Michael Parla
Graphic design has been the day job for Michael Parla since 2000; and illustration is the craft he has been building alongside it. Working as a freelancer from Chester; New Jersey under the name Parla Creative; he lists clients ranging from pharmaceutical companies such as Merck; Roche; GSK and Sanofi to game publishers WizKids and Pandasaurus Games and card maker Upper Deck. His projects include patient education materials; mobile apps; board games and self published comics. On the card side Crackwise credits him in Upper Deck Marvel Annual 2018-19; where he drew 1/1 Marvel sketches for the set. He describes his goal as making art that is entirely his own from concept to finish. His portfolio is at michaelparla.com and he posts on Instagram as @michael_parla and on X as @Parla_Creative.