Emerson Wallace - Illustrator

Emerson earned her BFA in Illustration from Webster University in 2026. She works primarily with colored pencils, ink, and paint markers, as these best showcase her refined and finished style, emphasizing an attention to detail. With a general tendency to create based on her personal feelings related to subjects, fear and discomfort are usually at the forefront of her themes and are typically what drive her to create. Some examples of this are human interactions, particular visuals, sounds, and textures, and transforming negative feelings into aesthetically pleasing visual narratives. Illustrating around topics that make her anxious helps her better understand and cope with her reactions to them. Her pieces represent narrative qualities using organic subjects to convey stories. A vast majority of the techniques she uses come from figure drawing and character design classes and have technical but illustrative aspects. She enjoys combining the anatomy of living beings with narrative facets to design and relay information. Aside from personal work, she loves doing illustration commissions, creative writing, and swimming.