ILLUSTRATOR,
PAINTER &
GRAPHIC
DESIGNER
BASED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
ANNIKA GREW UP IN ORANGE COUNTY AND HAS BEEN DRAWING/CRAFTING SINCE CHILDHOOD. THROUGHOUT HER SCHOOLING, she continued to excell in her artistic INTERESTS AND BEGAN WORKING TOWARDS HER CAREER AS a designer.
SHE STUDIED FINE ARTS AND PAINTING WITH ROBBIE MILLER AT SANTIAGO CANYON COLLEGE. IT WAS HERE SHE FOUND HER PASSION FOR OIL PAINTING PORTRAITS. WHILE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE ART WORLD, SHE MADE THE DECISION TO ENTER INTO THE DIGITAL SPACE OF graphic DESIGN. HER MENTORS IN COLLEGE HELPED HER DEVELOP A LOVE FOR ANALOG PRINTING, WHICH SHAPED HER DIGITAL STYLE TREMENDOUSLY. SHE CONTINUED HER EDUCATION AT CAL STATE UNIVERSITY OF FULLERTON WHERE SHE RECIEVED HER DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN. After graduating she took on the lead design graphic design role for landers supply house in costa mesa. Here, she designed social media assests, event posters, shop products & packaging, graphic tshirts, tags, stamps, and everything else graphic related. A few years later she moved into the fashion production design space, making artwork for walmart, macy’s, jcpenny, dillards, buckle, etc. Now Annika spends most of her time freelancing graphic design and tattooing.
ANNIKA CONTINUES TO BE INSPIRED BY WEST COAST CULTURE, VINTAGE AMERICANA, EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC, FANTASY NOVELS, REALISM & CHICANO TATTOO ART, antique rummaging, and her native american roots.
