Stéphanie Leon

Location: France MEDIA : Photoshop, pencil, watercolour, acrylic Web: www.artstation.com/stephanieleon

Stéphanie’s work combines traditional and digital techniques, and often explores dreamlike or grotesque worlds. She started out studying cabinet making, and Baroque and Renaissance ornaments still influence her work.

1 The Evening of the Big Ball “Light management is what excites me the most in illustration. What it shows, what it hides. Light is an important storytelling device to me.”

2 Be hind my Fl owe r Pots “Everyone knows that there are a lot of interesting creatures living in flower pots.”

3 Tape stry “I took a slightly more graphical approach here, working with repeated patterns. I always hope that the characters from my paintings go out and take a break from time to time.”

4 Mental palace “The forest holds a very important place in my work – shadows, trees, and the mystery attached to them.”