A bit about me:
Hi there, I’m Gaia Cornwall– illustrator, surface designer, portrait artist, and picture book writer living in Providence, RI. I spend my days working from home, as my brilliant (seriously, folks) husband codes furiously in the next room, our rescue husky sleeps the day away, and our two feline supervisors keep us all in line. After graduating from Pratt Institute, I worked on a variety of projects {–including producing a film festival, animating cartoons for network television and film, and working on a documentary–} that gradually led me back to one of my first loves: illustration.
Most of my pieces start with good ol’ pencil and paper, and are then finished digitally. I approach each project like an intricate puzzle made up of many, and ever-shifting, pieces: Who’s the audience? How can I make this visually exciting? What does the client want?– It’s a trick to get all the moving parts to fit. But it’s a process I love. My work has been featured online, in interactive games, on assorted products, in films, as murals, and in various forms of print.
An active member of SCBWI, (–I was recently faculty at the NESCBWI Conference,) I’m currently working on a picture book proposal that I wrote and illustrated, with several more on the way. I also do my fair share of design work.–I love working with small creative, businesses.
Latest News:
- “7 Animation Techniques Every Illustrator Should Steal” workshop I taught at the NESCBWI Conference was a resounding success! It seems like I might be teaching it again in the near future.
- I’m happy to announce that I am now a regular contributor to Oh My! Handmade Goodness, an online community supporting creative entrepreneurs. My illustrations will be appearing bi-monthly, so keep an eye out.
- 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of drawing Oscar nominee portraits for Eleni’s Bakery in New York City! Ever popular, they’ve been featured all over the place– from The Today Show, to Entertainment Weekly. (One year they even made it into the Oscar gift bags!) Click here to see a few of my favorites.
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