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Author/Illustrator
​Graphic Novel creator
​Nature enthusiast

Welcome! My name is Christina and I am an author/illustrator based in Los Angeles, CA. My projects include picture books, chapter books, middle grade books, and graphic novels.

​I’m a huge nature lover. If I wasn’t an author/illustrator I’d be a nature ranger!  My passion is making colors from plants and earth. Many of my picture book illustrations are done with plant pigments and enhanced digitally. You can see and read more about my process here: nature pigments and in my blog!

Come follow me on Instagram @randomhappychris to see me out and about, exploring the wonderful nature of California!

This piece was done with plant pigments and finalized in Procreate. This story is about an acorn woodpecker so I used acorns and oak galls to make the base color you see: the browns and yellows. ​

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