My name is Julia Feliz and I completed the Digital Illustration course with the London Art college. I was always the type of artist that took pleasure in creating realistic drawings of wildlife and natural areas through pencil, charcoal, and pastels. As far as I was concerned, nothing beat the black stains of freshly used charcoal on my fingers and the hyper realism created by the play of shadows on paper.
In my path to further myself as an artist, I decided to take a digital illustration course. It was through the course that I was given the tools and support of my instructor, Spencer, to push myself as an artist. With every assignment, I felt inspired to take myself to my limits as an artist and explore new horizons and ideas unlike anything I had done before. It was then where I was able to come up with the idea of my first children’s board book in a completely different style to anything I had attempted before.
One of my other passions has always been to speak up and do as much as I can for those in need. I realized that I could combined my talents as an artist and my passion for speaking up for other living beings to create something that would be meaningful and at the same time, give back to my community. That’s how my book, Libby Finds Vegan Sanctuary, came to be.
My board book is now in the final stages, and in search of support, I have created a kickstarter campaign to help make the book a reality. At the same time, the book will also supports the care of the real life character on which the story is based on.
The book aims to teach children the meaning of sanctuary and what it means to choose compassion for other living beings in bright visuals and suitable language for very young children.
You can learn more about the board book and the campaign through this link: Kickstarter
You can also find me on Facebook here: libbyfindsvegansanctuary
And on my artist website here: www.juliafeliz.com
