Emma Vieceli
| Emma Vieceli | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Illustrator |
Emma Vieceli is a professional British comics artist whose credits include Manga Shakespeare for SelfMadeHero, Girl Comics for Marvel Comics, Violet for the DFC, My Little Pony Hasbro, Comic Book Tattoo for Image Comics, The Thrill Electric online motion comic for channel 4 with John Reppion and Leah Moore, and her creator-owned title Dragon Heir for the UK collaborative publisher, Sweatdrop Studios.
She is currently working on two graphic novel series; The Avalon Chronicles with Nunzio Defilippis and Christina Weir for Oni Press, and Vampire Academy with Richelle Mead and Leigh Dragoon for Penguin Books. Her work can also be seen within the pages of ImagineFX as a member of their artist panel.
Career
Vieceli joined Sweatdrop Studios in 2002, and through the group released her own comic series, 'Dragon Heir'. She has also contributed to anthology titles including Boiled Spoons, Cold Sweat, Love, Sweat & Tears, Pink is for Girls and Planet Manga (A&I Covermount) and in 2005 she achieved a runner up position in the first Rising Stars of Manga United Kingdom & Ireland Competition, with her 15-page shōjo entry, "Between the Lines". She included cameo appearances of various titles being published under Sweatdrop Studios in her short story; Looking for the Sun, Once upon a Time, Fantastic Cat, as well as Dragon Heir.
She has worked on comic adaptations of William Shakespeare's Hamlet[1] and Much Ado About Nothing[2] for Self Made Hero. Amongst other projects, has worked on the art and design of the collectible card game Herocard Cyberspace from Tablestar Games and was also of the head contributors to Draw Manga Sweatdrop Studios from New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.[3] Vieceli has worked with Spacedog Entertainment, illustrating the cover to eV, a short story in Princess Ai: Rumors From The Other Side, both published by Tokyopop, and a story in Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo a 480-page anthology published by Image Comics on July 3, 2008. In addition, she created Violet for The DFC, which was previewed in The Guardian Comic on May 31, 2008.[4] In 2011, Vieceli provided the art for the Vampire Academy graphic novel, based on the novels of the same name.[5]
Bibliography
- Hamlet (Manga Shakespeare Collection, Self Made Hero, ISBN 0-9552856-1-5)
- Much Ado About Nothing (Manga Shakespeare Collection, Self Made Hero, ISBN 978-0-9558169-6-3)
- Pink is for Girls (multiple artists, ISBN 978-1-905038-07-7)
- Sugardrops (multiple artists, ISBN 1-905038-00-3)
- Cold Sweat & Tears (multiple artists, ISBN 978-1-905038-02-2)
- Dragon Heir (Volume 1: ISBN 978-1-905038-14-5)
- Draw Manga (multiple artists, New Holland, ISBN 1-84537-416-9)
- Digital Manga Techniques (Hayden Scott-Baron, ISBN 0-7136-7475-X)
- eV (Cover Artwork, ISBN 978-1-4278-0714-4)
- Princess Ai: Rumors From the Other Side (multiple artists, Tokyopop, ISBN 978-1-4278-0822-6)
- Comic Book Tattoo (multiple artists, Image Comics, ISBN 978-1-58240-964-1)
- My Little Pony, Tome 1: Joyeux anniversaire (Jungle, ISBN 978-2-87442-651-3)
- My Little Pony, Tome 2: L'histoire qui fait peur (ISBN 978-2874426-52-0)
- Tokyopop Rising Stars of Manga: UK & Ireland volume 1 (multiple artists; June 2008, ISBN 978-1-59816-464-0)
- 500 Manga Characters by Sweatdrop Studios (Ilex, June 2007, ISBN 978-1-905814-03-9)
- How to Draw Fantasy Females by Chris Patmore (Barron's, March 2006, ISBN 978-0-7641-3089-2)
- Telling Tales (multiple artists, Sweatdrop 2010, ISBN 978-1-905038-28-2)
- Tara Duncan, Tome 1 : La Sirène Muette (Jungle, 2010, ISBN 978-2-87442-817-3)
- Dragon Heir: Reborn (Sweatdrop, 2010, ISBN 978-1-905038-29-9)
- Vampire Academy (Razorbill, TBR 2011, ISBN 978-1-59514-429-4)
- Vampire Academy: Frostbite (Razorbill, TBR 2011, ISBN 978-1-59514-430-0)
- Avalon Chronicles: Once in a Blue moon (Oni Press, ISBN 978-1-9349-6475-0)
References
- ↑ Self Made Hero
- ↑ Much Ado about Nothing - and lo - pages did appear!
- ↑ New Holland Publishers: Draw Manga
- ↑ Violet, The Guardian Comic, May 31, 2008
- ↑ Truitt, Brian (April 18, 2011). "First look: 'Vampire Academy' bites into graphic-novel market". USA Today. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Vieceli's Livejournal
- Vieceli's ComicSpace
- Self Made Hero. Community LiveJournal
- "Geek Syndicate, Episode 69". Interview with Vieceli
- eV Spacedog