Raymont Youngblood

Raymont Youngblood is a Digital Freelance illustrator based in Pittsburgh, PA. He has a focus on anime-style art and design.

Always a dreamer, Raymont has had one goal in life: To become a cartoonist. This dream has been his driving motivation for most of his life. Through one of his created character designs, Raymont was able to find his art name: “RaiZArts,” literally “Ray’s Arts,” and has started going by this name since 2016.

In 2021, RaiZArts, who had been freelancing since 2016, decided to transition his passion into a full-time career. He’s done work for Leonard Robinson (Insecure, Wild N’ Out), TeaMarrr (Insecure, Atlantic Records), and RDCWorld1 (YouTube, HBO Max).

He’s worked alongside Pittsburgh Poet/Marvel Writer, Yona Harvey on a collaborative comic project, “Something in the Water,” which was a part of the Horror Anthology, “Dead Beats Anthology.” He has served on the board for Pittsburgh’s Cartoon Museum, “Toonseum.”

He teaches Digital Comic Arts at Sarah Heinz House (Boy and Girls Club), The Neighborhood Academy, and Environmental Charter School, as well as an assortment of summer camps in the city. He uses Clip Studio Paint and a Wacom Mobilestudio Pro to create his artwork. In addition to anime style illustrations, he also does comic work, character designs sheets and illustrated logos to bring clientele’s creative visions to life.

Photo by Matt McDonough