Cathleen McAllister

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Vis Dev Artist for Animation ✨ Repped by Azantian Literary Agency (she/her) cathleenmcallister@gmail.com www.cathleenconcepts.com

Colored pencil study of the frame from Lord of the Rings the Two Towers where Eowyn is standing at the top of Rohan overlooking the village below, mountains in the distance
Colored pencil study of Maren from the movie Bones and All sitting in a field. Pastelly sunrise colors
colored pencil study of a frame from But I'm a Cheerleader, very hot pink and teal
a spread from my book about drawing plants. these pages explain different types of and how to apply texture to tree trunks
book titled Everything I know About Plants: An Artist's Guide by Cathleen McAllister
These are some of my paintings that AD's frequently cite when they launch me on a cover illustration. This one is fanart of Garth Nix's book Sabriel. It's got 2 large central figures, and I think AD's can imagine where text would go (even though it's a horizontal composition!)
cover illustration for The Traitor Moth by Katharine Orton. A brown, spotted moth holds a nettle branch in front of a full moon. He is standing on a tree branch with wasps and his two moth companions in the background.
a sheet of flower stickers featuring angel's trumpet, star thistle, golden stars, bindweed, lavender, thistle, rose, bougainvillea, and coneflower. Arranged in rainbow order
absolutely feral bite mark on the back of the chest supported row machine
A book cover titled "Everything I Know About Plants: An Artist's Guide" by Cathleen McAllister. The cover is mostly green and full of all sorts of leaves
white background with colorful flowers arranged in kind of a grid; pink bindweed, purple lavender, thistle, red rose, star thistle, coneflower, angel's trumpet, and golden stars
digital painting of a very green forest with moss covered oak trees, sunlight shining through leaves, a bluebell-ish flower, and ferns
for all you nerds, it's fan art of Demacia from League of Legends lol! It's a giant bridge leading up to a castle that's a mix of Byzantine architecture and some other styles
applique on fabric depicting a bunch of little animals in bright colors, forgot what country this was from
trinkets, jewelry, and other little heirlooms from Sri Lanka, Italy, Brazil, Lebanon, Iran, Ethiopia, and Mexico, arranged in frames for each country. some are carved out of bone, and some are pressed into silver
step by step tutorial on how to paint two different kinds of bark, a Japanese Stewartia tree with peeling bark, and a palm tree which has "pseudobark" where the texture is created by the base of fronds that have fallen off
a Borrower shopping at a tiny market for yellow bell shaped flowers. The shop carries cherry tomatoes, blueberries, lavender, acorns and herbs in antique tins. There are several little bugs hiding around the image and a shopkeeper in the background tying up some thyme
Darryl gave me some diagrams that explain how to keep a plant looking "presentable" by making cuts to the plant, which I then painted to be "pretty." This one is for a variegated Monstera deliciosa. If you've owned plants, you know they get to that weird leggy phase and you have to figure out how to bring it back to a presentable stage. Which means enduring a bit of an ugly phase! But you may end up with multiple clones which is pretty cool.
vegan vanilla sponge cake decorated with whipped cream and amarena cherries. Pepper the cat sits at the counter hoping to steal some whipped cream when I'm not looking
A warm greenhouse filled with succulents of all kinds. A man in the background waters one of the plants
bioactive tank for a crested gecko full of plants, leaf litter on the ground, and a backdrop made of branches
a really fluffy grey cat looking out the window. Imagine a worm on a string or an alpaca neck
a digital painting of a forest. two girls cross a log over a stream in the middle ground of the image. in the foreground is a tree covered by moss, fungi, flowers, and ferns. there are holes in the tree that show cell growth on a molecular level in neon green
a very sterile, cold fast food kiosk where food is sold from a vending machine. it's kind of like an alien 7/11
two characters, Heather and Wendy, from my personal project the Botanical Academy, searching through boxes in wooden shelves for seeds for their school project. Plants sprout from some of the boxes of seeds, which are haphazardly stacked on one another.
a painting of a magic marketplace, inspired by the markets of Marrakesh, set just after sundown. The market is lit with many warm, flowing lanterns. there is a large keyhole archway leading to more market stalls. vendors are selling things like dragon tails, potion ingredients, and lamps
A digital painting of a scene from the book Sabriel by Garth Nix. Sabriel is in the realm of Death, depicted as a river, banishing a reawakened spirit called a mordicant. It looks like globs of oil caught on fire.
a classroom interior in an ancient temple, full of desk, magical items, moss, and some overgrowth. for Teamfight Tactics cinematics, Set 7
a painting of a scene from The Great Gatsby novel, where Jay is standing in his opulent library looking at a romantic oil painting of a girl and boy on a swing. the library is 2 stories and full, floor to ceiling, of untouched books. set at sunset
a digital painting of a girl looking at her village up in flames. burnt trees and embers line the foreground
a digital painting of an A-frame cabin with a red roof on a bright sunny day with fluffy clouds, set in a rolling hills landscape with snowy mountains in the background.
A blue ceramic bowl of ripe passionfruit
A slice of passionfruit-vanilla cheesecake made from sweetened condensed coconut milk on a graham cracker crust with agar-based passionfruit jelly on top