Illustration and graphic design

funky self portrait - assignment - illustrator

sunny buckeye day mural - assignment - illustrator
displayed in clevelands buckeye-shaker square as a mural

drapery - in class work - conte crayon
portraiture - in class work - charcoal, conte crayon
figure drawing - personal work - graphite

live in the web, licensing focal - assignment - clip studio paint and photoshop (mockup)
party animals - assignment - clip studio paint

amicus amici - assignment - collage
cookbook page - assignment - Watercolor wash, colored pencil, micron pens

Grog shop music artist poster - assignment - clip studio paint, displayed at clevelands grog shop
westside skates logo and skate deck design and mock ups - assignment - illustrator, photoshop (mockup)

studio west drag poster - assignment - clip studio paint, displayed at clevelands studio west 117

neon canvas logo design - assignment - illustrator

album cover design - assignment - illustrator & indesign

about me!

My names Toby Relyea and I'm an illustrator from New York studying at the Cleveland Institute of Art. I have a passion for character design and bringing stories to life through my work, and I love to collaborate with others on creative works to bring a vision to life.Character design and illustration are my main focuses, and I also enjoy graphic design and mockup work.

Character design and illustration

on model design studies - in class work - graphite

original character development turnaround and posing; robot cowboy - assignment - clip studio paint, graphite, paint pens

original animation character turnaround - assignment - photoshop

original character keychain concepts - personal work - clip studio paint

character illustrations - personal work - clip studio paint

original character designs - personal work - clip studio paint