Email: melissacastillo.art@gmail.com

Melissa Castillo is a Los Angeles-based artist with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Animation. While in school, she took a special liking to Visual Development and Background Painting. Her goal is to create worlds that audiences want to step into and explore again and again. Since graduating, she has been working in the restaurant industry, gaining important skills such as leadership training, strong verbal communication, organization, and teamwork.

Melissa has been working on her portfolio with different interpretations of tv shows, musicals, and styles that she loves and showcase her growing knowledge of light, shadow, and design. Along with story driven projects, she also loves painting digital Plein-Air locations around the US and continues here studies with different courses from Learn Squared, Brainstorm, etc.

In her free time, Melissa enjoys playing The Legend of Zelda video games, training for Half-Marathons, watching The Great British Baking Show, and spending time with her best friend; her twin sister.

A link to her resume is next to the link to her instagram!