Hello! I’m Robin (They/them)

I am a queer, nonbinary, and autistic artist and storyteller based in the Pacific Northwest. I hold a BFA in Illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. My interests include working on picture books, graphic novels, and attending artist tables at events.

I primarily use Holbein acrylic gouache on hot press watercolor paper, along with Procreate or Photoshop for digital touch-ups. My preferred style is minimal line art, focusing on texture and pleasing shapes rather than realism.

My work draws inspiration from my memories, emotional experiences, and identities, exploring themes such as Pacific Northwest wildlife, comfort, home, love, queerness, nostalgia, trauma, and mental health.

Growing up homeschooled in Vancouver, Washington, my experiences as a neurodivergent child continue to influence my work today. The stories I choose to tell are deeply personal, reflecting my struggles with anxiety and other mental health issues.

In my free time, I love experimenting with various mediums, ranging from zines and lino-block printing to crochet and needle felting. When I'm not creating art, you can find me cooking delicious vegetarian dishes, birdwatching, playing tabletop games, or taking care of my pets.

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I just finished the 4th iteration of my thesis picture book dummy!!! These are some of the pages I worked on today that I’m proudest of. I am so overwhelmingly lucky to be able to have the thesis experience here at PNCA. My professors and class
Philip's bag :3 hoping to turn this into a pin! Illustrated w/ Holbein acrylic Gouache on hot press watercolor paper. . . . . #pdxillustrators #pnwillustrators #queerillustrator #autisticillustrator #picturebookillustrator #childrensbookillustrator
Currently a victim of instagrams terrible cropping☹️ This is a promotion piece (it's a post card!!) For my thesis :3 these will hopefully be for grabs at my final thesis presentation!! It was illustrated in goauche. The eyes of Nightcrawl and the rai
I’ve been working really hard on my thesis!! :) this is one of my favorite spreads so far! Philip’s Monster is a 40 page picture book (currently only in dummy form so far) about Philip the mouse and his life, while he struggles with a mo
Getting a studio for my final thesis semester was such a good idea I'm having an absolute blast with this !!!!
For my 2 year anniversary with my partner, @_starfishness_ ,I made a painting based on this silly little Mario Kart meme 🥰🥰 The bird and crystal in bottle represent our names: Robin and Jade And the star and mossy stone represent two little charact