ARTIST BIO

For several years Christy Babrick has been creating imaginative
images that draw inspiration from fantasy, folklore, celestial, and
children's book illustration. She also finds a great deal of inspiration
from nature, and the various natural landscapes of her home state of Michigan.

Christy enjoys working in a variety of medias including watercolor,
black and colored inks, acrylic, pastel, and pencil. She occasionally
creates art digitally, using Photoshop or Illustrator. She uses a variety
of programs while working as a graphic tech, including QuarkXPress,
Adobe Acrobat, and FreeHand. She also has gained an appreciation
of the work it takes to meet deadlines.

Though she was awarded a scholarship to Kendall College of Art and
Design, rather than pursuing a degree in illustration, Christy began working
shortly after high school. For the most part, she has learned her technique
for creating art from books, and practicing and experimenting on her own.
Several art classes have also helped her to further develop her style.

She has created illustrations or licensed her images for a variety of uses and
products. She also occasionally accepts private commissions. Her work
is featured in the second and third volumes of The New Masters of Fantasy.

Though most of Christy's pictures are images of fantasy, she is inspired
by many artists in several different areas of art. She enjoys gathering inspiration
and reference material from a variety of sources, and views each work as a
challenge to translate an idea into an actual image, as well as an
opportunity to learn something new.

Her work can be found in the following galleries:

Epilogue
http://epilogue.net/cgi/database/art/list.pl?gallery=616

Art Wanted
http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=17545&SetBG=Yes

Elfwood
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/c/h/christy/christy.html

Email: chrisbabrick@yahoo.com

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