Samantha Gorel, known by her pen name Mireielle online, has been drawing and demonstrating manga for over fifteen years. Entirely self-taught, Samantha works as a full-time freelance manga illustrator. With no preconceptions from formal art education, she has a great and instinctive understanding of how many young artists learn to draw manga. She has a passion to connect with her fans on an individual level and, in addition to her tutorial classes and websites, is a regular attendee and speaker at comic conventions, where she sells her comic books and artworks.
Samantha lives in Madison, Wisconsin in the USA. www.artstation.com/samanthagorel
