The above is a photographic likeness of the illustrator. #NailedIt

Bio

Mariella grew up for the first portion of her life in Santiago, Chile, before moving to Canada in her early childhood. She attended the Alberta College of Art & Design (now Alberta University of the Arts) and receiving her Bachelor of Design majoring in Illustration & Character Design in 2010. She worked for seven years as a professional illustrator/designer before continuing on to complete her Masters of Design in Communication Design at the Glasgow School of Art in 2019. Her work and research often focuses on topics of cultural history, design history, preservation, ecological issues, and social justice.

She now currently works and lectures out of Calgary, Alberta and Glasgow, UK. (That or out of a super-secret abandoned Soviet submarine base in the arctic ocean that somehow happens to have an excellent internet connection…)
 

Why "Town of Wolves"?

Because that is the translation of "Villalobos", an admittedly difficult to pronounce and spell last name for most English-speakers.  

Clients

Kleinfeld/Signet Jewellers, Cipriano Creative, The University of Alberta, Savour Magazine, Swerve Magazine, Bleed Communications, Two Hot Soups Design, Apple Canada (internal), AppleCORE, ceMelusine & Silverstring Media, FFWD (def.), many many bands/authors/artists, personal/individual commissions

Interests

Popular Culture History, sustainability, cultural and ecological preservation, editorial/book publishing, narrative work, literature, writing about herself in the Third Person, film, Music Music Music Music Music, graphic novels, theatre, classical ballet, opera, Shakespeare, etc.

Influences

Too many to name…also Art Nouveau. .Yes, the whole movement.

Obsessions

Flowing lines, curlicues, squids, Windsor McCay, Tintin, Victorian Speculative Fiction, books, folklore/mythology, history and cultural research, music.