Hailey Campe is an Illustrator based in Chicago, Illinois.

Hailey Campe is a Chicago based Illustrator who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. They graduated from American Academy of Art in 2021 with a BFA in Illustration. Hailey had work featured in multiple illustration and fine art exhibitions during their time at the Academy. They received the Albert Wager Award for Academic excellence for 3 consecutive years. They have had work published in the 2020 edition of Abstraction Magazine. Hailey plans on pursuing work in concept art and character design. 

I have grown up in the “Digital Age” so most of my inspiration comes from art that I have seen on the internet and more specifically, YouTube. Because I grew up in the Digital Age, my preferred way of creating work is digitally. I find that working digitally allows me to meet my internal standards of creating intricate, dynamic illustrations better than any other medium. I love creating characters and worlds that could be turned into graphic novels, video games, or web shows.. My style of work is clean line art with intricate detail. I have worked hard to create characters with tangible personalities using vibrant expressions and dynamic poses. Being able to articulate what a character is like using only line art and color is important when creating interesting characters that hold people’s attention. High contrast jewel tones can be seen throughout my work, and I always find myself drifting back to a very particular shade of mid tone blue. It is an almost subconscious choice that reflects my love of the evening twilight, the soft cool edges of the end of the day that leads into the night.