Creating has always been a central part of my life. I make it a goal every day to do something creative, whether it be sketching, writing, or working on personal projects. I live in InDesign by day and draw by night.

In my free time, I enjoy listening to podcasts and audiobooks, reading comics, trying to learn how to crochet, playing the occasional video game, growing tomatoes, and experimenting with new waffle recipes.

You can see my Graphic Design portfolio here.

Want to work together on a project? Please send all freelance inquiries to lizkreates {at} gmail.com.

Published Comic Work

  • Colorist for Shark Princess: Surfin’ Sharks, published by Random House, March 2024
  • Colorist for Shark Princess: Sharks Party, published by Random House, May 2023
  • Colorist for Shark Princess, published by Random House, September 2022
  • Co-colorist for Jukebox, published by First Second :01, June 2021
  • Colorist for Midwinter: Prologue, published by ReVision Studios, 2020
  • Colorist for Jupiter Jet Vol. 2, published by Action Lab Comics, 2020
  • Colorist for Going to the Chapel, published by Action Lab Comics, 2019-2020
  • Artist and Colorist for The Ride in Comicbookhour’s One Comic to Rule Them All anthology, 2018
  • Colorist for Whomever This Sword Touches in Comicbookhour’s One Comic to Rule Them All anthology, 2018
  • Self publishing the online comic Threader, 2017 (on pause)

Published Illustration work

  • Zebra Shark for the Swim On: A Shark Zine Vol. 10, 2024
  • Leopard Shark for the Swim On: A Shark Zine Vol. 9, 2023
  • Going to the Chapel Rose City Comic-Con cover variant, 2019
  • Artist contributor to the Fullmetal Alchemist Tarot Deck, Knight of Air, 2018
  • Artist contributor to cross|roads an Avatar: The Last Airbender zine, 2018
  • Artist contributor to the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Fanzine, 2018
  • Thresher Shark for the Swim On: A Shark Zine vol. 4, 2018
  • Threader Promo for the Webcomic Almanac a charity zine, April 2018
  • The Moonflower and Sunflower for The Object Head Zine: Floral and Fungi, 2018
  • Welcome to Refuge polaroid for the ADVENTURING Fanbook, 2017

Achievements

  • Part of Ringo-Award Nominated team for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel for Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio (Vol 2.)
  • Part of Ringo-Award Nominated team for Best Presentation for Going to the Chapel
  • Graduated from the Hartford Art School with a BFA, major in Illustration and minor in Visual Communication Design
  • 2010 Doodle4Google Top 40 Finalist

Skills

  • Clip Studio Paint
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • WordPress
  • Basic HTML + CSS
  • Teams, Slack, Discord
  • Trello
  • Mac and Windows OS

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