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CAM
WILLIS
Illustrator · painter · architecture student
Cam Willis is an illustrator, painter and architecture student.
Captions tag the Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State. A 2022 carousel is labelled “RISD works”.
He has posted 158 times since March 2021, and most of it (135 posts) since October 2025.
Digital pieces carry a hand-lettered “CAM'S ART” mark. Paper pieces are signed “CW” with the year.
THE CHANNELS
01Pen & inkMicron, rapidograph, crow quill, Paper Mate. Crosshatching, contour lines, heavy blacks.02Markers & colored pencilCopic and Prismacolor. Saturated cartoon and comic pieces, mostly 2021–2023.03Ink + watercolor, collageLarge architecture-studio sheets (19x24", 24x36", 36x19") and the mural “CITY MAYHEM”.04Acrylic on canvas20x30" and 24x36" canvases: 2026 commissions and painted studies.05ProcreateDigital brush-ink sketches, Dec 2025 to Mar 2026, often with a time-lapse reel.06Architectural models1/4" scale models, orthographic, section and axonometric drawings.
SUBJECTS
- Grotesque, rubbery cartoon faces with huge teeth and bulging eyes
- Comic-book action: superheroes, brawls, robots and “Goons”
- Crime and film fan art: The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Marty Supreme, There Will Be Blood, Good Time, Whiplash
- Architecture as illustration: cross-sections packed with tiny cartoon people
Artists tagged in his captions: Robert Crumb, Simon Bisley, Glenn Fabry, Carl Critchlow.
TIMELINE
- 2021–22Marker and colored-pencil cartoons, RISD work
- 2023Sketchbook crosshatch period: “Sustained Investigation”, “Mindbook”
- Fall 2025Architecture studio drawings and collages
- Dec 25–Feb 26Daily Procreate sketches
- Spring 2026“House for Everything”, “CITY MAYHEM”
- Summer 2026Acrylic canvas commissions and painted master studies
