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robinparksart@gmail.com
Storytelling, Storyboarding, Character Designs, Concept Art, Marketing
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Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Audition
Biography
Robin Parks, also known by her artist name Robin Draws Weird, graduated with her BFA in Illustration from California College of the Arts in San Francisco on May 2023. She loves exploring various mediums and ideas to create a narrative all audiences can enjoy and relate to. Robin grew up all over the Bay Area and has once again called it home in 2025 after a small hiatus in Arizona.
As a toddler, Robin was diagnosed with Speech and Language Delay. From this diagnosis, she discovered her love and proficiency in visual communication and has dedicated her studies and career to design and storytelling. A learning block turned into Robin’s crucial reason for dedicating her life to creativity.
Robin's professional artist goal is to be able to create stories in all formats and for all audiences to relate to. She wants art to be accessible and enjoyable for everyone while exploring at she loves to do as an artist. Robin has focused on refining her illustration skills through frequent real-time life drawing (which tends to be gifted soon after drawing), film and portrait studies, and studying the works of inspiring animators, story artists, and graphic novelists.
Previously, Robin was a Visual Arts Teacher for 2 years where she taught classes for students ranging from Kindergarten through High School. Currently, she works on Marketing and Design for a wholesale bakery in San Francisco. Yes… Taste testing desserts is part of the job!
Q&A with Robin!
Where do you see yourself in the year 2028?
I see a very open future full of different opportunities. I imagine I would be working at an animation or film studio; I want to continue as a storyteller and work both collaboratively and independently to put the best stories out there. I am hoping to have some book(s) in development by then, more specifically, my book Draw. I would love to be an illustrator for an author’s picture book or novel as well as writing some more stories myself. Overall, I don’t see myself under a rigid plan. I do have aspirations for working on movies and as a storyteller, but I imagine my future will transform into more than I could ever imagine.
What is your favorite medium to work with?
I feel like my answer would be whichever medium feels right for the piece I’m working on. The feeling of traditional mediums is unmatched, but art softwares have evolved so much since I was introduced to them. I love using both in the same pieces and I will continue to explore how they can enhance one another.
Strictly talking about traditional media, I've been so attached to my Pentel Brush Ink Pens lately and find myself having more fun using them. Otherwise, I have so many POSCA Paint Markers that I’ll never stop collecting anytime I have the money to.
What has been the most unique piece you have ever worked on? What’s a project you’ve made and want to develop the most?
I have a few answers for this one! Out of all of the pieces in my portfolio, I would have to say it is between my Gif (animation) in terms of how I made it and Draw (books) in terms of the story that was told.
My gif, Anxious, was made with hand-painted watercolor backgrounds and digitally animated lines.
My book, Draw, is about my journey of learning to communicate after being diagnosed with Speech and Language delay as a toddler. It’s a common delay that is not widely discussed.
Hope has been a story I’ve morphed into different versions since I was a Freshman in High School. Hope develops as I have, in a way, and so I hope to get the chance to turn our story into a film.
Other than illustrating, what do you like to do in your free time?
All depends on my energy, cause I love both going out and staying in pretty equally.
Overall, I like kickboxing, playing video games, reading graphic novels and mystery or psychological thriller books, trying out new recipes (more so baking), and exploring the never-ending parts of the Bay! If you ever see me out and about, I like to draw what’s in front of me and give my art away on a whim.