Hullo, it’s Lydia!

Hopefully you can tell by this very website that I am 1. an illustrator with 2. a penchant for the quirky that 3. wants to anthropomorphize all the things and 4. lives with two demanding art directors aka cats. When not illustrating ridiculous things, I am likely doodling them on post-it notes or scrap paper. People describe my work as charming or whimsical. They describe me as redheaded.

p.s. I love visiting schools and talking with students and teachers alike! E.mail me if you’d like to set up a visit.

SAY HELLO!

Questions? Comments? Tea party invites? Books to recommend?

 

FINE FOLKS I’VE WORKED WITH • 826 Valencia • Abrams Appleseed • Amazon’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • Bloomberg Businessweek • Cricket Magazine • Crocodile Creek • Chronicle Books • Hasbro/Playskool • Herb Lester • Houghton Miflin Harcourt • Galison/Mudpuppy • Google • Girl Scouts of the US • LA Magazine • Lagom • MailChimp • Museum of Modern Art • New York Times • Penguin Random House • Running Press • Target • The Washington Post • Waitrose among other lovely people! TEACHING • California Arts Center   Guest Advisor / Fall 2018 • University of the Arts   Adjunct / Spring 2015 • Moore College of Art + Design   Adjunct / Summer 2014, Fall 2014 • Maryland Institue College of Art   Adjunct / Spring 2014 • Tyler School of Art   Instructor of Record / FAll 2012, Spring 2013

AWARDS + RECONGNITION • 3x3 Magazine Merit x4, 2020 • Society of Illustrators 62, 2020 • 3x3 Magazine Bronze Medal, Animation, 2019 • 3x3 Magazine Bronze Medal, Children’s Book Show, 2018 • SCBWI Featured Illustrator, January 2018 • Pictoline Global Artist 2017 • Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2016 • Lürzer's Archive: 200 Best Packaging Design 2015 • Graphis New Talent 2014 • Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2013 SPEAKING EVENTS • Maryland Institue College of Art   Baltimore, Maryland 2019 • Pictoline Global Artist + Vértigo Galería   Mexico City, Mexico 2017 • Kent State University   Kent, Ohio 2017 • University of San Francisco   San Francisco, California 2016 • Design Madison   Madison, Wisconsin 2015 • Syracuse University   Syracuse, New York 2015 • University of Pennsylvania   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2015 • Draft & Draw   New York, New York 2014 • TOP Conference   Chattanooga, Tennessee 2013