My name’s Charlie and I’m a French digital illustrator…

I started CharliePenArt to inspire other creatives, help them take the first few steps into navigating their art business all while nurturing their love of creating art. My ultimate goal is to help you break down the barriers of starting an art business by showing you exactly how I’m tackling the foundations of my own. I’m hoping that in showing you the very first baby steps that I’ve been taking, I can help you understand what you can expect in your own journey and hopefully remove some of the fear around what can seem like a truly daunting task!

I am a completely self-taught artist  and started really getting into drawing at the age of 15. I was heavily inspired by manga, video games and cartoons. After struggling with bouts of art block throughout my journey and creating the foundations of CharliePenArt, my art took a drastic turn in 2022, when I decided to shift into an entirely different category of art: children’s book illustrations! Now, I make cute little drawings that I hope can inspire happiness and are hopefully just as fun to look at as they are to make!

I hope you’ll join me in this adventure that is creating a digital art business from scratch and building the skills that help you not only create art, but enjoy creating it, too. Remember, we’re all in this together and I’m really hoping to create a loving community of wonderful people where we can all support and inspire eachother to grow as artists!

Thanks for reading! Feel free to check out my blog where you’ll find lots of useful art and business tips and learn a little bit more about me. If you’d like, you can use the Contact form to request blog articles on specific topics that interest you.