About Lin Newsom-Doyle
Lin Newsom Doyle is a biracial Taiwanese American illustrator, whose work is dedicated to representing diversity and giving a voice to marginalized groups. Working in a variety of mediums such as digital, watercolor, and gouache, her work is characterized by her use of color, personality, and her ability to convey a narrative. Her portfolio includes a mural installation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s Social Connection campaign as well as concept rendering and painting for a collaborative Black Lives Matter mural with Art Ventures, the Northwest Arkansas African American Heritage Association, and Fayetteville in Living Color. She was a graphic designer with B-Unlimited, for three and a half years, where her designs were distributed nationally to various universities such as LSU, SMU, and Baylor, and events such as the Roots Festival and EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival. Also a freelance illustrator, Lin has illustrated three children’s books with author Marilyn Harkrider: Santa, Is It Really You?, Snore me Safe, Daddy, and Love at First Sight (Clay Bridges Press). She was also a finalist for Doodle4Google and received the Boomerang award for previous year’s wins. Her work has been displayed at the Bentonville Film Festival, Art Ventures-NWA, and Pour Jon’s Coffeehouse in Siloam Springs. Lin is also a tattoo artist now living in Tacoma with her wife and four fur babies.
I have been drawing my entire life and was most heavily influenced by the pictures I found in children’s books. I am most drawn to artwork that tells a story, or explores a character, which naturally led me to studying illustration through my high school and college years. My style is rooted in influences from the Golden Age of children’s book illustration to Art Nouveau, from mid-century Modern cartoons to contemporary comic book artists, and I have practiced in a wide variety of styles and techniques. This collection is gathered mostly from personally driven projects and ideas, and focuses primarily on current events, diverse representation, and character concepts.
About the art
Lin Newsom Doyle is a biracial Taiwanese American illustrator, whose work is dedicated to representing diversity and giving a voice to marginalized groups. Working in a variety of mediums such as digital, watercolor, and gouache, her work is characterized by her use of color, personality, and her ability to convey a narrative. Her portfolio includes a mural installation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s Social Connection campaign as well as concept rendering and painting for a collaborative Black Lives Matter mural with Art Ventures, the Northwest Arkansas African American Heritage Association, and Fayetteville in Living Color. She was a graphic designer with B-Unlimited, for three and a half years, where her designs were distributed nationally to various universities such as LSU, SMU, and Baylor, and events such as the Roots Festival and EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival. Also a freelance illustrator, Lin has illustrated three children’s books with author Marilyn Harkrider: Santa, Is It Really You?, Snore me Safe, Daddy, and Love at First Sight (Clay Bridges Press). She was also a finalist for Doodle4Google and received the Boomerang award for previous year’s wins. Her work has been displayed at the Bentonville Film Festival, Art Ventures-NWA, and Pour Jon’s Coffeehouse in Siloam Springs. Lin is also a tattoo artist now living in Tacoma with her wife and four fur babies.
I have been drawing my entire life and was most heavily influenced by the pictures I found in children’s books. I am most drawn to artwork that tells a story, or explores a character, which naturally led me to studying illustration through my high school and college years. My style is rooted in influences from the Golden Age of children’s book illustration to Art Nouveau, from mid-century Modern cartoons to contemporary comic book artists, and I have practiced in a wide variety of styles and techniques. This collection is gathered mostly from personally driven projects and ideas, and focuses primarily on current events, diverse representation, and character concepts.