After graduating the Art Center College of Design in 2000, Akiko Stehrenberger moved to New York City to pursue freelance editorial illustration. Upon moving back to Los Angeles in 2004, she became an art director and designer of movie poster advertising while still maintaining steady work as a freelance illustrator doing celebrity caricature for magazines, character and toy design, cd album artwork, and portraiture. She is featured in books, Exploring Illustration, How To Grow As An lllustrator, and Drawing Inspiration: Visual Artists at Work, all written by Michael Fleishman. Her movie poster illustration and design for Funny Games, received a lot of press, including a Key Art Award nomination for best horror poster, and taking both number one spots on The Auteurs Movie Posters of the Decade list, and the Australian Stale Popcorn Top 50 Posters of the Decade. Her latest poster, Life During Wartime, is continuing to garner press as well. She is also currently working on character designs for the animated series "Gunwolf", created by Nick Ebling. Contact Akiko here.


30sixtydesign, Alife Clothing, American Theatre Magazine, Art Machine, Auto Motor und Sport - Germany, Azur Light Greeting Cards, Barbie - Asia, Big Picture Group, Bungalow 5, Canyon Design, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Concept Arts, Crew Creative Advertising, Dickies, Discovery Kids Network, Disney, FEMALE Mag. - Singapore, Filter Magazine, Gravillis Inc., Knowledge for Kids Network, L.A. Tofu Festival, Lego Toys, Levi's, Marie Claire - Malaysia, Mattel, Mojo LLC, MTV, New York Press, Oakley Eyewear, Oliver Peoples Eyewear, Omelet, Phatfarm, Refinery Creative, The Row, The Source Magazine, SPIN Magazine, Stockholm Design, Styles of Beyond, Tank Magazine-UK, Trailer Park Print, True Love & False Idols, Vox and Associates, XXL Magazine, Yak-Pak.