Kelsey Bailey

Kelsey Bailey (a.k.a. Punionrings) is an artist from Michigan. Though spending most of her life here, she spent many formulative years living in Hawaii. Here, she grew a love of nature, video games, animation, the supernatural, fantasy, and the avocados growing in her backyard. Growing up with a mother who painted professionally, her love of the arts was never discouraged, and constantly continued to grow. Moving to Michigan when she was eight, she spent much of her free time making comics to entertain both her mother and sister, and her friends online. Things like webcomics and Flash animations gripped most of her young teenhood, but she grew and adapted to more types of illustration and art as she grew older. Though her artistic pursuits grew through high school, and as she was constantly creating new things, she decided that graphic design was something that combined two of her favorite things: Being creative and being on the computer all day. From ages 16 to 22 she worked toward this goal, until she realized that graphic design was kind of a drag and not for her. She finished her Associates in Fine Arts in December 2017, entering her work in art shows and trying to work more on being creatively motivated than being overly successful in a career. Kelsey is still working as an artist and illustrator and is attending the College for Creative Studies in Fall 2019, majoring in Illustration. She hopes to grow as an artist and illustrator every day, continue to sometimes make funny comics for people, and be able to pet as many dogs as she possibly can in her life.