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Tara Phillips
Artist | Professional | Digital Art
Canada
Hello, and thanks for taking the trip to my page. I’m an Ottawa-based Illustrator with a Bachelors Degree in Design (BDes) and a major in Illustration from the Ontario College of Art and Design.
My inspiration comes from almost anything. Lately, the subjects I’ve been especially interested in are my impressions from childhood, traditional religious icon art, travel, tattoos and tattoo culture, and, of course, comic books and video games.
I consider myself to be both a commercial illustrator specializing in fashion, editorial, concept art and children’s illustration, as well as a fine artist exploring new and exciting applications for 2-D media.
My favourite thing to work with is a pencil, paper and pen, and most of my work has elements of these mediums, or has at least started that way. One day, I hope to learn the wonderful art of tattooing, but until then, I’ll continue to draw designs for other tattoo artists to apply.
In my spare time, I love to cook and bake, and absolutely adore discovering and trying new wines and beers. My husband and I love to travel, and are working our way through a list of 100 countries to visit before we die. The current count? Canada, USA, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Holland, England, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey, France and Italy. 87 left to go…
Interests
Favorite visual artist
josh middleton, ross campbell, james jean, marcos chin, alphonse mucha, gil elvgren
Favorite movies
Hackers
Favorite TV shows
how i met your mother, jon stewart, james and oz booze vacations, louis
Favorite bands / musical artists
um.....wow....hard question
Favorite writers
phillip pullman
Favorite games
final fantasy series
Tools of the Trade
inks, acrylics, photoshop
Other Interests
music, movies, art, reading, comics, tattoos, piercings