SERVICES:
Publishing Design & Illustration
Branding Design & Illustration
Merch & Apparel Design
Editorial Illustration
DEGREE:
Illustration B.F.A (Cum Laude) & Marketing Minor
from Northern Michigan University
(Winter ‘18)
EXHIBITS:
Fall 2018 Senior Exhibition | DeVos Art Museum (Marquette, MI)
Fall 2025 Art House Dallas Awaken Group Show | Janette Kennedy Gallery (Dallas, TX)
CLIENTELE:
Christianity Today
1517.org
Unleash The Gospel Detroit
Ink + Craft
Rivershore Books
Ore Dock Brewing Co.
TALKS:
RECOGNITION:
-2020- Drawn Vol.4 | Capsules Book
-2025- Directory Of Illustration | Workbook
-2026- Directory Of Illustration | Workbook
PRESS:
Stuef Creative is the illustration and art direction practice of Zachariah Stuef, based in Dallas, Texas. With nearly a decade of professional experience, Zachariah works across book cover illustration, brand identity, large-scale murals, and campaign design, with clients spanning faith-based publishers, conservation-minded brands, and independent businesses throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Current clients include 1517, where he serves as Lead Designer and Art Director.
His work is recognized for densely layered, puzzle-panel compositions built from hand-drawn linework, collage texture, and printmaking-influenced pattern — pieces that reward slow looking and reveal more the longer you sit with them. That sensibility runs equally through his theological illustration work and his naturalist wildlife imagery: different subject matter, same commitment to craft and detail.