ISABELLA PELLICO
Illustration
2025
Writing
based in new york city
Children’s books
Based in new yorK
2025
Originally from Mexico City
ISABELLA
Pellico
About me
I’m a multi-disciplinary artist based in New York City. I recently earned a BFA in Integrated Design from Parsons School of Design, where I developed a creative practice rooted in visual narratives. I’m passionate about storytelling across a variety of mediums, such as books, illustration, writing, animation and 3-D printing. I love bringing my characters to life the most and seeing them interact with the world.
>> Thesis Project <<
MY inspirations
Books
Books have been my biggest inspiration for as long as I can remember; writers like Banana Yoshimoto, Haruki Murakami, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mary Shelley have stretched my surreal little brain in the best ways.
Visual
I’m drawn to artists like Remedios Varo, Hilma af Klint, Yoshitomo Nara, René Magritte, and André Butzer, who remind me to stay curious, weird, and intuitive.
Ideas
Most of my ideas show up uninvited, on walks, while daydreaming, or when I spot a strange plant,and when I’m stuck, I let blobs or paint splatters guide me to new characters.
About my thesis
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My Thesis project is called “Growing Pains”.
A collection of 9 books to heal the inner child, the one we tend to repress.
A collection of 9 books to heal the inner child, the one we tend to repress.
>> Thesis Project <<
I named my senior thesis exhibition "growing pains". My aim with this project was to reach the collective inner child of my audience.
For this project, I illustrated, wrote, and designed a collection of nine books (all of which are both for children and adults). Some are interactive, others are simple, touching stories.
I was really pleased with how the illustrations for these books came out, so I decided to 3-D print them. I wanted people to have something tangible to take with them after my show. In total I 3-D printed 300 of my illustrations.
I hand-painted all of them, and once dried and varnished I put them inside small 2 inch capsules. I realized the small capsules fit inside a gumball machine. So I bought one and put the capsules inside of it, to further expand the feeling of nostalgia.
I was not satisfied with the concept of having to use real money for the machine, so I designed, 3-D printed and painted my own tokens.
For this project, I illustrated, wrote, and designed a collection of nine books (all of which are both for children and adults). Some are interactive, others are simple, touching stories.
I was really pleased with how the illustrations for these books came out, so I decided to 3-D print them. I wanted people to have something tangible to take with them after my show. In total I 3-D printed 300 of my illustrations.
I hand-painted all of them, and once dried and varnished I put them inside small 2 inch capsules. I realized the small capsules fit inside a gumball machine. So I bought one and put the capsules inside of it, to further expand the feeling of nostalgia.
I was not satisfied with the concept of having to use real money for the machine, so I designed, 3-D printed and painted my own tokens.
