Claudia van Bakel (she/they) is an illustrator and visual development artist from the Netherlands, with a big heart for anything illustration and animation. Their work often features bold colours and strong shape design, and is mainly inspired by folklore stories, 80's fantasy and nature.

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Besides her illustrational work they also run an (online) shop and visit conventions selling merchandise, apparel & art prints at artist alleys since 2022 under the brand name of ArtisticFaun.

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Claudia rounded off her Master in Visual Development (IDEA Academy, june 2023), has previously received a Bachelor in Illustrated & Animated Storytelling (St. Joost School of Art & Design, 2022) and minored in Game Art & Design (HAN, 2020).

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