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. I received my BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University and my MFA in Design from Tyler School of Art because, well, I just really like school. People describe my work as charming or whimsical. They describe me as redheaded. Drop a line here for any freelance inquiries or to share any book recommendations!
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.
ACROSS THE INTERWEBS
SAY HELLO!
Questions? Comments? Tea party invites? Books to recommend?Write to hello@lydianichols.com!
Interested in learning a bit about my (past) process?
Long ago, I taught a Skillshare class. Check it out!
FINE FOLKS I’VE WORKED WITH• 826 Valencia• Amazon’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • Bloomberg Businessweek • Card Nest • Cricket Magazine • Crocodile Creek • Chronicle Books • Hasbro/Playskool • Herb Lester • Houghton Miflin Harcourt • Galison/Mudpuppy • Girl Scouts of the USA • Google • LA Magazine • Lagom • MailChimp • Museum of Modern Art • New York Times • Penguin Random House • Target among other lovely people! TEACHING• California Arts CenterGuest 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
• Society of Illustrators 62, 2020 • 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 SOME NICE FEATURES + INTERVIEWS• Dribble’s Overtime podcast• Washington Post • Creative Bloq • DesignWorkLife • The Dieline • Drawn! • DesignSponge • Lovely Package • Think Faest • Share Some Candy SPEAKING EVENTS• Head House Books My Shape is Sam reading and signing Philadelphia, PA / November 2, 2019 / 11 am My Shape is Sam reading and signing Brooklyn, New York / September 27, 2019 / 11 am 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 |