Sylvia Stepp, Artist

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My Portfolio

I am currently available for commissions and seeking illustration internship opportunities for Spring/Summer 2027.

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"Dora's Crossroad Deal" by Sylvia Stepp — demon holds a woman's face, she holds a cross, apples, heart stacked right.

Dora’s Crossroad Deal

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2026

From the Spell of the South storyworld. A demon holds a woman’s face as she grips a cross, apples and a human heart stacked beside her — drawing on the African American folklore of striking a deal with the devil at the crossroads.

College for Creative Studies – 2025/26

"Wonderland Card - Cover" by Sylvia Stepp — woman holding a baby pig, Alice with a rabbit, a large keyhole, and bottles.

Wonderland Card - Cover

Sylvia Stepp / May 15, 2025

The cover of my Wonderland card series from my freshman year at CCS. The composition layers Alice and a rabbit, a woman holding a baby pig, a large keyhole, and bottles into one scene — a tableau of iconic Wonderland imagery.

College for Creative Studies – 2024/25

"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

"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 character study working through silhouette and presence.

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

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. Three facets of Jade — confident with glowing gold marks at her forehead and eyes, concerned, and dressed as a jester — an early character study in mood and persona.

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 study in character design and silhouette.

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. Character thumbnails exploring Lynx in six contexts — in a Spider-Man-inspired bodysuit, as a fashion designer, in street clothes, and in close-up — mapping one character across her heroic and civilian lives.

Shrine High School Art – 2023/24

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