About

Hello there, I'm Lauren! I'm an award winning Lebanese/Italian American illustrator. I have a degree in Commercial Illustration from Monroe Community College, where I remained on the Deans List until my graduation in December 2019.

I've always loved story telling and it is the root of my art. My work has a focus on lines and color (and strong noses). My favorite mediums are pen and ink, marker, and digital illustration. Since 2016 I have had my comics featured in publications and in 2023 I released the first issue of my own comic, Alice in Grungeland. Currently, my art career has focused on commissioned work for private clients and selling reproductions of my pieces.

Outside of art I enjoy cartoons, video games, and a good book. I also do hermit crab husbandry and currently have 5 hermit crabs, the oldest of which will be turning 14 in 2026.

Contact me at fabdanteillustration@gmail.com!

Skills & Proficiencies

Programs

  • Clip Studio Paint

  • Krita

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Paint Tool Sai

  • Microsoft Office Suite

Art Skills

  • Illustration

  • Comic Creation (all parts)

  • Basic Animation

  • Vector Art

  • Sketch and Ideation

Other Skills

  • Customer Service

  • Client Work

  • Creative and Persuasive Writing

  • Presentation

  • Research

  • Fast Learner

Work Experience

2023-Present

Art Vender at Conventions and Expos

2018-Present

Freelance Illustration for Private Clients

2018-Present

Guest Presenter at Monroe Community College

2019-2020

Gallery Attendant at the Mercer Gallery (position ended due to the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic)

Publications, Shows & Awards

  • “Samurai Champloo, Episode 27: Dirge of Dandelions”

    • “RICE (Rochester Indie Comic Expo) 2026 Anthology” (pages 15 and 16)

    Employees Only

    Nirvana Songs For When People Ask About Your Choice In Tshirt

  • Loud Mouth 2: Wet Food

    Catwalk

    Dance Time

  • Alice in Grungeland, Issue Two: You Are Making This Harder Then It Needs To Be

    Working Conditions

    Loud Mouth

    Unstable

  • “A Little Dance”

    • “Light and Dark” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 31

    Alice in Grungeland, Issue One: Down the Rabbit Hole She Goes

  • “Advice From My Grandfather”

    • “Folklore” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 30

  • “Mothman’s Night Out”

    • “Halloween” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 29

    “Same Here”

    • “2020: the Year in Review” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 28

  • Untitled

    • “Phobias” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 27

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    • “Medieval” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 26

  • “How to Tell if a Farie is Near”

    • “Magic” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 25

    Mercer Gallery, “43rd Annual Student Art Exhibition” (Winner of the Weldgen Family Award)

    Mercer Gallery, Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights Projects “Rwandan Genocide 25th Anniversary Art Exhibition” (featured artist)

  • Cover and “Ghoul Be Gone”

    • “Horror” Monroe Community College Comic Anthology Volume 19