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Daniel Willardson

I am a Southern California native currently working and residing in Pasadena, California. I hold a BFA in Art and Design from Cal Poly SLO, where I received illustrative and fine arts training in both digital and traditional media. I have also furthered my design and illustration skills at Gnomon, Society of Illustrators, and Brainstorm School.

My current weapons of choice are a Wacom Cintiq, Adobe Photoshop, and a sketchbook of possibilities. I have a penchant for dwarves, knights, monks, and all other folks who find their home in the world of fantasy and science fiction.

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Caption: Haldric, Cleric of Moradin
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Caption: Orc Warlords
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Caption: The Blind Blacksmith

Gina Redman

Gina grew up in a family of artists and crafters with a Juxtapoz Magazine on the coffee table. Influenced by everything vintage, cartoons, strange music and film, Gina’s style is as adorable as it is nightmarish. For more information https://ginaredman.com/

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Caption: Angel Olsen
Description: Gig poster for neofolk singer, songwriter Angel Olsen
Title: WE ARE DEVO
Caption: WE ARE DEVO
Description: Famous personality in a classic illustration style.
Title: Lighthouse
Caption: Lighthouse
Description: Inspired by Patrick Watson's song, "Lighthouse"
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Caption: Thomas Edison
Description: This piece is part of a triptych about the electric chair and how the "war of the currents" became intermixed in the battle of the electricity market.
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Caption: Graphic Novel Cover
Description: Graphic Novel about an alien who befriends a six-year-old girl named Violet
Title: Filth
Caption: Filth set

Sally Lee

Award-winning illustrator/author, Sally O. Lee earned her BA in Studio Art and Art History (with distinction) from Colby College and then went on to study graphic design and painting in Boston (Art Institute of Boston) and in New York City (New York Studio School). She has had several shows of her work and received an art grant from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conceive and create a series of paintings, and from this came her 2002 exhibition- A Journey Into Abstraction. Some of Ms. Lee’s paintings are in various private collections in the US. In recent years, Ms. Lee has begun to write and illustrate children’s books. Some of them deal with the struggles of living with some form of handicap…or, as the author prefers to call it, imperfection. Many of her illustrations have been published and she has earned both academic and public recognition for her important work in children’s books. She has had illustrations published in Worldlink Magazine, IEEE Magazine, and several other publications. Sally lives and works in Massachusetts with her cats, Dominic and Vinney. She has written and illustrated over 30 books for children. Sally Lee writes “My children’s books are an extension of my work as a painter. Writing is a new addition for me, and I am enjoying it very much. And creating the illustrations is a perfect way to continue my painting in a new direction and a nice way to complement my writing. I hope to write and illustrate many more”. Ms. Lee has won several Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards and The Family Choice Award (3 times). Sally most recently became a member of the SILA – Society of Illustrators – Los Angeles.

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Caption: Cat Nap 1
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Caption: The Girl who was Blue
Description: This is the cover of my book, "The Girl who was Blue"
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Caption: Cat Nap 2
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Caption: Beach Scene
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Caption: Clarence, The Cake Thief.
Description: from my book, The Cake Thief (cover)
Title: Depression
Caption: Depression
Description: I am working on an article with a friend about depression and was describing to him that depression felt like being under water. So I did this illustration.
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Caption: 2 Cats on Rug
Description: A self-promotional piece.
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Caption: Girl in Pool
Description: A self-promotional piece.
Title: Rainy Day
Caption: Rainy Day
Description: I saw this photo and it struck me so I did a watercolor of it.
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Caption: Red Shoe
Description: A self-promotional piece.
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Caption: Self Promotional - New website design.
Description: This is my new web site design, www.sallyleebooks.com. Watercolor and pen and ink and Photoshop.