The Art of Cathy Wilkins
welcome to my online gallery & portfolio
my name is cathy wilkins.
i am a fantasy & horror digital illustrator.
below you'll find links to the
different areas of my site.
have a poke
around and enjoy your visit!


| color work |b & w work |
| bio | contact | links |
copyright & web use |



here are few things about me & what you'll find on this site....
i'm an artist. i've been illustrating part-time professionally since 1997 for various clients including white wolf, weird nj, wildside press and electric wine. you can find a sampling of those works in my portfolios. i've also had art published in several spectrum collections and with several webzines. i live on the east coast with my family & friends, many of whom are also artists- musicians, illustrators, fine artists, writers & storytellers.

i've always been drawn to horror & fantastic stories. i get a kick out of dark & mysterious things that bite, shock and intrigue you. my favorite author is stephen king. i just can't always wrap my mind around his stories- they're that terrifying! i've found inspiration in the artworks of frank frazetta, brom, donato, douglas carrel, matt stawicki, simon brewer, justin sweet, mark zug and many more. please check out my links area on this site to check out their sites along with other incredible artists. i am also a proud member of epilogue, asfa and elfwood, all of which are fantasy related. if you are interested in joining an online art group, i highly recommend checking them out. you can find their links & more in my links area.

most of the work you'll find on my site i created digitally using programs like photoshop 4.0 & painter 6. i work with an older mac g3 (macs rock!) with a graphic tablet & stylus. all of my programs are dated but all are trusty, reliable and well loved. i will normally start with a pencil sketch, scan it and open in photoshop and work it in layers, cleaning it up and sometimes using reference that i shoot myself or create using poser or bryce. i use painter to add brushwork and strokes. all my files are finished digitally and normally delivered to clients as an email attachment or sent snail mail on cd.

i do take on art commissions but my calendar fills quickly. if you're looking for an illustration please email me with the basic information - budget, size, deadlines- and we can go from there. i deliver art in high res digital file via snailmail or email. if you are interested in using an existing image for limited publishing rights, please email me. i can't work 'on spec', free or pending royalties. i just can't afford to do that. anything that takes time from my family & other jobs has got to be worth it. i know this is a blunt way of putting this and i apologize. i really do appreciate any invite to participate in breaking rpg's or the next great thing but i have to be practical when it comes to my time and supporting myself & my family. if i had 10 more hours a day and the energy to do it, i would be on board with everything & anything that came my way, paying & otherwise.

emails & contact info
you can reach me at two email addresses:
cwilkinz@aol.com or cathywilkins@monsterparade.com

i do not always get my mail through either server so if you write and do not get a response please email again and with any luck the second mail will not end up in my spam filters.

do not send files of any kind! i will not open them. delete delete delete! i've been turbo-spammed, sent viruses and everything else imaginable and i've gotten to the point where a 'no files' policy is best. if you have art you'd like to share please send me a link to a site where your art is posted and i'll be happy to take a look.
a few words about web use & copyright.....
i do not mind the use of my art on web pages or stationary that are for non-commercial personal use. what i'd like in return is my signature, image & copyright unaltered and intact, with a link to this site.
i do not send out high res portfolio images without contract & payment.
i cannot give permissions for use of an image in which i do not own the copyright, (ex. white wolf ). to gain permissions for those pieces, please email the copyright owners which are listed with each image on this site. if you display this artwork w/o those permissions, you may run into legal trouble with the copyright owner.
if you are interested in purchasing second rights to an image in which i own the copyright (©cathy wilkins) please email me at cwilkinz@aol.com.

a whole lotta links
below are many artists i've come across on the web. all of their art is fantastic in every sense of the word. please take a few moments to check them out
miscellaneous fun
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the legal mumbo jumbo:

all rights reserved on all images appearing within these web pages
all images are copyrighted ©cathy wilkins unless otherwise noted

no part of these images may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including but not limited to photo copying and scanning, whether now known or hereafter created without written permission from the artist,cathy wilkins
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2005, 2006 cathy wilkins