Staff members organize the entire project. In addition to creating pet portraits themselves, staff oversee everything and complete daily maintenance duties in order to keep everything running smoothly.
Isabel Hertz-Miñoso
Founder
Isabel is a busy senior at the University of Maryland who is incredibly excited to get her Psychology degree. Her idea for AWA sparked out of a love for animals, people, and art.
Chosaguro
Administrator
Chosaguro is a hobbyist artist with a cartoony style from Brazil. She draws mainly canines and felines, but loves experimenting and trying to draw all sorts of animals.
Nina
Administrator
Nina is 20 years old and from Germany. She mainly draws horses, but really enjoys trying different animals!
Ssivo
Administrator
As a hobby digital artist Ssivo has been drawing animals all her life and hopes to continue to do so for many years to come.
Lea Brubaker
Operations Management
Lea is a traditional and digital artist from Pennsylvania. She has a BFA in Illustration and lives with her husband and two mutant dogs, a pug hobgoblin and a demon dachshund who are totally spoiled with attention. Although she is full of shenanigans, she wants nothing more than to add a bit of whimsy to the world.
Julia
Operations Management
Julia is a polish artist who specialises in drawing mainly animals in a realistic style, most of the time she draws canines but would love to start drawing a wider range of animals. Along with digital she also does traditional art!
Alex
Media Coordinator & Recruiter
Alex is a 20-something self taught artist from the US. She's been drawing and painting traditionally for as long as she can remember but started really applying herself to digital when she joined the AWA fam in early 2023. She mainly focuses on drawing dogs and humans.
Alex Mitchell
Media Coordinator
An 18 year old artist from the UK who enjoys creating both digitally and traditionally. He loves to draw many different animals whilst experimenting with styles and processes.
Akura
Akura is a freelance artist from the US. She has a semi-realistic painterly style, with an emphasis on creating interesting lighting and color. Her favorite things to paint are cats and nature scenes, but she will often draw many other animals as well!
Ash
Ash is an artist who loves to draw animals and put a smile on people's faces with her illustrations. She is known to draw mostly cats and dogs, but can be seen drawing other animals as well. She has a curiosity to trying a variety of art styles and often experiments with her work in one way or another. Ash is currently in college to receive her Bachelor's degree in Illustration.
Beca
Beca is a hobby artist. She started making digital art more seriously 2 years ago, before that, she only drew on paper. Though she believes she still needs to learn a lot, she always tries her best when drawing. Beca will draw anything from regular dogs to mythical dragon creatures seeing as she’s a maniac dragon lover who also happens to love playing video games, editing videos, etc. But mostly, she spends her time drawing digitally.
Bestmurphy
Bestmurphy is a digital artist from the US. She loves drawing pet portraits, fantasy, and nature. She hopes to spread some happiness with her pet portraits.
Blue Centaurea
Artist from Russia, who mostly draws animals and often experiments with drawing techniques, so the works are not always similar.
c1candy
An art/design student from Poland. She loves animals, has a soft spot for rodents, and owns a pet dog.
Cereal
Cereall loves to draw all sorts of animals. She takes particular joy in conveying the personality of the pet through the portraits she draws. Apart from doing art, she also loves to bake, enjoy nature, and play sports.
Chel
A self-taught digital artist from Canada. Lover of animals, video games, and music. Her style leans towards realism.
Cupcake
Cupcake is a self-taught artist who is currently in art school. Cupcake loves to draw realistic animals, landscapes, and, of course, with some dramatic lighting. Aside from digital art, she loves using many other mediums, like acrylic paint, pastels, and colored pencils. If you want to support her on her journey with art or commission her, visit her Instagram. Her DMs are always open.
Daniela
Daniela is an illustrator from Venezuela. She specializes in animal art and environment art. Nature, fantasy and the little things in life inspire her works. She has a painterly style and loves to play with lighting and conveying emotion in her pieces.
Doa
A self taught digital artist from Turkey who loves nature and all kinds of animals. She's a complete introvert with a secret wild side. She also loves going on adventures, food and music.
Eikryh
Eikryh is a self-taught hobbyist from Finland. She draws all kinds of animals, especially cats and canines, with a semi-realistic painterly art style. She started out by drawing dinos and dragons but then slowly shifted (through a severe warrior cats phase) to drawing more fluffy things. She loves animals and is always striving to improve!