Wilnara has a passion for portrait illustration and creating whimsical children's characters. She earned her BFA, in Graphic Design at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. Most of her creative career has been spent as a Graphic Designer working for Gannett Newspapers and eventually an advertising agency in Central New Jersey. After several years, she embarked on her freelance career helping many start-ups and organizations build brands while working on commission portraits and caricatures.

She enjoys co-laboring or collaborating with art directors/ clients to create characters and designs that evoke joy and/ or a little wisdom. Her creative process begins with sketching a concept and can evolve into using an array of mix-media; pen and ink, watercolors, colored pencils, markers and eventually scanning and digitally painting her creations using Procreate with some finishing touches via Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. Feel free to browse through more of her portfolio at www.jwinkstudios.com.