art that amplifies ideas

 
 

What We Do

Live art,
illustration
and animation

Bring your story alive with visuals that are engaging and shareable. Come away with visual content to reference, use as marketing collateral, and share with a broader audience.

 

CREATE MORE ENGAGING EVENTS.

Our agile live artist team works with companies across industries, at events of all sizes and formats. We often visualize leadership meetings, group brainstorms, keynote talks, brand messaging and interactive expos for massive audiences.

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Services

Live Graphic Recording

Capture attention and create a lasting record of your content with our real-time visual notes.

Illustration

Visualize detailed information to make it more accessible, memorable and shareable.

Animation

Use motion to breathe life into your story and captivate your audience.

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Reviews

“Urban Wild Studio was great to work with! From the initial call with Leah through to the final deliverable, the team was creative, collaborative, and professional - not to mention the finished product was exactly what we'd hoped for.”

– Andrea B, Social Impact Manager, DocuSign

“We loved working with Urban Wild Studio on our most recent healthcare summit. Having an graphic illustrator do in-the-moment capture of the challenging themes we were discussing really helped transform the “anti-conference” experience. We had a gallery of all the images created during the Summit by the wonderful artist, Jill, and it served as great fodder as our attendees reviewed them, discussed concepts inspired by the graphics, and inquired about receiving digital copies to distribute across their respective organizations.”

--Tomi Ogundimu, Vice President of Research & Education, The Health Management Academy

“We can’t say enough about Urban Wild Studio! Kenzie was a pleasure to work with and her amazing graphic recordings will help us refer back to the takeaways from our managers meeting with ease. The whole experience was seamless from start to finish – thank you!”

–Jourdan, U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

“This really was a highlight of our event and we enjoyed working with [Leah] and Geoff”

– Hana A, United Nations

“We loved having [Urban Wild Studio] working with us, and treasure your artwork.”

–Christel N, United Nations

“Thank you so much for your excellent (and creative work), it was fun to watch and the workshop attendees couldn’t stop with the compliments.”

– Wende C, Microsoft Research

“Thanks for being so incredible to work with! From the start you have been extremely collaborative in honing in our creative as well as quickly adapting to our timeline to help keep this moving. Second, the client is super happy with the mural and had nothing but great things to say about the final product and your artists! An awesome win. Again, we greatly appreciate your hard work and flexibility throughout this project. I’ve already recommended you for another job and happy to keep considering you for future projects!”

–Xeris Pharmaceuticals

“Urban Wild Studio was such a wonderful addition to our event! The live art created so much buzz from our attendees and memorialized our event. Leah and her team are really delightful to work with.  If you are looking for a fresh element to invigorate your next meeting or event, call Urban Wild Studio; you will not be disappointed!”

Melissa Grady, TEDxDePaulUniversity

"Urban Wild Studio provided us with a unique graphical way of documenting our most recent Leadership Summit.  Our attendees loved it, and we were able to display a “living history” content throughout our meeting.  Leah and her team were amazing to work with throughout the process.  I highly recommend working with them to provide your attendees with a unique overview of any event!"

– Jennifer Braun, National Association of Realtors

“Leah has a keen capability to match content with a strong visual identify.  Her ability to capture my presentation was spot on, fun, and creative.”

–Natalie Leone, BlackRock

“Working with Urban Wild Studio was incredibly wonderful and easy! Leah and Jill made the process so easy. You don’t need to know exactly what you want. Instead, they walk you through the process, ask questions and help you define the scope of work. We also gave them a very tight turnaround and they were just phenomenal about it. You can’t go wrong with Urban Wild Studio.”

–Kate W, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

“Our first experience with graphic recording was very, very positive.  Leah worked with us in advance to ensure our meeting format would work in concert with the artist. During the meeting, Caroline was attentive throughout and captured a spectrum of thoughts creatively and beautifully. 

The murals [Caroline] created are visually attractive, and also capture key concepts in cleverly connected fashion for a product that will be easy to share and draw upon for follow up work.  Her posters were viewed by many conventioneers who did not attend the sessions and those people who did experience her work during the meeting were impressed and interacted with her throughout the sessions.”

–Carol R, Society of American Foresters and Dave W, TN Department of Agriculture

“Leah and Jill were amazing! They were easy to work with and organized throughout the planning phase. They were professional, flexible and their work was a brilliant addition to our conference. We will definitely use them again!”

–Ilse Hamblin, Focus Financial Partners

"Leah was able to take the ideas of 10 different youth groups and transform them into amazing drawings that wow'd the crowd and the participants themselves."

–Amy Eiduke, Allstate Foundation

"I had to pleasure of working with Leah for a graphic recording of a C-Suite Executive Roundtable. From a production standpoint, she beautifully brought to life the ideas and concepts of hospital executive administration. From a business standpoint, she was able to thoughtfully navigate the competing interest of various internal and external stakeholders. Leah is thorough, thoughtful and sure to surpass your expectations."

–Leah Fishbein, Becker's Healthcare

..."Just wanted to tell you how AWESOME the graphic illustration turned out. Jill was AMAZING!"

–Jon, WunderLand Group

“Carrie was great; we really appreciate all of her time, energy, and skills. Very impressive!”

–Kaitlin, AbbVie

“Urban Wild Studio was a great addition to our public health conference. Joy was enthusiastic and kind. Leah was easy to work with and creative; she helped our planning committee organize and consider options for capturing our meeting visually and maximizing audience engagement. We are very pleased to have the graphic recordings to share with our attendees, and beyond, as a reminder of our call to action for public health.”

Illinois Public Health Institute

"Phenomenal group! Excellent service, loved working with them, totally amplified the impact of our workshop on community development!"

–April Doner, ABCD Institute

"Couldn’t have asked for a more awesome way to send one of our leaders away with a keepsake they’ll remember for years! Leah and Jill were amazing at helping us plan and pull off this great surprise. We wanted something better than a card and boy did they deliver! Super helpful and friendly and our guests interacted so easily with them sharing fun and embarrassing stories. I highly recommend them and this idea for all your events!"

– Nadine S., Deloitte Chicago

"On behalf of DisruptHR Chicago, we thank you Leah! You did an amazing job breathing life into our meeting and making it fun and allowing the words to come alive. What an exciting and interactive showcase of how a meeting can be illustrated and take aways can become clear. Your professionalism, promptness and great responsiveness was much appreciated! Great work!"

– Kelly Burlage, DisruptHR

"We recently engaged Leah [and team] to graphically capture the content of a meeting . She did a great job. The whole engagement was professional. The end product was exactly what we needed."

– Joel Bruckenstein, Global Financial Advisors

"Leah Lavelle and Urban Wild Studios did an excellent job as a live graphic recorder at our recent all-day meeting of 25+ university administrators. She was organized, well-prepared, and attentive to our group’s needs. Her beautiful visuals provided an engaging overview of the meeting that we will use as we plan the rest of the year and will be a great reminder of what was discussed."

– Amber Covington, University Innovations Alliance

"We recently worked with Leah for graphic recording during our annual global IT Summit and everyone was very impressed with the outcome! The boards were a talking piece during breaks, reference points for the days after and the digital copies will be of great value communicating the outcome of the Summit to the larger team. She was professional, easy to work with and very prompt in responding from the very beginning. The actual Summit was a breeze and she was well prepared. We will be recommending Urban Wild Studio to other departments within our company."

–Emily Triyonis, Merieux NutriSciences

"This is what it looks like when you get out of the way of really bright and creative people! Great Job Leah Lavelle!"

–Chad Anderson, Founder Momentum3, NewTree Fruit Company

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