Born in Toronto, Ontario, Crystal Wall Lancaster is a concept illustrator and digital painter residing in New Brunswick, Canada. Traditionally trained in animation, Crystal graduated Valedictorian from NBCC Miramichi and for the next five years worked in the television animation industry as an animator and designer.
After the birth of her first child in 2007, Crystal moved into painting and illustration, quickly garnering fans and gallery shows in LA, Seattle and Ottawa. With her passion for digital-based painting ignited, Crystal taught herself Photoshop and has been creating digital artwork ever since. Her piece, ‘After the Rapture’ was chosen by an advisory board of professionals for the cover of the Limited Edition version of EXPOSÉ 10, an internationally recognized annual digital art book featuring a record-smashing 548 images by 380 artists.
Pursuing her fascination with pinup art, Crystal is currently fusing her distinctive illustration style with retro elements, tattoos, piercings and banging bodies to create pinups for her exciting side project, Pinup Bombshells.