Introduction: Hello Everyone!
My name is Caitlin Feeley but you could also call me Clay.
Art has been a consistent companion throughout my life, deeply intertwined with my identity. Inspired by my father's love for movies, cartoons, and comics- I fell in love with the many worlds of Illustration and the endless possibilities it offers for creative exploration and expression. Being able to share my passion with other artist who felt the same- created a sense of belonging and connection. I knew from then, whatever this was, I wanted it to continue.
Most of my work consists of digital and traditional mediums—plus, whatever you call adding random things to your sketchbook (because they look cool). Traditional mediums I've enjoyed using are gouache, acrylic, graphite, colored pencils, crayons, highlighters, and ink. On the digital side, programs I often use are Procreate, Photoshop, Clip Studio, and, for fun, Microsoft Paint. Words often used to describe my work include it being graphic novel-like, youthful, cartoonish, sharp, personal, and lineart-focused.
- Mary Blair, A Painter and Concept Artist for Disney Studios. Her use of bright colors, how she stylized her works with gouache, and her use of brush texture in her pieces.
- Dana Terrance, Animator and writer of the series "The Owl House". Her animations are very clean and swift, and her character design is inspiring edgy, and sharp- especially her strong linework.
- Joseph Christian Leyendecker, He was a very successful freelance artist of his time, from 1895-1951. His anatomy and expressionism in his work are really exciting and he also puts emphasis on fabric folds and shadows- a personal favorite of mine.
- Celia Lowenthal, Freelance Illustrator and Comic artist/writer. She tends to have selected colors in their pieces but it makes the whole result look more intense, her composition always looks so thought out, and love her use of space to emphasize characters.
- Holly Warburton, Illustrator and Animator. Their use of bright colors and texture emphasis is what makes their work come to life, but also has a nostalgic feel to it. Their work is like sour gummy worms but if they were left out overnight.
Holly Warburton
"Photographs, which fiddle with the scale of the world, themselves get reduced, blown up, cropped, retouched, doctored, tricked out. They age, plagued by the usual ills of paper objects; they disappear; they become valuable, and get bought and sold; they are reproduced. Photographs, which package the world, seem to invite packaging. They are stuck in albums, framed and set on tables, tacked on walls, projected as slides. Newspapers and magazines feature them; cops alphabetize them; museums exhibit them; publishers compile them."
This quote applies to any artist, including myself. Art is inherently versatile whether the work is digital, traditional, drawn in chalk, or tucked away collecting dust. It can be fleeting or timeless, but no matter how it changes or where it ends up, it remains. My work will always be, no matter what form it takes in the end.
"A photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened. The picture may distort; but there is always a presumption that something exists, or did exist, which is like what's in the picture."
The second quote reminds me of my sketchbooks. I draw from life, capturing moments or creating something that feels real, even if it never existed. Over time, someone might look at those drawings and believe they document something true. The sketches of my loved ones will fade but still endure, holding onto a piece of time. Drawing from life, I know time will pass, but the ink will remain, and I want to keep preserving those moments.
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