Leo Lincoln
Leo Lincoln is a Illustrator, comic artist and zine-maker based in Dundee and occasionally Glasgow.
About
I’m Leo and I’m a disabled Illustrator born in North Lanarkshire.
I use mostly traditional mediums, especially watercolour paints and coloured pencils, and ways of marrying the two, a technique I like to call “controlled chaos”.
I’m known for making colourful dream-like narratives using psychedelic landscapes and little characters.
I have been drawing my whole life but did not start using colour until latter high school when I impulse bought a set of Prismacolor pencils.
My main inspirations come from Surrealist and Lowbrow art, as well as cartoons I grew up with. I love to explore human issues through fantastical imagery, conveying messages that are both reflective as well as ridiculous; I want my work to feel like a hug from a friend.
I describe myself as an autistic artist because it is vital in how I interpret the world; my goal is to create stories that feature disabled people and other underrepresented groups.
I have found university challenging but would not trade the experience for anything else, I have met so many people who have helped shape me into a resilient creative, going forward with my Illustration journey I want to break into the comic book and picture book industries, I am excited about sharing my own stories with the world, as well as helping bring other peoples to life.
![Colour pencil drawing with origami folded paper that looks like horse with a boy on it's back](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/student_work_desktop_1440w/public/2023-04/leo-lincoln-1.jpg?itok=plm9aXrh)
Page highlight from my book "Bonds"
![A page from a comic book with colourful drawings of the earth on fire and a cate in yellow with orange stripes](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/student_work_desktop_1440w/public/2023-04/leo-lincoln-2.jpg?itok=s43Teucg)
Page from my zine "The Philosophy of Nonsense"
"A Giver who is Always Taken"
![A colourful orange drawing of a face with sun rays for hair](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/student_work_desktop_1440w/public/2023-04/leo-lincoln-3.jpg?itok=36HyNols)
Image inspired by 6-word short story prompt
Support me by following my Instagram, I am currently working on setting up an online shop where I can sell prints, additionally I also take commissions for custom art.