Background
Whitlatch grew up in the East Bay, in the San Francisco area. Her mother was an illustrator and her father was a biologist.
Whitlatch grew up in the East Bay, in the San Francisco area. Her mother was an illustrator and her father was a biologist.
She studied zoology at Sonoma State University, and later transferred to Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she graduated.
Whitlatch also creates and illustrates books Her titles include The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide, The Katurran Odyssey, Animals Real and Imagined, and the The Science of Creature Design and Principles of Creature Design. Her work has also appeared in ImagineFX magazine and Aeon magazine.
Terryl Whitlatch an international speaker and instructor for Schoolism, a division of Imaginism Studios in animal anatomy and creature design.
Whitlatch currently works at Imagination International, Incorporated. as a designer and curriculum developer of Creatures of Amalthea, an online creature design course, as well as other book and world building intellectual properties.