Arielle Jovellanos

It’s impossible not to love the comic book style of Arielle Jovellanos. Fresh and light in tone, it’s set to take the graphic novel aesthetic into all sorts of new areas and Arielle is clearly an artist with a passion for visual storytelling. Her big breakthrough came with her 2015 high school romance School Spirit – 60 pages of high quality artwork. The publication received an Eisner nomination, which is the pinnacle in the world of comics. Today the artist is working with a range of top names in publishing, and looking for new people to collaborate with bringing stories to life. A Filipina-American, Arielle grew up watching Disney movies and drawing her own variations on Sailor Moon in the margins of her schoolbooks. Today, she loves musical theatre, collects playbills, and her biggest influences are the manga artist Rumiko Takahashi, the book Howl’s Moving Castle, and Studio Ghibli’s movie Kiki’s Delivery Service.

Training

Arielle graduated from Parsons The New School for Design with a dual degree in Illustration and Fiction writing in 2014.

Approach

Most of Arielle’s work is entirely digital – she sketches, draws the lines and colours her images on her Cintiq tablet. Pinks, blues and purples form her main palette.

Style

‘Everything is a character’ is a piece of advice that guides Arielle’s comic art style. It means she focuses on creating tiny narratives within each image, using body language, facial expression, clothing and background detail. This builds personality in her work and makes people viewing it wonder what will happen next.

Client list

Audible Little Brown & Company Dark Horse Comics Oni Press Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center IDW Publishing BOOM! Studios National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Hamilton's Eliza Hamilton Sketched By Arielle Jovellanos | SYFY WIRE

Arielle Jovellanos, an artist and illustrator, exploded onto the scene with her own Hamilton inspired, illustrated zine. Here she draws Eliza Hamilton.

Audible #StoriesThatSurroundYou Mystery

Where does listening to Audible transport #StoriesThatSurroundYou Contest winner Deidre Weeks of Orange, TX? Straight to Edge-of-Your-Seat Land. Deidre's original Mystery scene was brought to life by illustrator and comic artist Arielle Jovellanos.

Audible #StoriesThatSurroundYou Fantasy

Where does listening to Audible transport #StoriesThatSurroundYou Contest winner Jessica Johnson? To a land of bravery, battles and lifelong bonds. Her original 'Young Adult' scene was brought to life by illustrator and comic artist Arielle Jovellanos.

Audible #StoriesThatSurroundYou YA Book

Where does listening to Audible transport #StoriesThatSurroundYou Contest winner Denise Whitaker of Caldwell, ID? Back to hallways filled with lockers, classmates and an abundance of angst. Denise's original 'Young Adult' scene was brought to life by illustrator and comic artist Arielle Jovellanos.

Audible #StoriesThatSurroundYou Interview

A freelance illustrator and comic artist in the New York area, Arielle Jovellanos studied illustration and fiction writing at Parsons The New School of Design. She is the co-creator of (and a contributor to) “Ladies of Literature,” a multi-volume anthology of illustrations created by women to celebrate their favorite female literary characters.