
{"id":10665,"date":"2021-12-03T16:48:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T23:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/?p=10665"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:39:50","slug":"the-unconventional-and-poetic-world-of-mikeila-borgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/the-unconventional-and-poetic-world-of-mikeila-borgia\/","title":{"rendered":"The unconventional and poetic world of Mikeila Borgia"},"content":{"rendered":"Mikeila Borgia's work is hard to describe. Hell, Mikeila herself is hard to introduce, and not because there isn't enough to say, but because she's truly hard to contain in simple sentences. For brevity's sake (this is a blog after all) let's call her a creative director and photographer from Buenos Aires, Argentina with an affinity for creating poetic imagery and building beautiful conceptual worlds. I think she might also be from outer space.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikeila.borgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10668 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"871\" height=\"871\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/bye-earth-copia.jpg 1959w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/a>\n\nMikeila began her artistic work as a photographer and in many ways the art of capturing light is very fitting for her. She is heavily drawn to magical worlds and has assembled a great set of skills to help her create them, including photo editing and retouching, installation building, light manipulation, painting, modeling, and performing. Mikeila is also a passionate educator and loves teaching at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/orangeartstation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORANGE Art Station<\/a> and online in places like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domestika.org\/en\/mikeilaborgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domestika.\u00a0<\/a>\n\nCheck out the class she gave during Wacom Academy!\n\n<iframe title=\"Curso de wacom academy | Mikeila Borgia | fot\u00f3grafa | 4 sep\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s07YpGmtx0U?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nMikeila loves working with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, Lightroom and Bridge. Her favorite Wacom tool for retouching is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/products\/pen-tablets\/wacom-intuos-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wacom Intuos Pro<\/a>. We can confirm that her love for the Wacom Pen is very intense.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10673 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/diosa-wacomweb-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"\">\n\nThat's Mikeila Borgia's Warrior of Digital Art, and yes she is holding a Wacom digital pen on literal* fire. And she didn't do it alone, no se\u00f1or. Check out her amazing crew and behinds the scenes action.\n*Not literal fire\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10674 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243512375_548431979554679_6902339588083045241_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"568\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243512375_548431979554679_6902339588083045241_n.jpg 853w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243512375_548431979554679_6902339588083045241_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243512375_548431979554679_6902339588083045241_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243512375_548431979554679_6902339588083045241_n-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243512375_548431979554679_6902339588083045241_n-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10676 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243490690_364098322083361_1325327956011357422_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"282\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243490690_364098322083361_1325327956011357422_n.jpg 853w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243490690_364098322083361_1325327956011357422_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243490690_364098322083361_1325327956011357422_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243490690_364098322083361_1325327956011357422_n-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243490690_364098322083361_1325327956011357422_n-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10675 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243779214_447805603281610_2180660475338179377_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"282\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243779214_447805603281610_2180660475338179377_n.jpg 853w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243779214_447805603281610_2180660475338179377_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243779214_447805603281610_2180660475338179377_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243779214_447805603281610_2180660475338179377_n-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243779214_447805603281610_2180660475338179377_n-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10680 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/243806096_141346381532567_8548813238560325160_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"281\" title=\"\">\n\nMikeila dislikes labeling her work and style. She likes to focus on self-expression and the creative journey itself. Her style differs greatly from project to project, but a visible constant in her work is collaboration. Mikeila surrounds herself with an amazing team of creative friends who are equally committed to bringing magical worlds to life.\n\nHer crew in the project above is as follows:\n\nStyling &amp; production: Lali Pagani \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lalipagani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@lalipagani<\/a>\nLight designer &amp; digital creative: Manuel Jerez \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/infraciclo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@infraciclo<\/a>\nModel: Carolina Vij from Not Your Models Management \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carovij\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carovij<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/notmodelsmgmt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@notmodelsmgmt<\/a>\nFx - Makeup: Max Canosa \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maxcanosa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@maxcanosa<\/a>\nHair: Ivana Robles \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freestylingtrenceria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@freestylingtrenceria<\/a>\nArt Direction: Karen Z. Eckell \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karenzeta.h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@karenzeta.h<\/a>\nMotion &amp; 3D: <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ey.nerda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ey.nerda<\/a>\u00a0Harriott \/\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mebrasharriott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mebrasharriott<\/a>\nSketch and illustrations: Juan Ursic \/\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/juanursic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@juanursic<\/a>\nGraphic designer: Maite Penco \/@maitepenco\nStyling Asist: Isabella Gomez Tendler \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/isabellagomezt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@isabellagomezt<\/a>\nFilm: Fabito D\u2019Angelo \/\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fabitokool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@fabitokool<\/a>\nLighting equipment: <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visico_china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@visico_china<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/megafoto_ok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@megafoto_ok<\/a>\nCostume Designers, Evelyna Campos \/ <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/evelynacamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@evelynacamp<\/a>\u00a0\/ Emilse Benitez\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benitezemilse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@benitezemilse<\/a>\u00a0\/ Renatta\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alai.acc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@alai.acc<\/a>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10685 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"771\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-1080x1081.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-1280x1281.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-980x981.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/orange.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/>\n\n<iframe title=\"Mikeila Borgia behind the scenes\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ieLQb3wXBk8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nThis year Mikeila was part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/promotions.wacom.com\/en-us\/yc-give-unconventional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wacom: Give Unconventional<\/a> campaign, in which we featured artists from the Wacom community who have inspired us throughout the years. When it comes to Wacom, Mikeila has been incredibly proactive in sharing her fanatical support for Wacom tablets, recommending our products to her students, and openly speaking about the ways in which working with the Wacom pen and the Intuos Pro helped her push the limits of her imagination.\n\nBelow is Mikeila's review of our <a href=\"https:\/\/estore.wacom.com\/en-US\/tablets.html?utm_source=holiday&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=wtc-usa-holiday-b2c&amp;utm_content=intuos-pro#pro-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intuos Pro<\/a> and a little introduction about herself and her magical world. She made this for us a while back, but we think it's worth a share!\n\n<iframe title=\"Mikeila Borgia y su Intuos Pro\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W1rzxXnLmZI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nWe want to thank Mikeila and all the amazing artists who never settle and continue creating, sharing, and forever evolving. Where would Wacom be without you?\n\nGo Follow Mikeila Borgia on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikeila.borgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram!<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/promotions.wacom.com\/en-us\/yc-give-unconventional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wacom Give Unconventional\u00a0<\/a>\n\nGo check out your local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/dealer-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wacom distributor<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/estore.wacom.com\/en-US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our official USA Wacom Estore<\/a> to see what discounts are currently available on the Wacom Intuos Pro, an ideal tool for photo retouching! In the USA you can <a href=\"https:\/\/estore.wacom.com\/en-US\/tablets.html?utm_source=holiday&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=wtc-usa-holiday-b2c&amp;utm_content=intuos-pro#pro-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save Up to $100USD<\/a> on Intuos Pro through December 12th.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10694\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"352\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628-1080x565.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628-980x513.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628-480x251.jpg 480w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/12\/Wacom-HO2021-Ad-IntuosPro_PROMO_US_T-Rex_1200x628.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2318,2336],"tags":[1328,94,1329,95,97,1330,1331,786],"class_list":["post-10665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creative-inspiration","category-photography","tag-giveunconventional","tag-intuos-pro","tag-mikeilaborgia","tag-photography","tag-photoshop","tag-retoching","tag-unconventionalartists","tag-wacom-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}