Candy Dewalt

Candy Dewalt, also known as Trixi, Vinci Nicolaides, or just Vinci (née Candy Lewin; born 1980), is an artist. She lives in California, has a bachelor's degree in Social Science, and a postgraduate teaching certification.

Art
Dewalt's cartooning style is inspired in part by animator Chuck Jones. She and her husband, Ryan Dewalt (Tet), co-create the webcomic Vinci & Arty.

Although her character Vinci, a raccoon with red eyes and raspberry hair, derives his origin from her husband's "Guardians of Gaia" science-fiction universe, the Vinci & Arty continuity is significantly different in theme, tone, and basic assumptions.

Dewalt frequently uses her comic, and numerous single-panel portrayals of Vinci, to address real-world social issues and controversies; for instance, the comic Vinci and Arty frequently disagree on how "out" they should be concerning their relationship status and private lives.

Fandom involvement
Candy is an administrator for the YNA. She and husband Ryan were guests of honor at Morphicon 2006.

Fursona
Candy's personal fursona is Trixi; she often uses Vinci as her avatar on LiveJournal and other forums. Both of these characters have appeared in other places, such as Jack and the Gene Catlow comic.

Convention attendance

 * Further Confusion - ?
 * Morphicon - 2006 (GoH)