Artist PresentationJuliet Dang

Gigi D.G• Freelance Illustrator from Los

Angeles, California• Passions include colours, sweets

and cute video games• Creator of an on-going web

comic called Cucumber Quest (cucumber.gigidigi.com)

• Owns her own online shop where she sells paperback and hardcover copies of her web comic

About her art• Vibrant colours, soft texture and

glow• Digital medium: Photoshop,

rough brushes• Traditional medium: Water

colours and gouache• Colour use inspired by palettes

from other images and illustrations

• Major influences include Mary Blair (3), Lou Romano (4), Tadahiro Uesugi (7), Mo Willems (9), Erte (Romain De Tirtoff) (14)

Examples of her work

The Melody Kingdom

The Space Kingdom

Miranda

Figure Paintings

Artist Influences – Mary Blair American artist – Prominent for producing

concept art and animation for Disney

Won a scholarship to Chouinard Art Insititute

Credited for colour styling in the films Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953)

Artist Influences – Lou Romano• American animation production artist and voice actor• Art director for the cartoons The Powerpuff Girls and

The Iron Giant• Joined Pixar as the production artist for The Incredibles

My Attempts

External Links Online shop: http://gigidigi.bigcartel.com/

Portfolio: http://gigidigiart.blogspot.ca/

Art blog: http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/

Namco High: http://namcohigh.com/

Web comic: http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/