About

Gretchen Hilty

     Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Gretchen

spent four years completing her Bachelor's in Fine Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Majoring in Illustration, she laid the foundation for her career as well as winning multiple scholarships for excellence in illustration. 

In 2016, Gretchen completed an illustrated book of nine original Grimms' Fairy Tales are part of her senior thesis.

  Her passion and strengths lie in character design, book     illustration, editorial illustration, and caricaturing. 

        She is currently based in San Jose, CA.