Meet "Mona"
Sheraine aka Monarise is an award winning illustrator and 2D animator based between New York and Jamaica.
Sheraine graduated summa cum laude from the New York Institute of Technology with a BFA in Digital Art with focus in Virtual Reality and experimental animation. She currently specialises in connecting cultural advocacy, activism and art. Through the use of gamification she designs pathways for normalising the discussion of challenging subjects
Although her focus is on illustration and animation she's worked in motion design for live action television with 7TMedia on Netflix's BET, Boston Blue and Law & Order: Toronto CI. She has professional experience as a comic writer and professional course writer. Her fine art sculptures and illustrations have been displayed in Italy, New York and Jamaica.
Outside of Art, she's a dragon boat racer, a TTRPG nerd, a plain old physics nerd and an unashamed foodie. She enjoys building whimsical things which has resulted in Giant Dice, Stardew Valley game mods and soon a interactive Lilypad garden because where else would the Dewdrops live.
Her next big goal is to attend ConQuest of Mythodea of in Germany. If you have any advice feel free to shoot her an email at monariseart@gmail.com.
Why Mona?
So, it's actually kind of silly. I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland fan. It actually sparked my interest in folk lore and mythology. So my artist monkier was actually Mon Alice during college. I had a friend from Japan who had big issues with the L sound and so I started writing it as Mon Arisu, because that's how you get the correct pronounciation. I'm skipping some details here but just know I wrote most everything in romanji for her. Eventually I just kept the spelling. But then Username verfication became an issue on instagram and Mon Arisu, because Monarise.
I moved back home and I don't know if you've ever met a Jamaican but whatever nickname you're given is your nickname for life. So Monarise got chopped to Mona rise and then died a death to Mona. So now if you're in the Jamaican art community and you want to find me. You've got to ask for Mona, because who is Sheraine even. I'm gonna be Mona for the rest of my life.
Contact
I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.
123-456-7890