Catapult Artist
“Look at everything!”: Celia Jacobs, Catapult Artist of September 2019
Learning to apply my curiosity wherever it’s needed has made my illustration career more fun and maybe more successful, too.
“People will always need art in their lives.”: Alexandra Bowman, Catapult Artist for August 2019
“Working for myself is all about balance. Although illustration is my career and passion, I still need to have a life outside of art-making.”
Trust the Process: Linsday Stripling, Catapult Artist for July 2019
I think what I love about illustration is that there are so many ways to challenge myself.
Make What You Love and You Will Be Found: Sarah Robbins, Catapult Artist for June 2019
“‘Illustrator’ is just the easiest catch-all for many jobs—which again, I’m rather restless so it’s worked out great that I never get bored!”
Stirring Ideas to Life: Sirin Thada, Catapult Artist for May 2019
By leaving her job as a lawyer and taking a leap of faith to become a full-time illustrator, Sirin Thada says, “I was finally honoring a part of me that had been there all along.”
“It’s important to make time for friends and sunshine.”: Meryl Rowin, Catapult Artist for April 2019
“In college, I think there was this idea floating around that a real illustrator worked all night—and if they weren’t, they were half ass-ing it. [Now,] I like to give my brain some time to absorb and to rest in equal measure.”
Flexibility, Distillation, and Immersion: Ellen Weinstein, Catapult Artist for March 2019
Filling that blank space is a mix of excitement and agony.
“Whatever you want to make, just make it.”: Anja Slibar, Catapult Artist for February 2019
“Don’t focus on what’s popular; focus on what’s there for you to try.”
Art as Therapy and Benign Vengeance: Elizabeth Haidle, Catapult Artist for January 2019
“I’ve wrapped my business model around my kiddo and his schedule and changing needs. That has been a decision I’ve never regretted.”
“There is No Other Way to Be”: Hanna Barczyk, Catapult Artist for December 2018
“Conveying emotions, narratives, stories. This, I believe, is at the core of all art.”