Greg Houston

Greg Houston was born and raised in Baltimore, MD (the Baltimore Orioles celebrated by winning their first World Series that fall). He earned his BFA from Pratt Institute and has been illustrating professionally since 1988. His portfolio is large and stylistically vast.

Greg has worked for a wide variety of clients in nearly every aspect of the illustration field including: The Village Voice, Utne Reader, Warner Lambert Pharmaceuticals, Marvel Comics, LA New Times, Relapse Records, Miami New Times, Baltimore City Paper, Washington City Paper, Seattle Weekly, San Diego Union Tribune, John Wiley and Sons Publishing, Agora Financial, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, BWI Airport, Atlas Games, Houston Press, Texas Monthly, Pop Smear, E! Channel, and Cleveland Scene. He also wrote and illustrated two graphic novels—Vatican Hustle and Elephant Man (initially published by NBM Publishing, now being published through his own company, Eyebent Media)—and is the author of Illustration That Works: Professional Techniques for Artistic & Commercial Success (The Monacelli Press, March 2016.)

Greg has taught classes ranging from cartooning for kids to Pre-College illustration classes, to courses for undergraduates and continuing studies students at Maryland Institute College of Art. At MICA, Greg’s classes included Sophomore Illustration I and II, Junior Illustration II, Drawing for Illustration, and Sequential Art. He also teaches an online class for Craftsy.com entitled “Painting the Imagined Landscape in Acrylic”.