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About Me

    Hello, my name is Mary Lythgoe and I am the Mildmannered Lunatic.  What is a Mildmannered Lunatic?  It is someone who is, for all outward appearances,  perfectly normal and unassuming but underneath that calm and collected exterior is a brain filled with strange and unusual ideas.  Not particularly dangerous, relatively personable, but basically just odd.  A Clark Kent who only turns into a Superman when armed with pencil and paper.
    Yes, the pencil is far mightier than any other weapon available to me.  With it, I do not destroy, as other weapons do....I CREATE!  I create uncharted worlds from the depths of space,  untouched mystical forests, ancient ruined empires, heroic epics or heartwarming tales.  All this exists inside me, and it is just waiting to come out.
    I hope that this website can help to spread the wonders I see in my dreams to others, and get me a job in the process.  With that, I welcome you to an archive of my works, my thoughts and what some may call my general oddity.  Most everything you see on this site is of my own creation, and if it isn't, I will let you know enough times it may become annoying.
    All the information below is to help you all get a better idea of what I have done and can do.  Hopefully, it will get you interested in me and what I can do for you.
    I am easily contacted at  dancedanceranger@yahoo.com  so please feel more than welcome to drop me a line!

Media and Programs

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Pencil
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Ink & Pen
  • Watercolor
Education

Graduate of Northern Illinois University  May 2007 BFA in Illustration
with a minor in Japanese Language

Accomplishments   
  • Concept image for children's book by Kathy Freeburg, pending publishing
  • Presented "How to Draw Anime" Lecture at Poplar Creek Library in Streamwood, IL
  • Published short story:  Anthology of Short Stories by Young Americans, 2003 edition. vol. LIII (53) published by Anthology of Poetry, Asheboro, NC "She never spoke about the things she saw." p. 118-120
  • NIU School of Art Tuition Waiver Scholarship 2003-04, 2004-05
  • NIU Foundation Faculty Merit Award 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-7
  • Centennial Scholarship 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-6, 2006-7
  • Designed Northern Illinois University Anime Association T-shirt 2005 and fliers Spring 2005, Fall 2006
  • President of Northern Illinois University Anime Association Fall 2006/Spring 2007
  • Vice President of Northern Illinois University Anime Association Fall2005/Spring2006
  • Best Female Mecha Design Animerica Magazine Mecha Challenge (2002)
  • Employee of Royal Hobby for 10 years