Josie Portillo - LA based illustrator

Josie Portillo is an illustrator originally from and living in Los Angeles. It is not permanently associated with any magazine, or a publishing house. Works on request. W 2009 r. graduated from the Art Center College of Design in LA, where she specialized in illustration for the entertainment arts. Her works are a combination of Photoshop and ink, gouache and children's illustration.

She inspires the artist music from the 50's and 60's, The Mamas and the Papas, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Edith Piaf, and travels, nature, vintage cartoons, memories, and the urban landscape. And things, which he likes the most in life, apart from drawing, it's traveling, playing football, eating Italian sandwiches, or crispy Sicilian tubes with ricotta cheese - cannolo and walks with the dog Doxle.

Artist, who fascinates her is Pablo Picasso. She loves its unique, revolutionary style. She would like to transfer ideas to drawings as skilfully as he does. On the other hand, contemporary artists, that everyone should know Portillo lists Anna Topurya i Eunice Saint Michael.

How her works are created? At the very beginning, the artist jots down ideas, which he later tries to combine in a sketch and create a composition from them. The next step is to choose the right sizes and colors. When everything is well laid out, the artist proceeds to work cleanly. As a free artist, Portillo can choose her own workplace. This is usually her home , or a cafe, where he can listen to pleasant background music.

Portillo is a committed artist. She created two works for the foundation The Working Proof, combining art with helping those in need, founded by Anna Corpron and Sean Auyeung, known as Sub-Studio. The purpose of the foundation is promotion of art and social responsibility. The artist, entrusting his work to The Working Proof, chooses which charity it should support. Thus, it will be donated to its purpose 15% on the sale value of each artist's work.

Portillo was chosen The Pablove Foundation working to fight childhood cancer. It supports research work on the treatment of childhood cancers, working to improve the quality of life of children suffering from cancer, by organizing games and artistic programs in hospitals, and conducting educational activities and various types of actions supporting families affected by this problem.