Patricia “Patmai” de Vera is a freelance illustrator, animator, motion graphic artist by trade. She’s done designs, illustrations, editorial work, and artworks for notable clientele, including: UNIQLO PH, Bayer, Adobo Magazine, Philippine Star, Intel Philippines, etc. Her recent illustration book work was for “Challenging the Black Dog: A Creative Health Journal” and has recently released her first self-published ink art book entitled, “Wishful Inking.” A registered IBSN-illustrator, she hustles by drawing all day and at night... and will still draw until the wee hours of the morning. She’s a small bird, homegrown and raised in the Philippines. A merit-scholar graduate from De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde with a degree in Multimedia Arts. She aspires of being a future character concept artist and/or storyboard artist, in hopes of creating elaborate fantasy worlds and in creating the childhood of future generations through her visual storytelling. She also dabbles in voice acting and will kick your butt in lip syncing and maybe not so much at karaoke. Meraki (μεράκι) is her main principle in life, it is a Greek one-word-phrase meaning “To do all work with creativity, body, heart, soul, and love”.