1. Artist Presentation Juliet Dang

2. 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

3. 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), TadahiroUesugi (7), Mo Willems (9), Erte (Romain De Tirtoff) (14)

4. Examples of her work Miranda The Melody Kingdom The Space Kingdom

5. Figure Paintings

7. 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)

8. 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

9. My Attempts

10. 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/