Ginma Art -- Our Genki Artist
The artist behind GinmaART is Samantha Gorel is a freelance 2D Character Designer / Digital Illustration artist who works full time as a professional illustrator selling prints and commissions. Her first published book, Manga: The Mega Guide was published by England's SEARCH Press in 2016.
Ginma Joined Komikku Villa in Feb 2020. She has over 7000+ followers on IG. She has worked as the Manga art workshop instructor at the International School of Comics in Chicago and with small video game and comic book publishing companies. She is the owner and only artist of our company. We have a few employees that travel and sell on her behalf so Sam can focus on creating more artworks for you!
PREVIOUS EXPIRIENCE
2017-2018
- Promotional art for AnimeCons.Org and Anime Midwest April 2018
- Promotional art for Anime Midwest Lanyards 2018
- Wausaubi con invited celebrity guest artist 2018
- Evercon Invited celebrity guest artist 2018
- Linccon Invited celebrity guest artist 2018
- Contributing artist for Fate Fatale Tarot Deck
2016-2017
- Manga the Mega Guide: Tutorial Book published by Search Press September 2016
- Author and Illustrator
- Anime/Manga Art Teacher at the International School of Comics in Chicago April 2017 - Jan 2018
- Invited celebrity guest artist Wizard World Chicago, Madison 2017
- Promotional art for AnimeCons.Org and Anime Midwest April 2017
- Assistant sprite artist for "Pact with a witch" visual novel 2017
- Chibi Mascot design and illustration for Dreamspinner Press Author June 2017
- Phoenix Comicon invited celebrity guest artist 2016
- Taiyou Con Invited celebrity guest artist 2016
- Wausaubi con invited celebrity guest artist 2018
- Evercon Invited celebrity guest artist 2018
- Bachelors of Science in human communication completed May 2016
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