Tori Franze is an illustrator and doll maker born and living in Baltimore, Maryland with a decade of living in Tennessee thrown in the middle for character development. She is currently a senior attending Maryland Institute College of Art where she is working towards her BFA in illustration as well as a Masters in Art Teaching. When it comes to her work she enjoys creating character designs and occasionally turning them into functional works of art. In her spare time she enjoys thrifting, watching “bad” movies, and collecting dolls from her childhood.