Julia Dufossé | Communication Arts : vimarsana.com

Location: Chicago, Illinois.
Education: MA in history, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; BA in history, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Career path: My path has been complicated. In a nutshell, during my time as a graduate student in a Ph.D. program to become an academic historian, I realized that I was in the wrong career path and later came to illustration in a circuitous manner. In retrospect, it’s easy to see that illustration was always my true passion, but I didn’t have this bird’s-eye view when I was making these big life decisions.
Cultural influences: I’ve been inspired by the beauty of the textures and materials that were so central to traditional airbrush art of the ’70s and ’80s. I love creating a clear mood through color, texture and lighting to help viewers travel to a different time or place. I also try to cultivate an irreverence for the expected and a playfulness in everything I do.