Nathália Suellen

Nathália Suellen (born 20 February 1989) is an internationally recognized^[1] digital artist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil widely known as Lady Symphonia.^[2]

Overview

Entirely self-taught, Suellen's signature style incorporates female in surroundings of a twisted and disturbing dreamlike world characterized by the use of dark/macabre elements, surreal concepts, haunting sceneries and otherworldly creatures done through a mixture of photography, 3D and digital painting.

The themes^[2] of her work include self-discovery, sorrow, dreams/nightmares, fear of unknown, mortality, femininity and the juxtaposition of the gothic surrealism and fantasy imagery.

“Cinematic Styled Artist”, as labeled by the British^[3]Advanced Photoshop magazine in 2012, Suellen developed her unique style and technique by creating photo collage that result from a combination of commercial lighting and digital painting, tending to have a cinematic finish with each new work.

A special interest in imaginative movies and also a huge influence of her own culture (Brazil) led her to adopt a different kind of Dark Art with more bright and vibrant colors, combined with cultural depictions of folklore and influences from Brazilian Carnival costumes.^[4]

Nathália started her own business Lady Symphonia Digital Art^[5] in 2008, specializing in dark art, cover design^[6] and photo manipulation.

Despite her personal illustrations, Nathália is mostly known by her commercial works and a notable clientele list which consists of musicians, photographers,^[7] best-selling writers as well as major companies including Random House,^[8] Penguin Group, Harper Collins,^[9] Simon & Schuster,^[10][11]McCann Erickson, Scholastic^[12] and Harry N. Abrams Books.^[13]

Selected press

• Imagine Fx magazine,(Future Publishing)^[6]"Cover Stars":"If you wanna be my cover", 2012, issue 91, p17
• Imagine Fx magazine, issue 97 ^[6] July, 2013.
• Idea photos magazine, May/June 2009, China
• IEVA^[14] 2013, Lithuania
• Photoshop Creative Brasil, Issue 17, 48^[15]
• Sketchoholic Book Art^[16] (Mad Artist Publishing): Vanity, 2012
• Julia Kuzmenko:^[17] Digital Photo Retouching: Beauty, Fashion & Portrait Photography Book (Mad Artist Publishing)
• Folha de S. Paulo,^[18] 2011
• Redivider 9.2,^[19] Art and Literature, 2012
• Dark Beauty Magazine Feature,^[20]Emptiness of Winter Solstice, 2011
• Faerie Magazine Cover, "Tales of the Silk Road" Issue 23, 2012

Suellen's Art "ABOVE" (Scholastic), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 17, 2011.

Selected works

• Dark Moor^[21] – "Ars Musica", 2013
• Almah, "Unfold"^[22] 2013
• Noturna (band)^[23] – "A Dream Within a Dream", 2011
• The Grisha Trilogy: "The Gathering Dark" ["Shadow and Bone" (USA)], Leigh Bardugo – The New York Times bestselling author,^[24] (Orion Publishing Group) – ISBN 9780805094596
• Raven Quinn (American musician) –^[25] Art to "Not In Vain" Album – 2012
• "Last Kiss Goodnight", Gena Showalter – The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author,^[7](Simon and Schuster) – ISBN 9781451671599
• "Black and Blue", Gena Showalter – The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author,^[7](Simon and Schuster) – ISBN 9781451671605
• "Kill My Only Enemy", Disdained (band),^[26] Album Art – (Rambo/Sony Music)
• "Iraena's Ashes", Alpine Fault (band),^[27] 2012 – Album Art – (Rare Breed Records)
• "Splintered" and "Unhinged"^[6] by A.G Howard. (Abrams Books Publishing) – ISBN 9781419704284
• "On the other side^[28]" series by Denise Grover Swank, "Here"(2011) and "There"(2012) – ISBN 1466394579 / ISBN 978-1466358287
• "The Splendor Falls",^[8] Rosemary Clement-Moore (Random House) 2009 – ISBN 9780552561358
• "Dark Descendant",^[10] Jenna Black – (Simon and Schuster) – ISBN 978-1451606799
• "Above",^[12] Leah Bobet, (Scholastic Publishing), 2012 – ISBN 978-0-54529-670-0
• The Cursed Ones, Nancy Holder,^[29] 2010 (Simon and Schuster) – ISBN 978-0857070821
• The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff,^[11] 2011 (Simon and Schuster) – ISBN 0-316-78753-1
• "A Brush of Darkness",^[30] Allison Pang, (Simon and Schuster), 2011 – ISBN 1439198322
• Coveted series: "Compelled" and "Bitter Disenchantment",^[31] Shawntelle Madison – ISBN 0988798530

References

External links

• Nathalia Suellen's official website
• Nathalia Suellen on deviantART
• Lady Symphonia Official Facebook