Amanda Frayer is an illustrator and designer based out of Austin, Texas. Her illustrations are prominently featured in the Cover America Tour, a Consumer Reports campaign for health care reform. Also her work can be found on the Consumers Union website and its micro-sites.

Amanda received a masters degree in illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design and a bachelors in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. If you are interested in commissioned art, freelance projects, murals or prints, please contact af[at]amandafrayer[dot]com. For more information, see her resume and thesis.

Some of her professional Influences are:

• Phil Selby – cartoon blogger of the rut.
• Ronald Searle – English cartoonist and lover of cats
• Angel Boligán – political cartoonist from Mexico City
• Dave Coverly – Speedbump comics
• Al Hirschfeld – legendary caricaturist
• Mo Willems – creator of the Pigeon books
• Satoshi Kitamura – Japanese comic books for children
  
• Ralph Steadman – illustrator, GONZO journalist
• Nate Williams – silkscreen artist
• Peter Sis – children's biographies of Darwin, Galileo and Columbus
• William Steig – children's books include Dr. De Soto and Shrek!
• Ann Telnaes – American political cartoonist
• Quentin Blake – illustrated Roald Dahl books
• Shel Silverstien – children's poet and humorist
• Mike and Craig – creators of flash animation on Home Star Runner
• Charles Addams – Addams family cartoons
• Gary Larson – Far Side cartoons