Intro


Hi! My name is Louie Mantia, Jr. Iā€™m an artist and designer with 20 years of experience specializing in drawing icons.

I was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where I lived until I was 19 and moved to the Bay Area. I later lived in North Carolina, before moving back to San Francisco, then up to Portland, Oregon. Now, I live in Tokyo, Japan.

I currently operate Parakeet, an icon design studio, with my partner Luka Grafera. I also create playing cards for Junior and typefaces for Crown, in addition to writing this blog.


You may be familiar with some of my professional work.

Or maybe my wallpapers and icons.


For icon design inquiries, please contact Parakeet.
For anything else, send me an email.