Collette J Ellis
Artist | Professional | Varied

United Kingdom

Born in the April of 1989 Collette June Ellis grew up surrounded by the dramatic landscapes of North Wales.
From an early age art has been important to her; as a child she always felt at her most contented when expressing herself through drawing or modelling. The inspiration and contentment she felt then continued and grew as she matured into adulthood, and inspired her to follow an artistic career.
Her work is often inspired by fantasy and fiction; often drawing inspiration from ancient mythologies from a variety of different cultures. However, she has also drawn several portraits, Victorian style silhouettes and occasionally tries her hand at photography.
A large proportion of her work is traditional working primarily in watercolour and ball-point pen; however she also enjoys exploring different mediums within art, and enjoys editing and incorporating various digital elements into her illustrations using Photoshop. Over the years she has shown a particular interest in the work required within concept art and storyboarding for games, film and animation.
Previously Collette has worked as an illustrator for the graphic and website design company “Greenland Design”, as a concept artist for “Movix Media” in which she produced a series of turnarounds, textures, backgrounds and storyboards for a virtual underwater experience program. Currently she is working in collaboration with Triptych Games as an illustrator and concept artist.
In the year 2011 Collette had her artwork published in “"Dragon World”" an art tutorial book that features several artists from the popular art sharing website “Deviant Art”.
In her spare time she takes part in martial arts classes; specialising in Karate, jeet kune do, Silat & Kali. She also enjoys Latin-American Dance, rock-climbing and swimming.
She has recently completed a BA Honours Degree in Illustration, and is currently studying a Masters in Design Communication; for which she has been awarded a £1000 grant to travel to China in order to study Chinese mythology and Chinese dragons.
Afterwards she hopes to seek employment working as a concept artist, Graphic Designer and freelance illustrator.


Current Residence: North Wales
Style of art: Watercolour, Biro, Digital.
Personal Quote: "There is no charge for ausomness!" XP

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