About

Holly Backus is a Wisconsin artist who specializes in digital illustration and graphic design. Her love of stories and music inspire her to create works that incorporate magical twists into everyday life. Although favoring digital painting, she sometimes uses different media to enhance her artwork and expand her experience. In contrast to her illustrations, her graphic works focus on practicality and ease of use. Using her talents as an Adobe Illustrator certified professional, she creates vector artwork that reflects her illustrative passions as well as real life fabricated pieces that provide information in a creative yet legible format.

Holly has been creating digital artwork since her high school days when she was awarded with multiple entries into a museum exhibits. After working a youth apprenticeship as a graphic designer, she went on to gain a scholarship to the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design where she completed her bachelors in illustration and minor in digital media production.

Since graduating, Holly has gone on to work as both a graphic designer and an illustrator. While working on graphic designs for clients through Marshall Sign, she has also worked hard on illustrating children’s books and planning future projects.