HELLO! I'm Kelsey!
About MeI am an illustrator, designer, mom, teacher, cat-lover, thrifty-vintage finder and avocado eater living in the PNW (Oregon).
At the core, I consider myself a designer and believe just about anything can become a design project. I especially love problem solving, multi-tasking and productive distractions. For as long as I can remember I grew up making art and working on various creative projects. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and a Master’s degree in Interior Design from the University of Oregon. I worked for several years in architecture before deciding that I wanted to do more (always MORE). So now, I split my time between illustrating, freelance design and teaching at the U of O. I find regular inspiration from animals, plants and minerals (the real and the fantastical), the great Pacific Northwest (and travels away from it), children's and comic books, sci-fi, horror, and mysteries. I adore photoshop and procreate, and most of my finished work is digital, though I do lots of pencil sketches and studies and dabble in hand media, such as gouache, watercolor and inks. I like to incorporate handmade textures into my digital work when possible. When I am not drawing, I can be found tide pooling on the coast with my partner and son, listening to a podcast (usually about a mystery or true crime) or getting lost in an antique mall or estate sale. |
Contact MeIf you are interested in working with me, a workshop or to request a commission, please feel free to contact me through email: kelseybuzzell {at} gmail.com.
Represented by Tugeau 2 Illustration Agency: For children's book inquiries please contact Nicole Tugeau | nicole {@} tugeau2.com | 216.513.4047 | tugeau2.com For regular drawings and a slice of life, you can follow me on Instagram: @ladykbuzz. Clients:
Up With Paper, Ladybird Books (Pengiun), Magic Cat Publishing (Abrams), Bravery Magazine, FLOW Magazine, Scholastic UK, Callisto Media, McGraw-Hill Education. Books (Illustrator):
Mindful Games for Kids, Callisto Media, 2020 How to Talk to a Tiger, Magic Cat Publishing, 2021 Everything Under the Sun, Ladybird, 2021 Features/Interviews:
Ballpitmag - Interview SCBWI Bulletin Summer 2017 Register Guard AIA Annual 2017 - Cover Illustration FLOW Magazine Tear-off Calendar 2019 Character Design Quarterly Issue #10 - Interview |
Events/Shows: Art City Studio Without Walls August 2018 Euzine 2018 Art City RainPlay Installation January 2019 Ophelia's Place Girl Con Guest Artist/Speaker June 2019 Art Show- Noisette, Eugene, OR - Oct-Nov 2019 Nucleus Gallery - Portland, Salut 5, June 12-July 3 2020 Nucleus Gallery - Portland, Microdose 2, Nov 8-Dec 1, 2020 |