Sylvia Stepp, Artist

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My Portfolio

I am currently available for commissions and seeking Summer 2027 internship opportunities in character design, storyboard, or animation.

Selected works below include my Spell of the South storyworld, original character design, my 2024 Scholastic Art Awards Gold and Silver Key pieces, and iconography from my graphic design internship at Jaime Uribe & Asociados in Medellín, Colombia.

To view full-sized versions of my portfolio pieces, please click on the cropped images. Use the buttons below to sort my portfolio by type.

Award-Winning Art
Character Design
Digital
Drawings
Figure Sketches
Iconography
Short Stories
Spell of the South
Still Life
Storyboards
Wonderland
"Wonderland Card - White Queen" by Sylvia Stepp — White Queen twice: long hair with a transparent crow, short curly bob.

Wonderland Card - White Queen

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

The White Queen, from my Wonderland series. Two portraits mirror each other in playing-card layout — long white hair with a transparent crow on her arm, and a shorter curly bob — exploring two facets of the same character.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"Wonderland Card - Red Queen" by Sylvia Stepp — two Red Queens holding a transparent heart, one laughing, one serious.

Wonderland Card - Red Queen

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

The Red Queen, from my Wonderland series. Two portraits mirror each other in playing-card layout, both holding a transparent heart — one laughing, one serious — capturing two emotional sides of the same character.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"Wonderland Card - Fox Disguised as Rabbit" by Sylvia Stepp — two foxes, one disguised as the White Rabbit.

Wonderland Card - Fox Disguised as Rabbit

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

The trickster card from my Wonderland series. Two foxes face each other in playing-card layout — one in plain form, the other costumed as the White Rabbit — a wink at identity and disguise.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"Wonderland Card - The Caterpillar" by Sylvia Stepp — man's face, white hair, red eyes, transparent wings, smoking.

Wonderland Card - The Caterpillar

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

The Caterpillar, from my Wonderland series. A hybrid figure — man’s face, white hair, red eyes, transparent wings — smokes quietly, holding the unsettling stillness of transformation.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"Joy" by Sylvia Stepp — gold-eyed figure, hands in hair; stacked Asian-inspired botanical and insect symbols at left.

Joy

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

From my freshman year at CCS. A gold-eyed figure holds their hair beside a stacked column of botanical and insect forms drawn from Asian languages and imagery — a piece rooted in my early childhood in Singapore.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"Magical Market" by Sylvia Stepp — glowing characters trade potions, dried goods, and fruit in a bustling scene.

Magical Market

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

From my freshman year at CCS. A bustling scene from an alternative magical universe, where characters with glowing features trade potions, dried goods, and boxes of fruit — a study in composition and the small stories inside a crowd.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"Space" by Sylvia Stepp — unconscious woman in a space suit, white hair, yellow eyes; bright yellow starburst behind.

Space

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

From my freshman year at CCS. A woman in a space suit drifts unconscious against a bright yellow starburst — white hair, yellow eyes, a moment suspended between stillness and explosion.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"Still Life - Skull, Crow and Bottle" by Sylvia Stepp — gray pencil with red outlines; water in bottle, draped stands.

Still Life - Skull, Crow and Bottle

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

From my freshman drawing class at CCS. A still life of a water-filled bottle, a skull, and a crow on draped stands — gray pencil throughout, with red outlines on each subject pulling them forward from the page.

Featured in the May 2025 Student Exhibition at the College for Creative Studies

"Illuminated" by Sylvia Stepp — person lying on blue fabric, hand over left eye, hair glowing gold like tendrils.

Illuminated

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. A figure rests on blue fabric, one hand over the left eye, hair glowing gold like tendrils — a piece exploring concealment and inner light.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Stance" by Sylvia Stepp — humanoid with an insect-like face in a crouch, left hand on the ground, right hand elevated.

Stance

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. An insect-faced humanoid holds a low crouch — left hand on the ground, right hand raised — a study in tension and the moment before motion.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Wings" by Sylvia Stepp — three gray-toned views of a winged humanoid with pointed ears against three yellow rectangles.

Wings

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. Three gray-toned views of a winged humanoid with pointed ears, posed against three yellow rectangles — an early silhouette study working through character presence across three views.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Sands of Time" by Sylvia Stepp — sunlit clock tower with chains; hooded elder and a troubled girl in a NASA shirt.

Sands of Time

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. Inside a sunlit clock tower hung with chains, a hooded elder meets a troubled young girl in a NASA shirt — the modern shirt anchors a scene that otherwise sits outside of time.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Magnetism" by Sylvia Stepp — two figures flying mid-air; one in shades of red, one in blue, with yellow lightning.

Magnetism - 2024 Scholastic Honorable Mention

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. Two figures fly mid-air in opposing palettes of red and blue, faces twisted in terror, yellow lightning charging the space between — a study in attraction and opposition felt through the body.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Ripped" by Sylvia Stepp — humanoid figure with part of the face reversed, as if the image was torn and replaced.

Ripped

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. A humanoid portrait with part of the face reversed, as if the image had been torn and put back wrong — a study in fractured identity.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Jade" by Sylvia Stepp — three views of Jade: confident with glowing gold marks, concerned, and dressed as a jester.

Jade

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. An early expression exploration across three facets of Jade — confident with glowing gold marks at her forehead and eyes, concerned, and playful in a jester costume.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Characters" by Sylvia Stepp — five characters standing in different stances on a green background.

Characters

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. A lineup of five original characters in different stances against a green background — an early character lineup, exploring silhouette variation and design consistency across a cast.

See my most developed character work, Dora, under Drawings, Storyboards, and Short Stories.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Lynx Character Thumbnails" by Sylvia Stepp — six views of Lynx: spider suit, fashion designer, close up, and full body.

Lynx Character Thumbnails

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. A character-in-context study mapping Lynx across multiple settings — heroic, civilian, and professional. An early exploration of visual consistency across contexts, including a Spider-Man-inspired bodysuit, a fashion designer look, street clothes, and a close-up.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

"Maturity" by Sylvia Stepp — woman's reflection in the mirror shows a girl trying to appear older than she is.

Maturity

Sylvia Stepp / January 12, 2024

From my senior year at Shrine High School. A woman gazes into a mirror that reveals a young girl trying to appear much older than she is — a piece about the gap between the self we project and the self still inside.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

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