Creating has always been a central part of my life. In addition to my daily work as a designer, I make it a goal everyday to do something creative, whether it be sketching, writing, or working on personal projects. In my free time I enjoy gardening, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and crafting. I'm also on a quest to make really good bagels and waffles.

I'm a graduate of the Hartford Art School with a BFA in Illustration and a minor Visual Communication Design.  I currently work for Lee Enterprises as a Senior Layout Designer and make comics in my spare time.

If you're looking for my graphic design portfolio please visit: lizkreates.myportfolio.com

Resume available upon request.

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Published Comic Work

• Colorist for Shark Princess, publishing by Random House, Fall 2022
  
• Co-colorist for Jukebox, published by First Second :01, June 2021
  
• Colorist for Midwinter: Prologue, published by ReVision Studios, 2020
  
• Colorist for Jupiter Jet Vol. 2, published by Action Lab, 2020
  
• Colorist for Going to the Chapel, published by Action Lab, 2019-2020
• Self publishing the online comic Threader, 2017 (on pause)
• Artist and Colorist for The Ride in Comicbookhour's One Comic to Rule Them All anthology, 2018
  
• Colorist for Whomever This Sword Touches in Comicbookhour's One Comic to Rule Them All anthology, 2018
  
• Flatter for Jade Street Protection Services #2-4  published by Black Mask Studios, 2016-2017

Published Illustration work

• Going to the Chapel Rose City Comic-Con cover variant, 2019
• Artist contributor to the Fullmetal Alchemist Tarot Deck, Knight of Air, 2018
  
• Artist contributor to cross|roads an Avatar: The Last Airbender zine, 2018
• Artist contributor to the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Fanzine, 2018
• Thresher Shark for the Swim On: A Shark Zine vol. 4, 2018
• Threader Promo for the Webcomic Almanac a charity zine, April 2018
• The Moonflower and Sunflower for The Object Head Zine: Floral and Fungi, 2018
• Welcome to Refuge polaroid for the ADVENTURING Fanbook, 2017

Achievements

• Ringo-Award Nominated for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel for Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio (Vol 2.)
  
• Ringo-Award Nominated for Best Presentation for Going to the Chapel
• 2010 Doodle4Google Top 40 Finalist

Awards

• Silver Award for Incognito Bear at the Connecticut Art Directors Club 39th Annual Awards Show
  
• Hartford Art School Talent Scholarship
• Connecticut Association of Schools Outstanding Arts Award
• Scholastic Art Gold Portfolio Award
• Scholastic Art Silver Award for Drawing

Skills

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Illustrator
• Clip Studio Paint
• ​Sketchup
• Wordpress​
• Basic HTML + CSS