About Us

ABOUT THE BUSINESS

Fiat Lux Illustration started out by filling the gaps in our favorite media left by big corporations. We exist for collectors of all price ranges - from $1 to $10,000 – with the desire to create directly for our fellow fans. Our illustrations can be found across the web and are available to license. At our core, we are a fangirl lifestyle brand by the people, for the people. 

Featured in StarGrl Magazine and on Tumblr Radar, as well as highlighted by Star Wars, Mabs Graves Drawlloween, and numerous other art challenges on social media. Illustrations have been recognized by actors such as Mark Hamil, Jessica Chastain, Carrie Ann Moss, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Hayden Christensen, Ray Park, Billie Lourd, Eman Esfandi, Ray Stevenson, and more.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Shannon Richards is a California-based artist living outside Los Angeles. She received her degree with honors from UCLA in Gender Studies and Public Affairs. Before that, she studied abroad in Oxford, England, focusing on art history and English. Because of this, she inadvertently also earned an AA in English Literature.

Shannon studied portraits since she was 14 and over ten years later has not grown tired of the practice. Inspired by anything her ADHD grabs on to, she currently is consumed with a galaxy far, far away.  Her mediums span from oil paints, to watercolors, to digital work, all with a focus on animals, portraits, food, and anything else that brings a smile to viewers faces. The fine art skills were developed under the hand of Philip Journeay, a highly awarded oil painter, for about ten years. The digital illustrations use a soft layered style with crayon-inspired brushes that took her about three years to develop.

Shannon has won numerous awards from locations such as Laguna College of Art and Design, where she spent the summer learning figure drawing on a scholarship, and earned a perfect score in her Advance Placement art class her senior year of high school.