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Name: Amy McCullough | Birthdate: 12/02/1998 | Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Bio:

A self taught artist, I grew up in the countryside at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. I had aspired to be an illustrator since I was a teenager, and would often practice my skills late at night after school. It was during these nights when the sky was clear and full of stars that I grew a fascination with creating art themed around outer space.

I've since moved to the city of Belfast where I work as a freelance illustrator, keeping the same mindset of drawing what's important to me and what excites me, which has branched out into themes of space exploration, the natural world, and environmentalism. 

I hope you can share that excitement with me when seeing my art ✧

Artist inspirations:

Hikari Shimoda, Tim Barton, Heikala, Lois van Baarle, Peter Mohrbacher, Rob Rey, Qing Han

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Musical influences:

Daft Punk, Gorillaz, Florence + the Machine, Porter Robinson, FKA Twigs, Gesaffelstein 

Favourite things to draw:

Stars, skylines, astronauts, gemstones, plants, cats, robots, and faces ♡

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Favourite plants:

Adiantum, Epipremnum Aureum, Monstera Deliciosa, 
Platycodon Grandiflorus

Digital hardware:

Wacom Cintiq Companion, Apple iPad (6th gen) with Apple Pencil, Nikon Coolpix L840

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Digital software:

Autodesk Sketchbook for Windows, Procreate for iOS 

Inks and markers:

Copic Ciao Markers, Copic SP Multiliner Pens, Unipin Fineliners, Pilot Drafting Pen Ink

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Paints:

Dr. Ph. Martins Radiant Watercolours, Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolours, Liquitex Acrylic Ink, ProArte Paintbrushes, "The Masters" Paintbrush Soap

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Paper:

Winsor & Newton 300gsm Watercolour Pad, Strathmore 190gsm Smooth Surface Marker Paper, Paint On Multi-Techniques 250gsm Paper Pad, Bristol Board 250gsm Smooth Drawing Pad, Canson 180° 96gsm Sketchbook

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Other: 

Frisk Masking Fluid Fineliner, Gelly Roll Pens, Faber Castell Polychromos Colouring Pencils, Derwent Precision 0.7 Mechcanical Pencil, Faber Castell T9400 Clutch Pencil