Lonnie Garcia
Portland,OR
Summary
I am an enthusiastic and bright illustrator, and now recently, apparel designer. I am fluent and in touch with online pop and art culture due to working in games and and comics, I give clients the precise look that they are looking for, with experience working with tight, high pressure deadlines.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Apparel Designer and Illustrator
Warren James, Inc.
06.2024 - Current
- Apparel design for clients:
Hasan Piker, Funky Frog Bait, Two Bears One Cave, Hivemind TV, Lewis K. Dawkins (Dawko) 2024-2025 (current)
In-house Illustrator
Velvet Fang Games
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Produced illustrations for TTRPG game Deck of Possibilities -2024
Contract Illustrator
Evil Hat Productions
01.2023 - 08.2023
- Illustrations for game titled Girl by Moonlight - 2023
Curator and Organizer
Dedmal Art Collective
02.2024 - 02.2025
- “First Contact” Gallery Show-Lead Curator and Organizer-Secret Room Press. Portland, Nov. 2024
- “Animal Parade” Gallery Show- Correspondent and Organizer-Sonny’s House, Portland, Or. Feb. 2025
Comic Artist
Reykjavík Fringe Festival -Icelandic Comics Society
06.2021 - 08.2023
- Comic “Water Chamber” for “Reykjavík’s Fringe Festival Show”-Icelandic Comics Society-Contributing Artist-Galleri Fold, Reykjavík Iceland. 2021
- “Water Chamber” displayed at the “Icelandic Comics: Exhibition in the National Library”-Icelandic Comics Society-Contributing Artist-Icelandic National Public Library. 2023
Author and Artist
Putty Pygmalion
- Finished Graphic Novel, published by Silver Sprocket-July 2024
- Nominated for the Cartoonist’s Studio Prize -April 2025
- Ft. in Best New York Public Library’s list for Best New Comics for Adults
- Ft. in the Comic Herald’s Best Comics of 2024
Education
BFA - Illustration
Pacific Northwest College of Art and Design
Skills
- Skilled in editorial illustration, storyboarding, digital and traditional animation, comics, graphic, prop, and character design, and creation of assets
- Fluent in drawing and editing in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma Efficient at working in teams and with other people in general, is good at meeting deadlines, a devoted and on task worker
Timeline
Apparel Designer and Illustrator
Warren James, Inc.
06.2024 - Current
Curator and Organizer
Dedmal Art Collective
02.2024 - 02.2025
In-house Illustrator
Velvet Fang Games
01.2023 - 01.2024
Contract Illustrator
Evil Hat Productions
01.2023 - 08.2023
Comic Artist
Reykjavík Fringe Festival -Icelandic Comics Society
06.2021 - 08.2023
Author and Artist
Putty Pygmalion
BFA - Illustration
Pacific Northwest College of Art and Design
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