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Christine Benjamin is a painter and illustrator who creates her own universe that is populated with skeletons, aliens, robots, monsters, cool and funky people and animals.

Christine grew up in San Jose watching Underdog and Rocky and Bullwinkle on TV. She was influenced at an early age by cartoons, old monster movies and comic books. She received her college degree in graphics and illustration and started her own company CB Illustration.

Today her studio is filled with toy robots, bobbleheads, lunch boxes and other goodies from her childhood that inspire her paintings and 3 dimensional clay sculptures. Many of her colorful paintings and 3D pieces can be found in local homes and restaurants.

She has also illustrated for many companies such as Yahoo!, Hitatchi, Apple and Hasbro. Her characters have been used for various children’s products including books, posters and clothing.

WEB SITE: cbillustration.squarespace.com

Female, Born on May 23

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