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Amanda Reed

Portrait of Amanda Reed with long brown hair, wearing a brown cardigan and necklace, looking toward the camera against a softly lit indoor background.

VCD – Illustration & Character Design

Design & Marketing + Production Artist at Peartree Impressions · BDes · Class of 2023

amrele.com/

Amanda Reed is a Calgary-based illustrator who loves creating characters and writing dynamic and fun backstories for them. She has a passion for cute and whimsical illustrations, where she often draws inspiration from Beatrix Potter, and is also very enthusiastic about anything video game-related.

Amanda is versed in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects, as well as Procreate and CapCut.

She received her Bachelor of Design from Alberta University of the Arts in 2023, with a major in Character Design & Illustration and a minor in Animation.

As of 2023, Amanda creates under the name AMRELÉ. She runs a small Etsy business and works as a Production Artist & Designer in Marketing for Peartree Impressions.

etsy.com/shop/amreleart

Garden Gallery Hand-carved rubber linocut and the resulting print on 6in x 8in mixed media paper.
Peartree's 16 Step Process Animation created for Peartree Impressions by Amanda Reed, production artist & design and marketing at Peartree. This animation depicts the 16-step process that occurs within the ceramic studio, featuring our studio cats.
Bookworm Sticker A play on the trend of asking your significant other if they would still love you if you were a worm, but it's a book-loving worm. Made with glossy premium printable vinyl sticker paper. One of the stickers featured on my Etsy
Sketchbook Clownfish Acrylic marker clownfish from my sketchbook.

Amanda Reed's Work

Amanda Reed's Work Hand-carved linocut block depicting framed illustrations of a ladybug, flower, and mushroom beside the resulting black ink print.
Garden Gallery Hand-carved rubber linocut and the resulting print on 6in x 8in mixed media paper.
Amanda Reed's Work
Peartree's 16 Step Process Animation created for Peartree Impressions by Amanda Reed, production artist & design and marketing at Peartree.

This animation depicts the 16-step process that occurs within the ceramic studio, featuring our studio cats.
Amanda Reed's Work Black-and-white vinyl sticker featuring an open book, a smiling worm, and the phrase
Bookworm Sticker A play on the trend of asking your significant other if they would still love you if you were a worm, but it's a book-loving worm.
Made with glossy premium printable vinyl sticker paper.
One of the stickers featured on my Etsy
Amanda Reed's Work Bright orange clownfish illustration created with acrylic markers in a sketchbook against a vivid blue background.
Sketchbook Clownfish Acrylic marker clownfish from my sketchbook.

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