Brought together by a swirling miasma of improbable coincidence, our unlikely band of misfits shares a common goal: to never stop drawing.

Jason Adam

Sketch Please co-founder Jason Adam is an artist and designer whose work can be loud, fluid and simultaneously moving. In 2009, Jason co-founded Hexanine, a strategic design firm dedicated to providing powerful brand experiences in identity, print and web. A Chicago native now kickin’ it in Los Angeles, he serves on the AIGA LA board of directors, and aspires to one day live the Bruce Wayne lifestyle. Jason would also like to inform as many people as possible that Prince’s 1989 Batman soundtrack is a modern masterpiece. So say we all.

Contributor since Week 1.

John Conger

Sketch Please co-founder John Conger has always had a deep love for comic books (Batman is his fave, though any comic will do). Working in retail to pay the bills, hopes to one day work in the comic industry, no matter how much of a long shot it may be! A die-hard Star Wars junkie (his cat is named Chewy), John pretty much bleeds New York Jets football, and can not wait till his next camping trip in the mountains. In addition to Sketch Please, John is working on a follow up to his comic Control, which he released at the San Diego Comic-Con, as well as a possible scifi/fantasy/alternate history story, and whatever else he feels like.

Contributor since Week 1.

Angelo Crelencia

Angelo Crelencia began his creative career as a graphics specialist/illustrator for the US Air Force. After a two-year stint in Nebraska, he was assigned to the USAF Thunderbirds in Las Vegas, where he was first introduced to computer generated design/illustration. Upon leaving the service, Angelo pursued a BFA degree in Visual Communications in Chicago, where he currently works as an art director in the advertising industry. In his spare time, Angelo freelances on projects that includes illustrations, logos and storyboards. His most recent work was pencilling/inking for Elk Press’ Goat Girl comic book. He recently got back-to-basics by reintroducing himself to life drawing and painting with acrylics. A die-hard Star Wars fanatic and anime addict, Angelo draws his inspiration from sci-fi, animation, music and comic books.

Contributor since Week 289

Will Hobbs

Sketch Please Webmaster/Ringleader Will Hobbs is a Chicago-based illustrator and art director. His work has been featured in such publications as Geek Monthly and BPM Magazine, and book series’ like Heinemann Library’s Bug Books and It’s My Body. A consummate bad-ass, and proud lover of Frank’s Hot Sauce, Will aspires to one day make illustration a full-time career.

Contributor since Week 10.

Lizzy Layne

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Lizzy grew up with a deep intrigue in the arts, which she pursued in her studies in Tucson, Arizona through to her current home, Los Angeles, California. Her mixed-media art falls within the realms of illustration, painting, graphic design, and multiple forms of printmaking and photography. She is currently a full-time artist and designer, indulging in the game of feast or famine. See more at lizzylayne.com.

Contributor since Week 138.

Dustin Michael Mertz

For some reason, Dustin hasn’t his bio or submitted a picture yet.

Contributor since Week 274

Eric Olson

Eric Olson resides in Algonquin, Illiniois, loves NFL football, online gaming (Dungeon Seige anyone?), and thrashes bass for the hard rock/heavy metal band The Darksiders. He’s currently practicing his drawing chops while working on his upcoming sci-fi comic Stratos. Eric will see all the Star Wars movies in theaters no matter how many times they come out, and believes that for the betterment of mankind, *all* copies of the movie Batman and Robin should be destroyed. He is happily married, and works full-time as a shipping manager at a warehouse, where he’d usually rather be playing Halo.

Contributor since Week 3

Jon Weigand

For some reason, Jon has written his bio and submitted a picture. After attending the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, Jon decided to return to southern California to do nothing. Doing nothing was hard so he started to do stuff. Most recently he has trekked to the Illinois to work as a laborer. From time to time he posts a drawing or two on his blog that he made. This is the most typing Jon has done in 78 days so now he will stop the typing.

Contributor since Week 305

Retired Members

Ashley
Emily
Irena
Joseph
Matt
Patrick N
Phoenix
Zach