Meredith Dillman
Meredith Dillman is a fantasy artist and illustrator from Minnesota who specializes in fairies and fairy tale paintings. She has published multiple art books and illustrated the covers and interiors of art books and novels.
BiographyEdit
Training and influencesEdit
Dillman graduated from the Minnesota State University Moorhead with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration in 2002, and part of her time studying was spent in Japan.<ref name="marscon 2019 bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="official bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her works have been partially inspired by manga.<ref name="marscon 2019 bio"/><ref name="official bio"/> She has stated her influences include Art Nouveau, manga and other Asian influences, and the Pre-Raphaelite movement, as well as fantasy and fairy tales she enjoyed as a child.<ref name="marscon 2019 bio"/><ref name="official bio"/>
Personal lifeEdit
Dillman was born and raised in Minnesota. She now lives in Wisconsin, along with two cats and her husband.<ref name="marscon 2019 bio"/><ref name="official bio"/>
WorksEdit
Dillman has illustrated the covers and interiors of a number of different novels, role-playing games, and art instruction works.<ref name="isfdb profile">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While most of her works are created in watercolor, she also uses acrylics and pen-and-ink.
Prints and originals of her works regularly appear in science fiction and fantasy convention art shows. In 2005, some of her works were available at the chain store Hot Topic.
Art and reference booksEdit
- Watercolor Made Easy: Fairies & Fantasy (2009, Walter Foster Publishing, Template:Isbn)<ref name="fairies fantasy walter foster">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Fantasy Fashion Art Studio (2013, Impact, Template:Isbn)<ref name="fantasy fashion art studio impact">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Trace & Color in Any Medium: Fairies (2015, Walter Foster Publishing, Template:Isbn)<ref name="fairies walter foster">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Foxes & Fairies (2017, self published, Template:Isbn)<ref name="foxes fairies">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Fanciful Fairy Fashion (2018, self published, Template:Isbn)<ref name="fanciful fairy fashion">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Cover illustrationsEdit
- The Dragon Prince by Terri Pray (2005, Final Sword, Template:Isbn)
- FaeBorn by Terri Pray (2005, Final Sword, Template:Isbn)
- Mercury Brightman: The First Sign by Mary E. Gober (2007, Lulu, Template:Isbn)
Interior illustrationsEdit
- ArtWanted.com Creative Minds (2004, Art Slam Press, Template:Isbn)
- Watercolor Fairies by David Riche and Anna Franklin (2004, Watson-Guptill, Template:Isbn)
- 500 Fairy Motifs by Myrea Pettit (2005, Collins & Brown, Template:Isbn)
- How to Draw and Paint Fairies by Linda Ravenscroft (2005, Watson-Guptill, Template:Isbn)
- Mermaid of Thera, edited by Ellen Million (2005, Ellen Million Graphics, Template:Isbn)
- How to Draw and Paint Fairyland: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the World of Fairies by Linda Ravenscroft (2008, Barron's Educational Series, Template:Isbn)
- Vampire Art Now by Jasmine Becket-Griffith and Matthew David Becket (2011, Harper Design, Template:Isbn)
- Watercolor Fairy Art: How to Bring Your Fairy Realm Art to Life by Sara Burrier (2014, Barron's Educational Series, Template:Isbn)
- Pentacle, various illustrations
Game illustrationsEdit
- Book of the Fantastical by Steven C. Brown, part of The Everlasting role-playing game (2003, Visionary Entertainment Studio, Template:Isbn)
- The Magician's Companion by Steven C. Brown, part of The Everlasting role-playing game (2004, Visionary Entertainment Studio, Template:Isbn)
- Final Twilight CCG
Recognition and receptionEdit
During college, Dillman won several awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association for her illustrations and comic strips in the university's student paper. She will be the artist guest of honor at MarsCon 2019.<ref name="marscon 2019 guests">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Her works have been accepted at and displayed in a number of galleries, including The Galallery in San Francisco and the Eight and Sand Gallery in Seattle in 2016, the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2010, and multiple shows at the Eye of Horus Gallery from 2006-2008.<ref name="official bio"/>