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Draw Inspiration From These 6 Amazing DC Illustrators on Instagram

Our artistic aspirations ended with finger painting; thankfully, theirs didn’t.

1. @cestriley

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYs2EyFFvHv/?taken-by=cestriley

Washington in fall: we’re waiting.

2. @marcella.draws

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZEPFFBjJId/?taken-by=marcella.draws

Draw what you know.

3. @summer.script

https://www.instagram.com/p/BROR2tjBQUD/?taken-by=summer.script

Our doodles never look this good—nor our mornings this pleasant.

4. @artforicecream

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVI3q1QDKJ_/?taken-by=artforicecream

Monumental.

5. @justineswindellart

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVASa39gFU6/?taken-by=justineswindellart

Upgrade your portrait—get drawn instead.

6. @painted_palettes

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVZltkNjgdO/?taken-by=painted_palettes

Reimagine the city.

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Abbey joined Washingtonian in September 2017. A Miami University (Ohio, not Florida) alum, she called the Midwest home before moving to Vermont to report for the Burlington Free Press and to be closer to her one true love: Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Her work has also appeared in Cincinnati Magazine and USA Today. Abbey lives in Falls Church.