watercolor. She's worked with clients including Chronicle, Bravery Magazine, Sleeping Bear Press, and Highlights Magazine.

Meet Cassandra Mazur – cultfictionpress.bigcartel.com

Cassandra Mazur is an illustrator, designer, cat mama, and overall creative force. She started her artistic career creating a teeny tiny miniature book entitled At Grandma’s House at the age of 5. Even then she was fascinated with storytelling and illustration. More recently, she founded Cult Fiction Press, a Chicago-based accessories brand specializing in a wide variety of enamel pins, patches, and tees.

Meet Larisa Bumb – larapickleart.com

Larisa is a visual development artist, location designer, and illustrator. She loves playing around shapes, colors, compositions, and creating powerful and unique stories. She has worked as a background artist, animator, layout artist and vis-dev artist in different productions and projects, and it always blows her mind how different they are from each other, and how there's always new things to learn from each and all of them.

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Get ready– Senior Show 2020 is here TOMORROW!! We're so excited to share the amazing work of emerging artists! Join us at 12 pm CST for the virtual opening💕 Check out more of our sponsors! http://lightgreyartlab.com/seniorshow2020

Meet Ry Macarayan rymakes.com Ry is a freelance illustrator and designer based in Minneapolis, MN. They have experience working in a range of illustrative work, from product design to editorial illustration. Their work often encompasses food, travel, and a sense of home. Their work can range from minimal and clean to detailed and lush but is always refreshing in texture and composition. Ry's style is a great example of organic shapes living in a digital world.

Meet Chi Ngo chi-ngo.com Chi Ngo a Vietnamese illustrator and animation artist. Chi has experience working with companies including Cartoon Network, Hasbro, Scholastic, and has participated in various gallery shows.

Meet AIGA MN aigaminnesota.org The American Institute of Graphic Arts Minnesota is the first place to turn for inspiration, professional development, and excellence in design in Minnesota.

Meet Devon Bragg devonbraggart.myportfolio.com Devon Bragg is a jack-of-all-trades-artist originally from Columbia, Maryland who is currently employed at Warner Bros. Animation studio in Burbank, CA as a Background Painter on DC Super Hero Girls. Devon enjoys her days working with superheroes, character designing for Disney, and developing shows for Nickelodeon. When is she isn't making cartoons or petting peoples' dogs, she is out hiking the mountains while pretending to be Link from Breath of the Wild.

Meet Soyun Park soyunparkart.com Soyun Park is a professional artist working in DreamWorks animation TV as a visual development artist. Soyun is currently working on a show called "Madagascar: A Little Wild". Her previous shows include the award-winning show, "Kung Fu Panda: the paws of destiny", "She-Ra: The Princesses of Power" and more. She loves communicating messages through visual stories and inspire people.

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Meet some of our sponsors!

Meet Shayleen Hulbert shayleenhulbert.artstation.com Shayleen is a 3D character artist in the UK with over five years of experience working in games! She has worked on a variety of projects from AAA to Mobile titles such as Heroes of the Storm, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Borderlands 3, and the newly announced Last Stop by Variable State.

Shayleen specializes in stylized character sculpting, modeling, and texturing. She has worked in a range of aesthetics with extensive experience in high to low modeling pipelines for games. This has given her extensive knowledge of working with PBR texturing pipelines and hand-painted textures.

Meet Bina Santos binaviviensantos.com Bina is an Art Supervisor and artist based in New York City. They work in advertising with a healthcare and wellness focus, and is a paper artist and general maker of things as well. Balancing client work for by day, and their own personal work by night, they endeavor to fill their time with a variety of creative projects ranging from graphic design, UX/UI, video editing, animation, photography, and– their personal favorite– paper cutouts.

Meet Kate Swazee kateswazee.com Kate is a Graphic Artist and Designer who enjoys combining digital and traditional techniques while exploring a compelling narrative. Since graduating from MCAD in the Winter of 2015, she has worked for Hellcat Design Group, Tiger Oak Media, and is currently working at Fantasy Flight Games.

Meet a super cool collective of artists! A collective of artists is giving three scholarships! These are the $200 Paying It Forward award, the $200 Help, but like Un-Ironically award, and the $200 From Artists Like You award. Thank you to this awesome collective for their support for emerging artists!

Meet Victor Maury victormaury.com Born in small-town France, Victor moved to Austin, Texas (howdy y'all!) when he was seven. Victor grew up learning animation but switched paths when he discovered the joys of painting. His dream was to illustrate cards for his favorite game, Magic the Gathering, but fate instead led him to Riot Games making Splash Art for League of Legends.After a couple years, he wanted to shake it up, so he moved on to their new animated series, Arcane, as a concept artist. This is a career-high project for Victor and he can't wait for y'all to see it!

