Natalie Simon is an Art Student at OCADU, focusing on illustration. When she's not at school, she enjoys painting figure studies in oil paint, or hanging out (literally) doing aerial Performance Art. Natalie is also an ex-roller derby girl, so she can often be seen skating around Toronto on her old-school quad rollerskates... read more..

Dave Benedict is a man of many talents, being not only an excellent photographer and graphic designer, he is also a musician and plays bass in the band Default. He has created Square Egg Visions, a creative company that encompasses all the creative aspects that musicians would use to market themselves: studio photography, live photography, styling, and graphic design.. read more..

Vera Brosgol was born in Moscow, Russia and moved to the United States when she was five. She received a diploma in Classical Animation from Sheridan College, and currently works at Laika Inc. in Portland, Oregon drawing storyboards for feature animation. She has done illustration work for clients such as Nickelodeon....read more..

Lucy Knisley is a professional comic artist, illustrator, teacher and writer. Living in New York, Lucy makes comics about food, people, and ridiculous true events. Her first book, "French Milk," is a graphic novel about traveling to Paris, and is currently available at your local bookstore...read more..

Trina Vanaalst was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta where she still resides with her husband Nick. Currently working in a busy optometric office, Trina also freelances marketing and graphic design on the side. Self-taught in traditional mediums, Trina's love affair with pencil and charcoal drawing started at a very early age.... read more..

Molly Grundy is an award winning costume designer, fibre artist and illustrator who graduated from OCAD with a bachelor of Fine Art. Always a prolific and energetic artist, Molly strives to push her materials to their limits while constantly building on her ninja skill set. Working in everything from film and television to fashion styling, puppet building and teaching.... read more..

Born in China, raised in Japan, and then moved to the US in fourth grade, Xin Shan is currently a pre-med undergraduate at Stanford University, studying linguistics and biology. Though her interests vary, she is always experimenting with combining art, medicine, language, and business in ways never imagined... read more..

Jenna is currently studying Graphic Design at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As well as being an extremely talented designer, Jenna spends most of her free time in the Ceramic Studio creating pottery, in the kitchen baking delicious and unique desserts, or out in the woods hiking and biking.... read more..

Molly de St Andre is a world traveler who recently got married, and relocated to The Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. Molly and her husband Aurelien and will soon be driving from Afghanistan to France in a Volkswagen bus that they renovated from a scrap metal yard in Afghanistan. Along with being an extremely talented and skilled artist, Molly also teaches deaf children..... read more..

As a young child, Erin fell in love with the arts and continued her passion through the Fashion Design Program from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. As well as being an avid swimmer, and accomplished pianist from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Erin works as one of the world's elite models traveling the world over for fashion magazine photoshoots.... read more..

Heather Mulligan from Madison, Wisconsin is the winner of the Miracle Lourdes FluevogCreative contest with her winning submission "Lourdes L'Amour." Heather has done a little bit of everything from being a burlesque performer to a caricaturist, and is a self-professed "Fluevog-Nerd."... read more..

Although Math and Science classes came natural to the young Lucas Shanks, he clashed regularly with his English teachers in Minneapolis enough to defy them by majoring in Journalism at the University of Minnesota, and became a writer. After graduation, Lucas immediately moved to the Big Apple... read more..

Jessica Rae Gordon is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Toronto, Ontario. She creates playful and whimsical artwork using a combination of acrylic paint, cut paper, pencil, crayon, and ink; and incorporates reclaimed and repurposed papers into her collages whenever possible. She has done illustrations for several international magazines... read more...

Natalie Curtiss is the winner of the FC Angel Derby Swirl brief with her winning submission "Angelic Sole." Natalie, hails from Milford, New Hampshire, graduated from Rivier College with a BFA in Illustration, and currently works as a web designer... read more..

Phoenix Zoellick is the winner of the FC Bellevue Ida Clark brief with her winning submission "Never Walk Alone." Phoenix, originally from Boulder CO, and graduated from the Maine College of Art. Phoenix is currently making so many cool objects with her designs we wonder how she has enough time to be so awesome... read more..

Samantha Zaza, freelance illustrator and compulsive sketcher, is the winner of the FC Hope contest with her winning submission "My, what fabulous shoes you have." Samantha graduated from Rhode Island School of Design.. read more..

Lindsey Sheilds, an illustrator from Chatham Ontario, is the winner of the FC Radio CBC contest with her winning submission "Radio Walk." Lindsey is currently working as a milliner’s assistant at Lilliput Hats in Toronto, learning to make hats the old-school way over wooden blocks... read more...

As a super busy Mom of three small girls, Noelle Nikas balances being a graphic designer, an avid photographer, and interior space designer of children's rooms and playspaces. In August 2009, Noelle launched her SILLYGUTS website and product line which ranges from organic cotton clothing, to waterbottles and tote bags - eco friendly products with a twist... read more...

Aurel de st Andre is a painter and graphic designer who has worked in many exotic locales including Kabul, Afghanistan, Île de la Reunion, Mauritius Island, Bangkok, Thailand and Istanbul, Turkey. He specializes in graphic design and developing visual identity for non profit and humanitarian organizations... read more...