Illustrate Like A Girl

Hey you!

I hope you are having a pretty day and you didn't forget to be nice to yourself!

Today, I'm here to talk about my sweet baby: Illustrate Like A Girl.

What is Illustrate Like A Girl?

I created this supportive online community for self identified women and non binary people who draw, paint, illustrate. I was fed up with the fact the art community, as every other community, isn't shared fairly and is mostly taken over by cis men. Women artists are rarely given the opportunity to grow their self confidence, surround themselves with other women artists or share their art in a safe and kind environment. Illustrate Like A Girl now provides an online space for all of this. 

Illustrate Like A Girl is and will always be for women, by women.

Online communities are really important for accessibility. Not everybody lives in an art friendly city, and even then, many things can get in the way of someone wanting to connect with other artists IRL. Personally, Internet is my safe place when my mental health is giving me a hard time, and I know we are many in this situation. I like to think Illustrate Like A Girl is a nice little bubble where we experience and learn as an artist to get ready for the real world and the opportunities we deserve.

How does Illustrate Like A Girl work?

* We have a Facebook group, where the magic happens. There, we only accept people who fit the criteria (see explanations below). That's where our members share with each other about art and everything it involves (business, creativity, doubts, ressources, technics, marketing, etc).

* We also have an Instagram for everybody who wants to discover and support women artists. We gladly appreciate everyone who follows our account and share our content!

It is really important for me that this community grows with and for its members. I am always seeking for new point of views, ideas, challenges, and it feels so good when our badass artists feel comfortable enough to be active community members.

What are the criteria to be a part of Illustrate Like A Girl?

All our members are self identified women or non binary people. Trans men are more than welcome too! At Illustrate Like A Girl, the only person our members are in competition with is themselves. Your level, art style or the frequency of your work are completely up to you and shouldn't block you from joining our community and benefiting of our ressources!

If you happen to be a cis man but is interested by this project and discovering women and non binary artists, please follow us on Instagram

Our Community Manager

I recently had to admit to myself that I couldn't do everything alone (especially volunteer work like Illustrate Like A Girl) so I gladly accepted Gemma as our new Community Manager. She now takes amazing care of our Instagram and make everybody feels more connected to the community! It makes me feel so much better and definitely motivates me to keep growing Illustrate Like A Girl.

To check out her work, please go see her Instagram. 

Some of our members

x @Neo_Sitdow has been with us since the beginning and I am really thankful for that!

x @maudemiel is always so kind and helpful with our other members, it's a blessing!

x @nade_illustrations has such a fresh art style!

x @noeep will always be one of my biggest art crushes.

x @rubisfirenos is one of our several tattoo artists and we are so happy about it!

I hope you liked these explanations about this amazing art community. I made sure this post is public, so don't hesitate to share it with anyone who could be interested by this concept: We are always happy to welcome new members!

Have a beautiful day and see you soon!