I began my career with crayons and any surface that was slower than me. I was famous for running out into traffic to pick up a piece of foil and frankly I still keep an eye on the pavement. Making things has always fascinated me, from tiny origami frogs to super 8 animated films, crocheted dolls clothes to taffy and even butter once (ONCE). Growing up in the 70's really gave me that hand made bug!
What really captivated me and set fire to my imagination was books. My love of reading began with picture books. I am still a voracious collector and reader of books - and I must say the cover is what still draws me in. Most of what I discovered in my reading list I found because of the beautiful work on the covers! I had a favorite list of Illustrators by the time I was in high school - Darrell K. Sweet, the Brothers Hidlebrandt, Mercer Meyer, Rowena, Boris Vallejo, Maxfield Parrish, Alphonse Mucha, J.C. Leyendecker, Michael Whelan and Linda K. Powell. There was no question what I would be doing with my life!
I studied art in college (BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology plus two associates degrees in Graphic Design and Animation) and in workshops (online, Illuxcon, Illustration Masterclass) and have discovered new depths of passion in painting and image making through the inspiration and generosity of my teachers.
The last 20 years have been an exploration in design and illustration, printing technology, and packaging for commercial products from which I learned a great deal about the professional aspects of commercial work. It's been fun learning all the skills and knowledge and how things have changed over the years (and still is) but now I have come full circle to my first love: Illustration.
My dream is to create beautiful, fun and enduring work that gives people color and joy in their lives with, of course, a nice dose of silliness sprinkled in!
Please feel free to contact me with any comments or questions you may have about my work.
Thanks for looking!
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Julia L. Singh on an Apple 27" iMac using TextEdit and Photoshop CS5 and the Visual QuickStart Guide for HTML, XHTML and CSS by Elizabeth Castro and a little bit of blue language, caffeine and lots of puppy kisses.
Julia L. Singh Artist and Illustrator specializing in fantasy and science fiction illustration and art. She practices regularly on her life figure drawing and painting in acrylics and oils as well as pencil, pen and ink, and when no one is looking ball point pen. Julia also creates and sculpts dolls and figures in polymer clay and has also worked in ceramics. Just for fun and because who could resist she also designs and makes hand made beaded jewelry and art pieces using off loom stitches such as peyote stitch, herringbone, square stitch, brick stitch and various other techniques using japanese seed beads and flameworked artist beads. Her art is available at JuliaLSIngh.etsy.com and can be viewed in the galleries on this site