Cardinal

is a Chicago-based freelance illustrator who loves creating all things cute, colorful, and fun! Her work often celebrates animals and nature, comforting aesthetics, and queer joy.

Cardinal graduated in 2020 from Columbia College Chicago with an Illustration BA and a fiction writing minor. 

​When she's not selling her work at conventions or online, Cardinal can be found exploring the city, petting cats, and playing one of her many Pokemon games.


Cardinal has sold her work at:

Andersonville Galleria - Chicago, IL (2023-present)

Rivers & Roads Cafe - Chicago, IL (2023-present)

Metropolis Coffee Company - Chicago, IL (2023-present)

C2E2 - Chicago, IL (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)

Emerald City Comic Con - Seattle, WA (2022)

New York Comic Con - New York, NY (2021)

Anime NYC - New York, NY (2019)

Wizard World - Chicago, IL (2019, 2018)

INK Fest - Chicago, IL (2019)

Michigan Comic Con - Detroit, MI (2019)

Comicopolis - Lockport, IL (2019)

Challenger's Comics - Chicago, IL (2019)

Sultzer Library Comic Fest - Chicago, IL (2019)

Art Harvest - Chicago, IL (2018)

ColumCon - Chicago, IL (2018)