THE ART OF IVY ALIVE

Contact me at ivydolamore@gmail.com
Contact my licensing agent at Tate Licensing

I'm Ivy Dolamore, a late-20s illustrator living in Appalachia. I spend my days painting on my iPad, traveling to conventions, and running what’s become a small business creating artwork.

I call my presence in the art world "Ivy Alive", because choosing to pursue art seriously as a career and lifelong dedication felt like just that, coming alive.

I create whimsical illustrations and digital paintings with vivid detail and color. My work draws inspiration from nature, fairytales, and old web nostalgia, blending my childhood anime influences with high fantasy.

I hope you enjoy my little worlds. I want to have fun making art for my entire life!

PAST experience

  • Cover illustrations for Lidiya Foxglove's Queen of the Sun Palace trilogy, 2018

  • Feature in ImagineFX, September 2019

  • Community Coordinator Spruce Art Residency, 2019

  • Cover illustrations for Lidiya Foxglove's The Cursed Soul trilogy, 2021

  • Attended Fantasy Art Workshop Intensive, 2023

  • Collaboration with Stickii, 2022, 2024

licensing partners

  • Diamond Art Club

  • Ravensburger

  • Buffalo

  • Ceaco

  • Charting Creations

  • Geek Tropical

  • Uproar Design

  • & more!

I started taking conventions seriously as the Covid-19 lockdown eased. This was at Soda City Comic Con, 2022

I phased out fanart so I could make my own characters. I debuted the paper-frame backdrop at Holiday Matsuri, 2022

I’ve made a lot of progress since then with more items and displays! Shown here at Animazement, 2025

PAST shows

  • Anime Festival Orlando, 2011 (for real)

  • Asheville Anime Regional Convention, 2018

  • Megacon, 2022

  • Colossalcon, 2022

  • Gencon, 2022

  • Queen City Anime Con, 2022

  • Soda City Comic Con, 2022

  • Holiday Matsuri, 2022

  • Megacon, 2023

  • C2E2, 2023

  • Indiana Comic Con, 2023

  • Anime Central, 2023

  • Momocon, 2023

  • Gencon, 2023

  • Soda City Comic Con, 2023

  • Dragon Con, 2023

  • Anime Town Greenville, 2023

  • Anime Weekend Atlanta, 2023

  • Megacon, 2024

  • Indiana Comic Con, 2024

  • South Carolina Comic Con, 2024

  • Causea Con, 2024

  • Anime Central, 2024

  • Animazement, 2024

  • Tekko, 2024

  • Gencon, 2024

  • Queen City Anime Con, 2024

  • Soda City Comic Con, 2024

  • Colossalcon East, 2024

  • Lightbox Expo, 2024

  • Anime Weekend Atlanta, 2024

  • Ichibancon, 2025

  • Anime Town Greenville, 2025

  • Megacon Orlando, 2025

  • Connooga, 2025

  • Triad Anime Con, 2025

  • ETSU Con, 2025

  • South Carolina Comic Con, 2025

  • C2E2, 2025

  • Animazement, 2025

  • Tekko, 2025

  • Gencon, 2025