Art By Leah Gardner

a drawing of Ruby Rose (8/4/2024)

Since we might lose Twitter, I had to preserve my favorite thread on Frozen 2 from the amazing Ryan La Sala whose books you should absolutely be reading!

the way Jesse McCartney voice acts like rent is constantly due the next day needs to be studied

Do you use a service to print your books & buttons, or do you press and collate them yourself? I really love your work and I'm curious how you approach self-publishing as a full-time independent illustrator!

Hi there! Thank you so much for asking!

All of my buttons are made via a manufacturer! They're often very cheap to have made. I 100% recommend this merch resource list created by Lily Grace if you're looking to get merch made and need a place to start! :) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mk9wl0LiYNStnXxwHAE6hd4-uzDMhfvnHsh819KlQeA/edit?gid=0#gid=0

As for books, I'm currently using https://www.grekoprinting-comixwellspring.com/ as a printer for my one little soriku book. I'm still a novice when it comes to physical print, but its a really nice option to have when selling at conventions! If you're considering printing an art book or comic book, I'd recommend having a digital option for accessibility, too! ^^

Making your own merch is still totally a valid option, if you're willing to invest in the resources to do that! There's plenty of good reasons to do stuff in house. I personally prefer to not have the extra workload because I'm already so bad about dragging my feet on the simplest of work tasks LOL!

Concept art by Bill Schwab

some traditional art...

I like to use bright colors. 👉👈💖

One of these days I'll make a proper soriku VN

Paper sculpture created by Brittney Lee for the Wonderground Gallery at Disneyland (2015)

“This piece is titled "One with the Wind and Sky", and it is my love note to her. It is my love note to Frozen - to the people who let me be a part of this wonderful film and for the two years that I was allowed to help craft it. “

Illustration for Disney Lorcana by Leonardo Giammichele and costume designed by Nicholas Kole