[tumblr] Artist Alley: May 2024
Welcome to our Artist Alley: empowering artists to sell their work straight from their own storefronts, on their own terms.
Check out our illustrious artists of the month below!
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Deb JJ Lee (@jdebbiel) stopped by during NYCC 2023!
Deb JJ Lee is a non-binary Korean artist based in Brooklyn, NY. They have appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times, NPR, Google, Radiolab, and more. Their award-winning graphic memoir, IN LIMBO, about mental illness and difficult relationships with trauma, released in March 2023 from First Second.
Check out their Creator Spotlight here.
📸: Rob Douthat
Creator Spotlight: GDBee Art (@prinnay)
Geneva Bowers is inspired by the wonders of the natural world around us, and enjoys manipulating colors to create art full of mood and feelings.
Check out our interview with Geneva below!
How did you get started with art? Did you originally have a background in art?
I’m going to say yes because that’s all I’ve known how to do. It started because I wanted to draw better horses than my sister, and it just spiraled from there. People started asking me to draw things because they saw me drawing horses. I was like, well, I can draw things that aren’t horses, and then it was just kind of all I did.
Have you ever had an art block? If so, how did you overcome it?
I have one right now! Honestly, with time, and I also collect art books; I think I have a couple hundred. If I really want to draw something, then I just flip through those and try to steal some ideas.
Which three famous artists (dead or alive) would you invite to your dinner party?
I mean, of course Van Gogh…I’m really inspired by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, so I would invite Van Gogh, Monet, and Julie Dillon to a dinner party.
Have you ever wanted to dive into another medium before?
Yeah, actually, I currently am! I’m trying to do more traditional painting. I used to do a lot of acrylics, but I haven’t done it in years, and now I’m kind of bad at it. I’m trying to get into actual impressionistic art with oils and oil pastels. I’m like failing, but you know, you get there. Just fail until it looks presentable.
If there is one thing you want your audience to remember about your work, what would it be?
I guess it’s more of a feeling. I create art because I’m inspired by things around me, like certain video games. For example, I have been inspired by a Japanese RPG called Chrono Cross on PlayStation 1. They make me feel a certain type of inspiration to create something, so that’s kind of like what I’m hoping to leave behind.
Have any of your projects surprised you with their outcome?
Yeah! I did this Weapon Faerie series where I took three prompts: a weapon, a winged insect, and an herb, which I combined to make different characters. So, a faerie with a spiked club or a butterfly faerie with a katana. I made 13 of those, and they kind of took off! I wasn’t expecting that at all.
What is the hardest part of your process?
My whole art style is coloring, like the way it’s colored… but I hate the coloring process, haha. I like doing the color combos, but I don’t like the blending and shading. That takes like one-trillion years. It’s the part where I’m most likely to give up. You know how art kind of looks ugly before it looks good? I’m trying to trust that process.
What do you wish you knew when you started creating art that you know now?
I guess one big thing would be knowing how to use lights and darks. When I do color, it is definitely colorful, but when you switch it to black and white, you see that everything’s the same tone of gray. I’ve learned that if you just use some brighter colors and some darker shades, you create a bigger impact in the end. So, now, when I paint something digital, I make it black and white for a moment to see where all the hues are, and if something is weirdly dark or not dark enough, I can change it.
Who on Tumblr inspires you and why?
Oh, @feefal definitely inspires me. She does a lot of spooky art.
@66sharkteeth stopped by during NYCC 2023!
66 is a comic artist and the creator of City of Blank, a WEBTOON original series. They worked in the game industry at companies such as 2K Games before entering the field of comics. They began their career in comics at Tapas, where they worked as an editor and lead typesetter, before being signed to create their own original series on WEBTOON.
Check out their Creator Spotlight here.
📸: Rob Douthat
Tumblr NYCC Artist: @radio-silents
Artist Alley Booth: A-33
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Tumblr NYCC Artist: @jdebbiel
Artist Alley Booth: B-42
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We’ll be chatting with Tumblr artists, collecting yearbook entries from some very special guests, capturing the cosplay, and taking a peek behind the scenes of the Empire Stage. Follow along over at #nycc, and grab your digital ticket to the Empire Stage here!
Meet the Artist: GDBee Art (@prinnay)
Geneva Bowers is inspired by the wonders of the natural world around us, and enjoys manipulating colors to create art full of mood and feelings.
Below are some of the pieces of art she has shared with you all.
If you haven’t seen her Creator Spotlight, be sure to check it out here. For more of Geneva’s work, head over to her Tumblr, @prinnay, and give it a follow!
Tumblr NYCC Artist: @aleikats
Artist Alley Booth: K-33
Want more New York Comic Con content? We’re coming to you live from the Javits Center this weekend. Grab your digital ticket to the Empire Stage here. Take a peek at #nycc to see what your fandom is up to, and check out more fanart, panel coverage, and BTS from the Empire Stage!
Meet the Artist: @daitsaisan
Hi, I’m Diana (they/them), a cartoonist, illustrator, (budding designer!), art mentor, and teacher. I love doing art studies, writing poems, and making comics! Recently found my passion in teaching art and have put out a few tutorials, and I’m working on teaching workshops and classes.
Pleased to meet you, Diana! Check out some of their artwork below.
For more of Diana’s work, be sure to go to their Tumblr, @daitsaisan, and give it a follow!