BFA in Illustration Ringling School of Art and Design Freelance Illustrator, Designer, and Colorist
Hello there. I'm Kris. I've been drawing since I was three years old and grew up with every bit of art supplies I could ever want thanks to my incredibly supportive parents (who didn't say "Oh, God, where did we go wrong?!" when I told them I wanted to go to art school for college). I earned my BFA in Illustration from Ringling where I met some amazing artists in my classmates and learned some amazing things. I now work as a freelance illustrator, designer, and colorist for individual clients as well as Brown Cow Productions. I specialize in children's illustration but can do just about anything a client could ask of me including graphic design. I enjoy illustrating stories and conveying emotion in my work through facial expression, body language, and movement. I also love playing with light and shadow. When I was growing up I didn't really have any other artists around me to learn from despite how hard my parents searched for an art tutor for me. Because of that, I'm always happy to help younger artists through answering questions about art school or giving constructive critique when asked. While I don't sugar coat my crits, I'm not mean, either -- I do my best to offer solutions and suggestions for art books and artist resources in order to encourage improvement. If you would like for me to critique something for you, please don't hesitate to note me! On the fandom side, I draw fanart in my free time for my own enjoyment. My gallery is mainly dominated by Inuyasha, Legend of Zelda, and Yuri on Ice with a smattering of other game and anime fanart here and there along with the occasional cake decorating photo and client work.
My other main outlet is Tumblr, so check me out over at the blue hellsite, too, for Zelda theories and other fandom-related shenanigans with a dash of personal life update stuff.
"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." -- Robert Hughes