Hi there — its lovely to meet you!
I’m Raven, an illustrator and designer from Michigan
A creative minded person with a passion for illustration, design, typography, and psychology.
Illustration
I have been a professional character illustrator for many years now, and I have been drawing since I could pick up a pencil. Manga and anime were huge influences for me as a kid, inspiring me to create all sorts of stories and characters of my own.
I specialize in diverse characters that have a variety of personalities, personal struggles, fashion styles, and identities. I am primarily a digital artist, but I have experience with traditional mediums and like to keep my work more textured because of it — using brushes like pencils, charcoal, and various paper and canvas textures to spruce up each piece.
My artwork is almost always inspired by music I listen to, and I love incorporating my own experiences into my pieces, showcasing things that some people might not think about regularly. I am an art major with a psychology minor — planning to get into the art therapy field — so I love thinking about the human mind and how it relates to art to tell a story. I am always enthusiastic to try out new things and learn more experiences outside my own, both to expand my world view and to diversify my stories.
When I’m not drawing, I can be found writing my own stories, reading, listening to music, or playing video games like Animal Crossing while cuddling with my cat.
Typography & Design
I have always been an advocate for physical storytelling mediums like novels and comics, and even more-so now that streaming services have taken over. I would find all sorts of fan-made stories that I loved so much that I wanted to add them to my own personal library, but I didn’t know how!
While I was in college, I took a publication class and instantly fell in love with the process, from typesetting to binding the finished book in my hands. Since then, I have devoted countless hours to build my skills, creating unique looks for each story that I bind.
I have mostly worked in fiction, from podcast transcriptions to game influenced fiction, and I have loved every step. I bring my skilled eye for design and color to my typography, ensuring that every story is depicted accurately in the text and enhancing the already fantastic narrative. This includes covers, which I have designed both soft and hardcovers for the books I’ve bound.
My cover and typography portfolios can be found under the portfolios page.
A PDF of my current resume is also available upon request.
Have an exciting project in mind?
Get in touch via my online form in my inquire page, or one of the below:
Email: raven.zienert@gmail.com
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