Jon Carling is a bay area native, growing up in the once rural grassy hills of El Sobrante. He graduated in 2002 from Oakland's CCA with a degree in illustration and still lives in Oakland, designing furniture and drawing pictures in his home studio.


"I really don't limit myself to any particular subject matter or influence...I try and smash as many ideas into my work as possible...equally interpreting the way i saw life as a child and the way I see life today.

Pen and ink is just what I have always done, its great because you don't pay much for supplies, and you can do it in bed."

~ Jon Carling