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Join us in celebrating graduating artists when Senior Show 2020 goes live THIS FRIDAY, May 22nd at 12pm CST! Take a look at more of our super amazing sponsors!

Meet Sarah Jaques – artofsarahjaques.carbonmade.com Sarah is a visual development and background artist for TV animation, working for companies including Nickelodeon and Shadow Machine. After graduating in 2018, and working for a few months in commercial animation, they applied and were accepted into the Nickelodeon Artist Program.

Meet Jenn Ravenna Tran – jennravenna.com Jenn is a multi-disciplinary concept artist and illustrator based in Seattle. She is passionate about storytelling through compelling imagery and bringing fantastical ideas to life. Her manic curiosity in experimenting with different visual styles has led her to work in video games, tabletop publishing, books, comics, gallery work, and more.

Meet Samia Ahmed – samiaahmed.com Samia Ahmed is an award-winning illustrator, designer, and educator. Her past clients include The Washington Post, Pinterest, and The Boston Globe. In her work, she is particularly interested in themes of representation and sharing a diversity of viewpoints through meaningful art.

Meet Jared Tuttle – jared-tuttle.com Jared Tuttle is a freelance illustrator and designer based in Minneapolis. He graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design with a BFA in Illustration. His work is heavily influenced by his tattoo apprenticeship background and formal design education, resulting in a linework style that he translates across to a range of work including illustration, branding, packaging, and lettering.

Meet Justin Oaksford – justinoaksford.com Justin is a professional Art Director and concept artist who has worked in the game industry for over eight years. He is currently Art Directing at Indie developer Spry Fox and has also worked as a concept artist at Riot games and 343 industries.

Meet Karen Kuo – thestatuskuo.com Karen is a Visual Development Artist based in LA. She has previously worked at Insomniac Games and Dreamworks Television. Currently, Karen is at Warner Brothers Animation as a Visual Development Artist. She enjoys creating atmospheric and moody paintings with killer color and lighting.

Thank you thank you thank you to all of our sponsors who have come together in support of emerging artists💕

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Light Grey Art Lab’s Senior Show 2020 goes live Friday, May 22nd! Thank you to our awesome sponsors!!

Meet Jennie Eukel – remarqueconstulting.com 

Jennie Eukel is a digital strategist who enjoys helping small businesses, agencies, and organizations build beautiful content. After a career working in media, marketing, and sales, Jennie started Remarque Consulting to help people learn how to be successful with their digital resources and how to use those tools to reach new and existing audiences.

Meet Mayya Agapova – magapova.com 

Mayya Agapova is an illustrator, designer and comic artist based in Washington, DC. She was born in Russia and raised in the US. Her work explores the nuances of everyday life and situations through traditional and digital mediums. With every piece she creates– whether through illustration, comics or sketches– Mayya aims to understand herself and the people around her more than when she began the piece.

Her previous clients include NPR, The Washington Post's The Lily and By The Way, AIGA DC, Food Recovery Network.

Meet Shafer Brown – shaferbrown.com

Shafer is a queer illustrator from the mountains. They went to school intending to do kids books, but was introduced to DnD their senior year and have since patched together a career through private fantasy themed commissions, indie RPG magazines, and the occasional board game project.

Meet Casey Hunt – cargocollective.com/protothesis

In ages past, Casey was one third of the directing and animation collective Three Legged Legs. Some time after disbanding, he became a cofounding member of the radical indie dev space Glitch City. There he ended up with Heart Machine, contributing narrative and world-building, level design, and miscellaneous artistry to the award winning Kickstarted Indie Game "Hyper Light Drifter". Since its release, Casey has found himself on an extended reclusive sabbatical where he’s been resting, experimenting, learning, dabbling, and occasionally making finished art with LGAL. You can find him currently lost behind his modular synth.

Meet Chelsea Harper – etherelle.storenvy.com

Chelsea is a full time freelance artist who prides herself on flexibility, collaboration, and storytelling. Currently, she is working alongside Lonely Egg Studio– an indie game company– on "In the Keeper's Shadow", a powerful puzzle game narrative set in a dystopian and dilapidated city. She has been a long time participant in many of LGAL's exhibitions. Chelsea also runs her own small business selling art and merchandise in person as well as online. She also has the pleasure of working freelance for game art, game dev, narrative design, product design, and so much more!

An avid storyteller and art history enthusiast, Chelsea enjoys the challenge of pushing and testing mediums and experimenting with creating new and innovative ways of packaging art and inspiration.