Instructors 

Stephanie Flores is a miniature painter with over ten years of experience. She specializes in vibrant color, atmospheric lighting, and whimsical palettes. Her work and teaching focus on helping artists create expressive, visually dynamic pieces. Coming from an education background, Stephanie prides herself in turning complex subject matter into accessible notions for all learning profiles and ability levels.

Lyla Mev is a professional youtuber, miniature painter, and occasional adjunct professor. My channel offers down-to-earth painting advice, adorable cat antics and has helped create an inclusive, fun, and friendly community of hobbyists, gamers, and painters!

Runic_Raccoon is a veteran, Twitch streamer, miniature painter, and community builder known for their fun, chaotic energy and the cozy vibes. Streaming for over 4 years on Twitch, Runic has cultivated a thriving creative space where members of the Trash Panda Club come together to share in painting, storytelling, and laughter.

Panda (she/they) is a really awkward, roughly-panda sized, award-winning miniature painter and Twitch streamer. Her pieces feature bright, bold colors, wild metallics, and fun color-shifts. Because she has Aphantasia, Panda picked up miniature painting to help with running her home D&D game in 2019 and everything has snowballed from there. She’s been building her inclusive, cozy community since November of 2020 and after falling in love with display and competition painting at AdeptiCon 2023, she switched to painting full time.

IT manager by day and miniature painter/twitch streamer at night. I started painting in 2016 while searching for a relaxing mental health outlet to replace video games. I quickly fell in love with the hobby and began streaming in 2018 to share the journey, teach what I've learned, stay motivated, and connect with the fantastic community.

Raven entered the miniature hobby around six years ago and took to the painting immediately. He started gaming with his wife and a buddy in the basement and soon branched into the local community with small tournaments, commissions and painting competitions.