Concept Artist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, and
Derpy Raptor Enthusiast

photo credit - Wisp Of Words

 

Syd Linkletter

Concept art, visual development, prepress, posters, tattoos, books, and More!

Locally grown in New Mexico, Syd has been doing professional illustration work for private clients and entities for 7 years and counting. Working largely in digital mediums for polished, finished illustrations, paintings, prepress, and graphic design work. Perhaps known best for designing the Zozobra 100th Burning pint glass art with the New Mexico Brewer's Guild, Linkletter's most recent adventure is their book, TarotSaur. Featuring full color painting and design, as well as off-the-cuff journal-entry-style writing. More of a visual artist, Linkletter needed a vehicle for their art, and a wild idea like dinosaur ghosts was just the ticket, available wherever books are sold online. In addition to their book, Syd is currently working to produce their first complete tarot deck, also featuring dinosaurs!

Decidedly non-binary, and a member of the neurodivergent community, Syd has begun taking part in humanitarian activism. Advocating for civil, LGBTQA+, BIPOC, and Indigenous rights, environmentalism, animal rights, and human-made art to name a few.

Photo credit - WispOfWords.net

 

How Did I Get Here?

From humble beginnings as kid born into a single-family cult with lots of time on their hands, Syd Linkletter has continued to progress towards making a name for themselves as not just a local New Mexican artist, but as a graphical and illustrative artist across state lines and internationally!

With a love of media and travel, and with the support of their loving partner and dog, Syd has gone from a shy doodler to a bolder identity, branching from animal portraits, to political art supporting their humanitarian beliefs, and much more.

Photo credit - Wisp Of Words

Some Of My Notable Street Creds

  • I vended at the Albuquerque Pancakes & Booze event at FUSION in 2024!

  • To commemorate the Zozobra 100th burning the New Mexico Brewer's Guild held a contest to design a wrap for their pint glass in celebration!

    I happened to be the lucky winner :)

  • Graphically recreated the tattoos of Lil' Wayne and Birdman to be used on silicone body doubles, and were produced officially for the musical artists tours.
    The majority of the work was done by Mr. Burman and his team of special effects artists, and I was fortunate enough to be a part of that team.

  • Designed the entirety of this photography book with supplemental notes from the author using his photographs and text.

  • Designing working files for 3d printing of high quality silver jewelry. Working closely with the in-house designers and product engineers.

  • Crafting a fresh and colorful vector image for branding and marketing, as well as printed t-shirts and promotional graphics.

  • Label design for a Best-Selling national wine, regularly selling out and in demand, Luna Rossa’s “Road Runner Red”

  • Brand centric t-shirt design for one of the most well-known and respected gaming and retro gaming stores in NM.

  • The successful and profitable, not to mention fabulous, “Reaching Out To Embrace The Rhythm” gallery show. Selling prints of my original work, fanart, paintings, and mixed media pieces.

  • My aforementioned gallery show earned a little place in the Albuquerque Journal, a popular local New Mexican newspaper.

    I also won a cover and credit in the Weekly Alibi, another very popular and prevalent local newspaper.

  • Regular vendor and patron of the monthly Albuquerque artwalk.