Stevie Gerakines

An unfolded holiday card design of three cats caroling. + Enlarge
Cat Holiday Card 2018 digital
Original designs of Batman and the Joker. A turnaround of the Joker is underneath. + Enlarge
Batman and Joker 2019 digital
Three teal and yellow risograph printed illustrations featuring insects and quotes. The cover is of a pile of bugs. One image is of a beetle pupa surrounded by crystals. The other is of a beetle standing on a cliff. + Enlarge
Life and Love Bug Zine 02 2019 Risograph print 7x5"
Three teal and yellow risograph printed illustrations featuring insects and quotes. The cover is of a pile of bugs. One image is of a beetle pupa surrounded by crystals. The other is of a beetle standing on a cliff. + Enlarge
Life and Love Bug Zine 01 2019 Risograph print 7x5"
Three teal and yellow risograph printed illustrations featuring insects and quotes. The cover is of a pile of bugs. One image is of a beetle pupa surrounded by crystals. The other is of a beetle standing on a cliff. + Enlarge
Life and Love Bug Zine (cover) 2019 Risograph print 7x5"
Two black and white square illustrations of the cryptid the Jersey Devil. One is of a traditional Jersey Devil in a tree. The other is of a photo-wall with family pictures including a Jersey Devil child. Both character designs are below. + Enlarge
Jersey Devil 2019 Digital
Three hard enamel pins on black and white backing cards. One is a yellow grub, the second is of a blue pill bug, and the third is a teal stag beetle. + Enlarge
Bug Pins 2019 Hard enamel pins 1.25 x 1.25"
Statement

Stevie Gerakines is a transgender illustrator and former emo kid from Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2020 with a BFA in Illustration. His interests range from death metal to entomology, tabletop RPGS, and Furbys, along with a passion for quirky cartooning and fantasy storytelling. He aims to create characters with depth and nuance that can be enjoyed universally, but that resonate especially with the LGBTQ experience.