The Toi Art Gallery Has Selected the Winner of Their Artist Contest (With a Little Help From Me)

The Toi Art Gallery, one of my favorite places for buy­ing illus­tra­tive prints online, recent­ly con­clud­ed their Artist Con­test in a quest for an emerg­ing cre­ative to be part of their gallery. The win­ner of the con­test will have their work mar­ket­ed and sold through the site.

I was hon­ored to be asked to be one the judges (along with the great Janine Van­gool of UPPERCASE and illus­tra­tor Joan­na Con­ce­jo), and I def­i­nite­ly had my work cut out for me; there were so many tal­ent­ed peo­ple that entered, and whose illus­tra­tions I’ll keep my eye on in the future. But there could only be one win­ner: Laila Ekboir! I love her artis­tic style that mar­ries fine-lined details with a col­or­ful cast of char­ac­ters. Con­grat­u­la­tions, Laila!

Check out all of the artists in the Toi Art Gallery.

In addition to Laila’s work winning the top prize, there were two honorable mentions: Luisa Arellano and Isabella Conti.

Luisa Arel­lano

Isabel­la Conti