Our featured front cover artist, Lana Leonteva, is a full-time illustrator finding inspiration in fashion, beauty, lifestyle, travel, and more. Lana’s work blends traditional and digital techniques, resulting in artworks that exude class, femininity and elegance.

Lana grew up in Vladivostok, Russia, and as a little girl, she loved to draw and make clothes for her dolls. Her inspiration came from her mom, a pattern designer of women’s clothes. She attended the art school in her hometown, where she graduated, then attended the University of Vladivostok, Faculty of Fashion and Design, for six years. 

After graduation, Lana received a job offer in China from a retail clothing company, where she worked in the design and production area for more than 5 years. She eventually got tired of office work and started to dream about being a freelancer able to work independently of location.

Her dream came true when she quit her 9-6 job and moved to another country because of her husband`s work. With her husband`s encouragement, she decided to pick up her pencils and watercolors and become a FASHION ILLUSTRATOR! Consequently, she opened her online shop, which resulted in the creation of her social media accounts on Instagram and Pinterest. Most of her illustrations are customizable; you can choose the skin tone, hair color, or outfit. Today, Lana receives custom orders from all over the world.

The couple have two daughters, a 5-year-old and a 3-month-old, making Malaysia their home.

Lana’s art includes prints, calendars, greeting cards, and other products that are found on her website at www.lalanaarts.com and on Etsy. She draws logos to order, mainly for businesses, such as the design of packages for products (candies, cosmetics, etc), book covers, or illustrations for websites and social media. For more information, you can email Lana at lalanaarts@gmail.com.