About Me

Isadora Jimenez — Artist Portrait — Horror & Fantasy Illustrator

My name is Isadora Jimenez, I am a Puerto Rican illustrator and comic artist originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico; now based in the United States. A brain hemorrhage at birth affected my muscle coordination, but not my imagination. I found my way into art through muscle therapy, learning about stories before I could even hold a pencil properly. I found my voice through the stories that surrounded me: old world myths, horror comics, fairy tales, and manga. Batman helped me to never give up when my muscles would fail me in class, Horror stories allowed me to face my fears, and Fantasy tales made me push forward to get better in order to find worlds of Adventure in reality. My childhood was filled with stories of Jack London, R.L Stine, Jun Ji Ito, and stories of myth of the island I called home. Those early influences still shape the way I build atmosphere, characters, and narrative depth in my work today.

I hold a BFA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design, and over the years I’ve illustrated eco-manuals, self-published children’s books, editorial illustrations, and private commissions. Today, I create pieces of illustration and sequential art that explore identity, memory, fear, and transformation that blends Gothic horror, manga, surrealism, and folk storytelling together to create pieces that don’t let you go. I’m always looking to tell stories that feel a little haunted, a little hopeful and entirely a touch bit human.

Want to work together? What’s your story? Mind if you let me bring it to life on paper? But beware, sometimes these stories have a way of coming alive on their own…