A woman with glasses and earrings sits at a wooden table with her hands folded, in front of a colorful, abstract floral mural. She is wearing a red T-shirt and a smartwatch on her left wrist.

About the Artist

Illustration, 2D Animation, Hand lettering, Surface Design, Calligraphy, Video Production

Esther is a multidisciplinary freelance illustrator based in Michigan, US. She works with both traditional and digital media in an iterative process.

Favorite topics

Food Illustration, Nature Illustration, Illustrated Handlettering and Calligraphy, Animated Illustration

Street Creds

Her art has been licensed by multiple companies including Cloud9 Fabrics. Her work has been featured multiple times by the UPPERCASE Magazine and was named as Top 100 Surface Pattern Designers by UPPERCASE Magazine in 2019. She is also a Top Teacher on Skillshare with over 46,000 students and well over 1.5 million minutes between her self-produced award-winning classes. She is a proud member of The Art Brand Alliance and Association of Illustrators. Her creative design projects are also featured in Spoonflower Blog, Skillshare Blog, and Print and Pattern Blog.

Esther

  • is fluent in popular digital tools like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Procreate App, Procreate Dreams for Animation, etc.

  • works with both vector illustration and raster illustration

  • has a Master of Arts degree in Advertising and worked as an Art Director in an ad agency.

  • is very comfortable working with analog and digital media.

  • has a high-functioning working knowledge of 2D animation and video production using Adobe After Effects, Procreate App, Procreate Dream App, and Adobe Premiere Pro

  • loves quilting, sewing, and pottery in addition to illustration

Clients

MSU Broad Art Museum logo with stylized building graphic and text
Uppercase logo with a stylized arrow pointing upward
Logo with a stylized blue cloud and the text 'Cloud9 Fabrics' beneath it.
Close-up of the word 'Spoonflower' in dark teal text.
Logo of the Association of Illustrators featuring a blue oval with white text 'AOL' and the organization's name.
AIGA logo on a black background

Member of

Esther Nariyoshi is a member of the Art Brand Alliance
Person drawing a colorful flower with markers on paper, with a set of colored markers laid out nearby.
Open sketchbook with black and white mushroom sketches, various colored pencils and crayons, and a small container of orange paint on a gray surface.
Colorful illustrated sign that reads "Illustration Classes" with decorative border in blue, pink, and green.
Close-up of a tiled surface featuring a pattern of small green four-leaf clovers on a blue and white checkered background.
Text reading "Digital Brushes" surrounded by a decorative green and blue border.
Close-up of a light blue, checkered tablecloth with small green four-leaf clover patterns.
A slice of layered cake with white, black, and orange layers, topped with pink swirled roses on a decorated plate, with a blue background.

Work with Esther 〰️

Work with Esther 〰️