Angel Nwabuike
(Ayn-jol Nwah-bee-kay)

Angel Nwabuike (she/they) is a freelance illustrator from nowhere in particular currently based in North Carolina. She is a recent graduate from East Carolina University, having earned a BFA in illustration with a minor in graphic design. Her work is primarily digital, but she also enjoys working with graphite and ink. Some of her interests are fantasy, biology, and spiders.

Regrets

Cover art for Chaeri  by Magdalena Bay.

Home Sweet X

Illustration on the idea of home as a temporary, moving place.

Eletelephony

Book cover for a collection of kid’s poems.

Body Snatchers

Illustration on tarantula and tarantula hawk wasp interactions.

Survivor

Illustration on the concept of survivor’s guilt.

Madoff

Part of a series of posters on infamous legacies.

Iunia's Wyverns

Series exploring fantasy and natural science.

Gorlily Pass

Part of a series of explorations for a fantasy book.

Spirits of the Past

Editorial illustrations using ghost stories from Reminisce magazine.

Late

Poster from a campaign addressing underregulation in homeschooling.

Roadkill's Revenge

Creature design for a zine, based on the prompt of a modern North American cryptid.

Mothman Goes West

Cover illustration for an anthology.

Happy Place

Linocut print of an alien finding its way home.

Flight

Illustration for a grade school binder cover.

Spiderfly Trilogy

Novel and case covers for a fantasy trilogy.

Playground

Illustration on the struggle of keeping personal playgrounds alive.

Fisher

Stone lithographic print loosely based on the yi qi dinosaur.

Vampire

Fineliner drawing of a vampire jumping spider.

Abyssal Reef

Children's book illustrations of a little fish exploring a deep sea reef.

Why Build a World We're Not Built For

Grease pencil illustration about modern life.

Fountain

Mockup for a skincare line.

Brew Camp

Logo design for a product line of coffee and handheld roasters.

Brew Camp (II)

Bag mockup for Brew Camp.

Three's a Crowd

Cover design for a suspense novel.

Article

Editorial design for the article "Castles Made of Sand."

Article Mockup (II)

Mockup for the article "Castles Made of Sand."

Skeletons & Scandals

Card back designs for the game "Skeletons and Scandals."

Alchemy

Box and bottle design for the custom haircare brand Alchemy.

Alchemy (II)

Development for Alchemy extract boxes.

Alchemy (III)

Development for Alchemy mixing kits.

De Stijl Icons

Icon set development.

De Stijl Page

Webpage design for an educational site about the De Stijl movement.

Fountain (II)

Label design for Fountain product containers.

Mini
Comics

Alien Abduction

A little alien investigates a UVO sighting.

See Me

On loving someone you don't really know, who doesn't really know you.

Companion

A cavewoman adopts a dino-puppy.

Go Pro

An ex-baseball player visits a carnival.